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Gen. William Tecumseh ShermanThe Battle Over Reconstruction:
Explore the aftermath of the Civil War and examine how economic, political and social forces shaped the Reconstruction debate as well as the subsequent history of American race relations.

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After School:
Inventing the Future
History:
EDSITEment’s Advanced Placement US History Lessons

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The We the People Bookshelf — Summertime Reading

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After School — Summer Learning

mother/daughter, after schoolHow much history do you have in your home? How many things did Edison invent? What poems, stories, tales, and traditions are a part of your family story? Interview your family. Map your neighborhood.

This Month's Feature
This month's feature

Eakins’ Vision of American Recreation – “In the good old summer time”

Summertime is vacation time. This month EDSITEment features lesson plans and websites that focus on American leisure, past and present. Middle-class Americans gained leisure time in the late 1800s, and one of the best known images of that period is Thomas Eakins’ John Biglin in a Single Scull (11-A), More . . .


Features/Spotlights Archive

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NEH-funded and other PBS features with relevant EDSITEment resources. Native Americans, Afghanistan, Modern Presidents, Camelot, WWII, Whitman, and More. . .

NEH's Humanities Magazine
Humanities magazine, July-August, 2009

July/August. From Webster's Dictionary to "Impertinent Questions," a feast for your mind and your classroom.

migrant worker with bedroll, walking down roadAmerica in Hard Times: How We Dealt with Economic Adversity. A focus on the hard times that challenged previous generations and the lessons they can still teach us. More . . .

  
   
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