March 2012

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Women’s History Month

Join us as we celebrate Women’s Empowerment and recognize women’s contributions to American life and World History. Discover EDSITEment lessons and NEH-funded resources. Read more . . .

Magna Carta: Cornerstone of the American Constitution

During the American Revolution, this document served to inspire and justify action in liberty’s defense. Find out why the colonists believed they were entitled to the same rights as Englishmen: rights guaranteed in the “Great Charter.” Read more . . .

Ben Franklin’s Virtues

Follow Ben as he explains his youthful steps to self-improvement. Watch the videos and take a close reading of this classic American statement of the relationship between ethics, worldly success, and human happiness.
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March ‘68

My Lai massacre; college campuses erupt with student protests; RFK enters presidential primaries; LBJ declines to run for second term. Read more . . .

Crisis of Early American Diplomacy

The French Revolution posed critical problems for American foreign policy. This three-lesson unit asks: Was the alliance with France still in effect? Should close economic ties with Great Britain remain? Should we remain neutral?
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The Thinkfinity Community

What do you think? Log in to Thinkfinity 101 and join the discussion for teachers and by teachers!

Quiz your students:
What big event happened on this day in March?

03/04/1933
Frances Perkins becomes first woman Cabinet officer
03/07/1965
Civil rights march, Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
03/12/1947
Truman Doctrine to help Greece and Turkey
03/20/1811
American painter George Caleb Bingham born
03/31/1621
English poet Andrew Marvell born

Best of the Humanities on the Web

National Women’s History Museum
In Clandestine Spies in American History, meet the dedicated “shadow warriors” who went undercover to preserve our national security. Read more…

New Bedford Whaling Museum and National Park Service
In this whaling adventure interactive, explore life in a 19^th-century whaling port, board a whaling vessel, and take a “Nantucket sleigh-ride”! Read more...

NEH Connections

PBS American Experience
Tune into this month to view Into the Deep: America, Whaling, and the World, the 300-year saga of an American industry (March 20), and Triangle Fire, the deadliest workplace accident in New York City history (March 27).

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March 2012