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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Straightforward access to the Museum's archives, including photographs, transcripts of lectures, and guidelines for teaching about the Holocaust.

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National Museum of the American Indian

Interactive exhibits on the history, arts, and culture of the Native Americans.

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National Geographic Education

Cultural, educational, and informational resources for teaching geography and world history.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project

A center for study of the civil rights leader and his era.

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CampSilos: The Grout Museum Excursion

Activities designed to help students understand, interpret and appreciate the story of immigration to the Midwest.

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American Journeys

Digitized texts and images charting eyewitness experience and accounts of exploration in North America, from the Vikings to the pioneers.

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Lesson 1: NAACP’s Anti-Lynching Campaign in the 1920s

Created December 22, 2009

This lesson focuses on the constitutional arguments for and against the enactment of federal anti-lynching legislation in the early 1920s. Students will participate in a simulation game that enacts a fictitious Senate debate of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill. As a result of completing this activity, students will gain a better understanding of the federal system, the legislative process, and the difficulties social justice advocates encountered.

Lesson 3: Abraham Lincoln and Wartime Politics

Created July 17, 2010

This lesson will look at the partisan political issues which emerged in the election of 1864 around Abraham Lincoln's role as a wartime president. Through an examination of primary documents, students will focus on Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus, the Emancipation Proclamation, his decision to arm the freed slaves, his refusal to accept a compromise peace with the South, and the election of 1864.

Lesson 2: The 1828 Campaign of Andrew Jackson: Changes in Voting Participation

Did the increased right to vote translate into an increase in the percentage and totals of white males who actually voted? Students will look for connections between the candidacy of Andrew Jackson and trends in voter participation in the presidential election of 1828.

After School

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Jackie Robinson quote Jack Roosevelt Robinson (1919-72), the first black man to "officially" play in the big leagues in the 20th century, possessed enormous physical talent and a fierce determination to succeed. In the course of a distinguished 10-year career beginning in 1947, Robinson led the Brooklyn Dodgers to six National League titles and one victorious World Series.

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