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… Colonial Broadsides: A Student-Created Play yes Photo caption The … the latest news and much more: government proclamations, public service announcements, opinion papers, …
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… Q&A with Public Scholar Candacy Taylor Video History & Social Studies … Cover of the 1940 edition of The Negro Motorist Green Book created by Victor Hugo Green. Wikimedia Commons Civil Rights …
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… “From Time to Time”: Presidents and Communicating with the Public yes Photo caption President John F. Kennedy delivers … President Wilson and the requirement that such a message be created should be considered when reading this speech? Read …
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… Place-Based Learning: Creating Clio Entries yes Photo caption … contexts. Background Getting Started with Clio Clio has created a a series of four instructional videos that walk … them to review all student entries before making them public on Clio. This also protects student privacy by …
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… The Statue of Liberty: The Meaning and Use of a National Symbol … website, a link from the EDSITEment resource Internet Public Library. Gather the necessary materials for the … quarter century of local citizen activity and vigilance has created, protected, and nurtured Liberty State Park, which …
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… Lesson 3: Creating the Office of the Presidency yes Photo caption Howard … the recent tyranny of the English King and were hesitant to create an independent executive that might abuse its powers … and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, …
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… On the Home Front yes Photo caption We Can Do It! Rosy the Riveter Poster. Wikimedia … If desired, students will be given the opportunity to create their own posters. Many posters are listed below to … Freedoms , a link from the EDSITEment resource Internet Public Library, students can access the Veteran's …
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… Lesson 1: President Madison's 1812 War Message: A Brief Overview yes Photo … ships were seized and impressments of American sailors into service on British ships increased, leading Congress to pass … thousands of American citizens, under the safeguard of public law and of their national flag, have been torn from …
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… Incredible Bridges: Poets Creating Community December 16, 2016 yes Photo caption … of poets in America today, with the challenge: “Let’s create incredible bridges.” “Incredible Bridges” enlists the …
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… Not Only Paul Revere: Other Riders of the American Revolution yes … information is available in the historical sources they created. NCSS. D2.His.14.6-8. Explain multiple causes and … Psalm of the West The Ride of Tench Tilghman The Internet Public Library About.Com: Women's History Sybil Ludington: …
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… Lesson 2: President Madison's 1812 War Message: A Documentary Review yes Photo … ships were seized and impressments of American sailors into service on British ships increased, leading Congress to pass … a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed website Internet Public Library Students may not know that an international …
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… President Madison's 1812 War Message yes Photo caption Painting by … ships were seized and impressments of American sailors into service on British ships increased, leading Congress to pass … of 1840: William Henry Harrison and Tyler, Too Early Republic (1790-1820) International Relations President …
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… The Korean War (1950–1953) yes Photo caption During South Korean … October 1, 1949, Mao Tse-tung declared China a "People's Republic," and two months later Chiang Kai-shek and his … off and go over their chart with a partner. Students should create a group list that will be shared with the entire …
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… Colonial Broadsides and the American Revolution yes Photo caption … the latest news and much more: government proclamations, public service announcements, opinion papers, … EDSITEment lesson, Colonial Broadsides: A Student-Created Play . Content Standards NCSS.D2.His.1.6-8. Analyze …
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… Lesson 2: The House Un-American Activities Committee yes Photo caption Alger Hiss, … that Soviet spies had infiltrated the U.S. government created a general sense of uneasiness. In 1946 the House … that the personal views of people in them should come under public scrutiny. Background Worry about infiltration of the …
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… Lesson 3: President Madison's 1812 War Message: Answers Lead to More Questions … ships were seized and impressments of American sailors into service on British ships increased, leading Congress to pass … States Army , a link from the EDSITEment resource Internet Public Library. Selected EDSITEment Websites American Memory …
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… Japanese American Internment Camps during WWII yes Photo … arriving. Only a total of 1,256 people volunteered for service from all the WRA camps, whereas over 10,000 … B ) to establish a context for why these camps were created and how the U.S. Government justified their need …
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… FDR’s “Four Freedoms” Speech yes Photo caption Engraving of the Four Freedoms at the Franklin Delano … on the campaign trail and at press conferences, our public officials appeal to the cause of freedom every day. … theoretical debates over the scope and meaning of freedom. Create an original argument regarding the theory and …
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… Who Were the Foremothers of the Women's Suffrage and Equality Movements? yes Photo caption Portrait of … of 1848 and other information from the National Park Service's in-depth feature on the Women's Rights National … We find the Forefathers in key documents they helped create and/or to which they affixed their signatures. What …
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… Lesson 1: FDR's Fireside Chats: The Power of Words yes Photo caption Franklin D. … and intimacy of radio with the believability of his message created a powerful force that enabled him to pass a sweeping … the EDSITEment-reviewed American Presidents website. The public's response to FDR's voice and speeches can be gauged …
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… The Declaration of Sentiments by the Seneca Falls Conference (1848) … these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with … National Museum of Women’s History Motherhood, Social Service, and Political Reform: Political Culture and Imagery …
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… Lesson 3: The Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy yes Photo caption The excesses … the State Department. For the next two years he and other Republicans would use these charges to hammer the Truman … groups will compare their paragraphs, and then use them to create an essay explaining McCarthy's downfall in 1954. …
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… Truth and Memory in the Mississippi Delta: What the Emmett Till … , the Washington Post , and other national media outlets announced the reopening of the Emmett Till case, 36 K-12 … the “cradle of American culture” by the National Park Service and a National Treasure by the National Trust for …
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… Kennewick Man: Science and Sacred Rights yes Photo caption Sculpted … 1998) which reports the decision by the National Park Service to conduct further studies of Kennewick Man in order … Resolution: Reports about Kennewick Man stirred widespread public interest in the controversy until, in late 1998, the …
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… Lesson 4: The New Order for "Greater East Asia" yes Photo caption At the White House, … of the French and aware that the impending end of the war created opportunities for a strong Vietnamese independence … of the consistency of allied practices and plans with their publicly stated principles in the Atlantic Charter. Group …
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… The Massachusetts 54th Regiment: Honoring the Heroes yes Photo … for a photograph like the men in the sculpture, and then create a comic strip featuring one of the heroes of this … of this is: “He relinquished everything to serve the Republic.” Write what this means in your own words. Students …
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… Lesson 3: United States Entry into World War I: A Documentary Chronology of … other appropriate sources available, student groups will create a documentary slideshow of the U.S. entry into World … USGS , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed website Internet Public Library: Iron and Steel Historical Statistics (pdf) …
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… Lesson 2: The Election Is in the House: 1824: The Candidates and the Issues yes Photo caption William H. … the illness of the "official candidate" of the Democratic-Republicans led to a slate of candidates who were all … , offers these brief summaries concentrating on public service: John Quincy Adams: Brief Biography John C. Calhoun: …
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… Lesson 1: Soviet Espionage in America yes Photo caption Julius and Ethel Rosenberg … and kept the issue of Soviet espionage before the American public for years to come. This lesson will expose students … State and the Treasury, as well as the Office of Strategic Services (the precursor to the Central Intelligence …
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… Media and Communication Technology in the Making of America July … account of what happened?; By whom or for what purpose is a publication produced?; and What makes a source trustworthy? … and private lives of the American people then and now; and Create original interpretations of historical and …