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… Lesson 2: United States Entry into World War I: Some Hypotheses About U.S. … in this country has been instrumental in bringing about a public sentiment in favor of our country taking a course … profitable coup in the history of American finance… The war created 21,000 new American millionaires and during the war …
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… A Landmark Lesson: The United States Capitol Building yes … for example, a strong reader, a computer person, and a good public speaker. If possible, assign roles to the students … add or subtract questions from the groups' assignments to create better balance in their workloads. Group 1: What Has …
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… Live from Ancient Olympia! yes Photo caption The kylix depicting … (IOC) , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed Internet Public Library. Activity 2. Research athlete Divide the … was so much a part of the ancient Games? You might want to create two columns on the board, juxtaposing ancient and …
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… Thornton Wilder's Our Town: The Reader as Writer yes Photo caption Portrait of Thornton … reinforce the full experience of a play by having students create their own play, or a few scenes of their own, out of … University of Virginia Mercury Theatre on the Air Internet Public Library PBS Online Masterpiece Theatre: American …
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… Allegory in Painting yes Photo caption Thomas Cole, The … available through the EDSITEment-reviewed website Internet Public Library. You may wish to read the EDSITEment lesson … Note: While some contemporary artists have continued to create allegorical works, this mode of storytelling in the …
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… Symmetry in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight yes Photo caption "Sir Gawaine … available through the EDSITEment-reviewed website Internet Public Library Electronic Versions of the poem via … of the hunt and the beheading game were of the same ilk, created to test the honor and integrity of Arthur's knights. …
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… Lesson 3: Victory and the New Order in Europe yes Photo caption Conference of … moral prestige in the organization. So did much of British public opinion. Another important aspect of the American … the various allied plans for the post-war future of Germany create a tension between the practical goal of preventing …
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… Congressional Committees and the Legislative Process yes Photo caption … role that Congressional committees play in this process. Public attention usually focuses on the debate over … (2) Select Committees are temporary or permanent panels created to consider a specific issue that lies outside the …
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… In Old Pompeii yes Photo caption Vesuvius from Portici , c. 1774–1776. Joseph Wright … attracted by the still-active volcano, Vesuvius. The publication of illustrations of the finds spawned a huge … of images for their presentations, or download images to create a computer slide show. Encourage students to imagine …
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… Afro Atlantic Art: Portraits yes Photo caption Théodore … If you could choose someone from your community to create a portrait of, who would you choose and why? … , an 18th-century South African woman who was exploited for public display in Europe. Why do you think Burroughs chose …
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… Art and Remembrance: Using Art to Teach the Holocaust and … to show her daughters the family she had lost, Esther created a series of 36 exquisite works of fabric collage and … and the rise in anti-Semitism that accompanied the highly publicized 1913 murder trial and subsequent lynching of …
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… Play with Words: Rhyme & Verse yes Photo caption World War … Goose Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Shirley Holt (Shirlee Publications, 1991) Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You … of haiku, study examples by Japanese masters, and create haiku of their own. The World of Haiku (6-12) Explore …
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… Sor Juana, the Poet: The Sonnets yes Photo caption Monument … Mundo, ¿qué interesas?” in their original language of publication. The major characteristics of Spanish Golden Age … of American History A Rosary : Though this rosary was created in twentieth-century Puerto Rico, it provides a …
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… Lessons of the Indian Epics: Following the Dharma yes Photo caption Bathing in … through the EDSITEment-reviewed web resource Internet Public Library. Finally, investigate the links to the … to the class, and then ask for class participation in creating a working definition for the term. The definition …
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… Lascaux: La Vie en Caverne! yes Photo caption Animal … lesson, students will explore cave paintings of France and create their own cave-wall art for the classroom. … so that the treasure of Lascaux is always available to the public." From The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc , available …
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… Slavery and the American Founding: The "Inconsistency not to … to a time when slavery would no longer mar the American Republic. Students will become aware of the obstacles – real … the great tension between the idea that “all men are created equal” and the injustice of chattel slavery. Slavery …
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… Lesson 4: James Madison: Internal Improvements Balancing Act: … until after his death, In the early years of the Republic, Madison held a variety of offices, both appointed … considered unconstitutional, to elapse. The War of 1812 created a new need for the bank, but the question remained …
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… BackStory: To Be a Citizen? The History of Becoming American … Comprehension Questions Why was the Expatriation Act created in 1907, according to Linda Kerber? How did the 19th … the show features interviews with other scholars and public historians, seeking to bring U.S. history to life.Any …
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… Lesson 1: Anti-federalist Arguments Against "A Complete Consolidation" … the thirteen United States should be reduced to one great republic…or whether they should continue thirteen confederated … under the proposed Constitution, a bicameral Congress was created, and each state sent a proportional number of …
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… Homer's Civil War Veteran: Battlefield to Wheat Field yes Photo caption … were not yet printed in newspapers. Therefore, the general public "saw" the war through these wood engravings printed … and hill and tree shapes are in the blurry background. Create class lists to include all students' observations for …
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… Childhood Through the Looking-Glass yes Photo caption Alice in Wonderland , painting by … Commons This lesson explores the vision of childhood created by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland . Students … social context, and cultural history surrounding the publication of Lewis Carroll's Alice stories. For …
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… Anton Chekhov, “Home”: A Short Story yes Photo caption … was originally published in 1897. Sources for the Reading A public domain edition of “Home” (1922) is used in this … in which certain major characteristics are exaggerated to create a comic or grotesque effect scruple (v.) — to …
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… On This Day With Lewis and Clark yes Photo caption Lewis and Clark. … Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery was created. The Jefferson Presidency: Foreign Affairs available … Search by tribal name. The EDSITEment resource Internet Public Library's collection "Native American Authors" …
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… Exploring Arthurian Legend yes Photo caption King Arthur as one of the … of the King , and in the early 20th century T.H. White created his well-loved adaptation, The Once and Future King … FAIR MAID OF ASTOLAT ” via the EDSITEment-reviewed Internet Public Library. T.H. White’s Once and Future King Chapters …
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… BackStory: Forgotten Flu—America and the 1918 Pandemic Audio … and responding to the flu pandemic? 4. How had medicine and public health changed at the start of the twentieth …
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… Scottsboro Boys and To Kill a Mockingbird: Two Trials for the Classroom yes … Brock Peters. Wikimedia Commons "We know all men are not created equal in the sense some people would have us … right this wrong,” Bentley said in his statement. Since its publication in 1960, To Kill a Mockingbird has paid witness …
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… Lions, Dragons, and Nian: Animals of the Chinese New Year yes Photo … was used to fill the red bamboo reeds and exploded to create loud sounds. This noise has an important role at New … is available through EDSITEment-reviewed resource Internet Public Library. Dragons as Creatures of Power explores the …
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… A Wrinkle in Time: The Board Game yes Photo caption Diagram … cards with steps forward or backward as appropriate. 2. Create the board Working in their small groups, students … a place on its shelf? Selected EDSITEment Websites Internet Public Library Literary Criticism Madeleine L’Engle’s …
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… Shakespeare's Macbeth: Fear and the Motives of Evil yes Photo … Bartleby.com , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed Internet Public Library. This electronic concordance offers some … as MS Word), they can cut and paste relevant passages to create a document. The advantage of this procedure is that …
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… Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet: ‘You Kiss by the Book’ yes … Romeo and Juliet , situating its writing, performance, and publication in the last years of the 16th-century: "Scholars … To gauge the full dramatic effect of the sonnet Shakespeare created for the first meeting between Romeo and Juliet, it …