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… Lesson 1: From the President's Lips: The Concerns that Led to the Sedition (and Alien) Act yes Photo caption … of members of Congress belonged, and the Democratic-Republicans, led by former vice-president Thomas Jefferson and …
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… EDSITEment's Recommended Reading List for College-Bound Students June 01, 2012 yes … in women's lives before the Civil War, such as the 1851 publication of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’ Cabin, as … how historical events gradually merged with fantasy to create the colorful tales we enjoy today. Website: U of …
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… Magna Carta: Cornerstone of the U.S. Constitution yes Photo … Trials held in a timely manner Trials open to the public Trial by a jury of one's peers Respect for economic … a Bill of Rights. Was Hamilton correct that a government created by the people, as he asserts in paragraph 8, …
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… The Great War: Evaluating the Treaty of Versailles yes Photo caption … , is available from the EDSITEment-reviewed from Internet Public Library, which has a page specifically devoted to … " Germany's Responsibility for the War " and " The Weimar Republic: the Treaty of Versailles ." Read background …
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… Building A More Perfect Union Website A More Perfect Union Formatted … for the Humanities Revolutionary Era (1765-1790) Early Republic (1790-1820) American Revolution Civics Civil Rights … Endowment for the Humanities and National History Day created Building a More Perfect Union as part of the …
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… National History Day Resources: Conflict and Compromise in … the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund , have come together to create new collections of resources on a wide variety of …
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… If You Were a Pioneer on the Oregon Trail yes Photo caption Oregon … with the actual experiences of 19th-century pioneers. After creating, as a class, oral stories about contemporary … the emigrants who traveled on the Oregon Trail. They then create works of historical fiction in the form of picture …
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… Glossary of Terms for Film Discussion and Analysis January 06, … a film is perceived: for instance, quick, rapid cuts can create a feeling of tension, while slow motion can create a …
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… Sor Juana the Nun and Writer: Las Redondillas and The Reply yes … on Sor Juana can be found through the EDSITEment-created timeline of the life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. …
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… Helen Keller Archival Collection Website A More Perfect Union History & … disabilities in the 20th century, was a prolific writer, public speaker, suffragist, social activist, and global …
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… The Beauty of Anglo-Saxon Poetry: A Prelude to Beowulf yes Photo caption … B. Gummere, at Bartleby.com , a resource from Internet Public Library. Beowulf in Hypertext , a link on Labyrinth , … Sourcebook The Write Stuff The Lindisfarne Gospels Internet Public Library Bartleby.com The Book of Kells, Trinity …
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… The Constitutional Convention of 1787 yes Photo caption Washington at … the future safety and happiness of the young American republic. At times it seemed that the Convention would fail as … will examine the roles that key American founders played in creating the Constitution, and the challenges they faced in …
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… Introducing American Art at the Core of Learning May 10, 2016 Sara … tandem and with local teachers, sharing their artworks, co-creating classroom resources, and learning from each other’s … geared to their specific learning level. Many museum-created texts, for example, are written at a reading level …
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… FDR: Fireside Chats, the New Deal, and Eleanor yes Photo caption Photograph of Franklin D. … Interwar Period (1920-1939) Great Depression President Public Policy …
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… What's In A Name? yes Photo caption Common names in Britain and Ireland. … available through the EDSITEment-reviewed resource Internet Public Library Lesson 1: How Did Surnames Come to Be? During …
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… Lesson 3: British Surnames Derived from Occupations or Professions yes Photo caption A stand at … Lesson Extensions Selected EDSITEment Websites Internet Public Library Surname Origin List Labyrinth Medieval …
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… Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find”: Who's the Real Misfit? yes … the world," ( Georgia Women of Achievement , via Internet Public Library) continue to disturb and resonate. As … Special Collection , via EDSITEment reviewed Internet Public Library, links to a number of valuable online …
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… People Not Property: Stories of Slavery in the Colonial North Video A More Perfect Union … that colonists built homes, grew crops, ran businesses, and created institutions. The interactive documentary People … historical narratives about the colonial period and early republic? What are the consequences of the omission of the …
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… Evaluating Eyewitness Reports yes Photo caption Chicago in … example, an athletic competition, a natural disaster, a public celebration, the coming of some new technology like …
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… A Midsummer Night's Dream: Conflict Resolution and Happy Endings yes Photo caption … site available via the EDSITEment-reviewed Internet Public Library: Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of … Teachers Learner.org: Interactives: Renaissance Internet Public Library Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of …
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… 2016 Jefferson Lecture: Ken Burns Video A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies Civics U.S. … here described the perfect hell on earth we have indeed created for ourselves. But if it is the obligation of the …
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… Beatrix Potter's Naughty Animal Tales yes Photo caption Mrs. … some of the same artistic techniques used by Potter to create masterpieces of their own. Content Standards …
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… Can You Haiku? yes Photo caption Print shows three women and … of haiku, study examples by Japanese masters, and create haiku of their own. Content Standards … provide a springboard for lessons on print-making or for creating works based on nature subjects. Lesson Plan The …
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… Lesson 2: Responding to Emily Dickinson: Poetic Analysis yes Photo caption A cabinet card copy of a … onto the board. If not possible, the web can be easily recreated on a chalk or white board. Using his web, have …
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… The Black Archives of Mid-America Video A More Perfect Union … the NEH and the Missouri Humanities Council , the archive created a digital gallery of some of its photographic …
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… Activities for Twelve Angry Men yes Photo caption Twelve … Wainwright drew widespread attention, especially with the publication a year later of Gideon's Trumpet by New York …
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… Introduction to Modernist Poetry yes Photo caption "Lady Reading Poetry" by Ishibashi Kazunori (1906). … a rising population that engendered crowds and chaos in public spaces; and a growing sense of mass markets often …