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… Sarah Orne Jewett’s “A White Heron” yes Photo caption Sarah … Mrs. Tilley doubtfully, in response to this enthusiastic announcement. "Oh no, they're stuffed and preserved, dozens … excerpt? What words and expressions does the author use to create that? This section opens with a passage about the …
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… Australian Aboriginal Art and Storytelling yes Photo caption … dot paintings. Content Standards NCSS.D2.His.1.3-5. Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to … available through the EDSITEment-reviewed website Internet Public Library for yourself, as well as making copies of the …
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… Lesson 2: "Old Southwest" Humorists and George Washington Harris yes Photo caption Illustration accompanying … maps available at the EDSITEment-reviewed National Parks Service: A Link to the Past United States in 1830 United …
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… Thomas Edison's Inventions in the 1900s and Today: From "New" to … , accessed through the EDSITEment-reviewed website Internet Public Library Kidspace. Discuss the various aspects of the … draw or use images from the internet and magazines to create colorful pictorial timelines of the evolution of …
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… Edward Lear, Limericks, and Nonsense: A Little Nonsense yes … techniques and devices that poets use to help their readers create a mental picture while reading or hearing poems. In a … on the Edward Lear Home Page . (NOTE: Lear's work is in the public domain.) Select a few limericks and illustrations to …
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… "Cinderella" Folk Tales: Variations in Plot and Setting yes Photo … , a link from the EDSITEment resource The Internet Public Library. Cinderella365 : The Cinderella story can be … 5. A Cinderella of Your Own Now students are ready to create their own Cinderella tales. While keeping in mind the …
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… Lesson 2: The Social Security Act yes Photo caption Franklin D. Roosevelt … by this economic crisis. Improvements in medicine and public health meant people were living longer, yet many … economy. The EDSITEment-reviewed America's Library site created by the Library of Congress provides a brief Great …
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… Lesson 1: From Courage to Freedom: The Reality behind the Song yes Photo … of Douglass's life at the EDSITEment-reviewed National Park Service Links to the Past: American Visionaries William L. … WITHOUT the underlining and have them choose the words that create an impact on them. Questions to ask the students …
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… Norman Rockwell, Freedom of Speech—Know It When You See It yes … Freedom of Speech , they will report on a town meeting and create a collage featuring examples of free speech. …
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… The Cuneiform Writing System in Ancient Mesopotamia: Emergence and Evolution yes Photo … practices became more successful, farmers were able to create surpluses. In order to ensure the crop yield, a … available through the EDSITEment resource Internet Public Library. Review all websites and materials students …
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… The Panic of 1837 and the Presidency of Martin Van Buren yes … in favor of particular pursuits, losses not incurred in the public service. This would be substantially to use the property of …
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… Then and Now: Life in Early America, 1740–1840 yes Photo caption … in a whole-group setting, work in small groups to create a list of changes, or create a contemporary update of … Williamsburg , a link from the EDSITEment resource Internet Public Library. The activity can be completed online and/or …
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… The Olympic Medal: It's All Greek to Us! yes Photo caption Physical Fitness … page available through the EDSITEment resource Internet Public Library. Students are bound to be curious to know … Greek writing means. This lesson plan uses an EDSITEment-created Greek alphabet animation to help students "decode" …
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… Jack London’s “To Build A Fire” yes Photo caption Jack London in his office, 1916. Wikimedia Commons … States Constitution established a large commercial republic, largely on the belief (defended in Federalist No. …
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… Couriers in the Inca Empire: Getting Your Message Across yes Photo caption … days, about the same time as it takes today's modern postal service to deliver a letter between those two cities. …
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… Lesson 1: What Are the Qualities of a Good Military Leader? yes Photo … , given to Washington upon his retirement from military service. If desired, read instead the Address of the …
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… Aesop and Ananse: Animal Fables and Trickster Tales yes … through the EDSITEment-reviewed web resource Internet Public Library. The "Preface" provides information on the … Fables website notes: "It has been said that Aesop only created but a few of the Fables, but he is still regarded as …
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… Introducing Jane Eyre: An Unlikely Victorian Heroine yes Photo caption … out to write the novel Jane Eyre , she was determined to create a main character who challenged the notion of the … write for a few minutes in response to the prompt, "How do publications reflect and mirror a time and culture?" Have …
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… Thurgood Marshall Before the Court Website History & Social Studies … podcast. According to the podcast, why was desegregation of public schools such a controversial and inflammatory issue? … major civil rights figures? The Miseducation database , created by ProPublica, documents persistent racial …
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… The Jungle, Muckrakers, and Teddy Roosevelt yes Photo caption Teddy Roosevelt … upon journalism as an important tool to raise public awareness of serious societal problems. Investigative … novel, The Jungle , was published in early 1906 and created an international sensation with his expose of the …
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… Recognizing Similes: Fast as a Whip yes Photo caption American poet ee … through the EDSITEment-reviewed web resource Internet Public Library. Review and bookmark the web pages containing … similes used in poetry by Derricotte, Frost and Wordsworth Create their own similes in order to learn how to apply this …
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… American Icons: The Great Gatsby Audio A More Perfect Union … Period (1920-1939) Content This NEH-funded podcast from Public Radio International explores The Great Gatsby in … parallels does Lauren use to adapt The Great Gatsby to create the movie G ? What is the function of music in the …
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… The Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional? yes Photo caption Poem honoring … the ways we can know what happened more than 200 years ago. Create a list on chart paper or the blackboard of what the … available via a link from the EDSITEment resource Internet Public Library.Though this brief account is told in …
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… Ask an NEH Expert: All About Local History Video History & … Local History Lesson Plan Place-Based Learning: Creating Clio Entries Teacher's Guide Using Primary Sources … of Center for Educators and Schools at the New York Public Library discuss how local stories and perspectives …
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… Who Belongs on the Frontier: Cherokee Removal yes Photo caption Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee … information is available in the historical sources they created. D2.Civ.3.6-8. Examine the origins, purposes, and … the powers and limits of the three branches of government, public officials, and bureaucracies at different levels in …
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… BackStory: Blasts from the Past: A History of Dynamite in the … What kinds of labor needed to be brought together to create Mount Rushmore once dynamite was involved? What … the show features interviews with other scholars and public historians, seeking to bring U.S. history to life. …
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… Stories in Quilts yes Photo caption A quilting party in an Alvin, Wisconsin home. Library … tell stories that reflect the lives of the people who create them, and that record the cultural history of a … , located on the EDSITEment-reviewed website Internet Public Library, or images from one of the recommended books. …
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… Remember the Ladies: The First Ladies yes Photo caption Abigail Adams was … ) and Rosalynn Carter ( color version or black and white ), created in January and February 1977, respectively. What … 200 years earlier? Does this indicate a change in the public image of a First Lady? 3. Ask students to think about …
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… Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" yes Photo caption A dinghy like the … story, available via the EDSITEment-reviewed Internet Public Library. Look at this map of The Mosquito Inlet and … How do these varying emotions build upon each other to create the mood of the scene? How does the third-person …