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… It Came From Greek Mythology yes Photo caption Head of Athena; … as well as rewarded. Content Standards NCSS.D2.His.1.3-5. Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to … Mythology, a link from the EDSITEment resource Internet Public Library. A number of myths are retold for young …
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… Afro Atlantic: Paths from Enslavement yes Photo caption … a leader of the Harlem Renaissance, was commissioned to create a series of four murals (of which only two have … Hughes to DuBois on the 20th anniversary of Hughes’ first publication in The Crisis, an important political and …
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… Lesson 4: The 1828 Campaign of Andrew Jackson: Issues in the Election of 1828 … to the campaign of 1828. On one hand, that image was created—at least in part—by the candidate's astute handlers. … Pro-Jackson Material Address of the General Committee of Republican young men of the City of New York, friendly to the …
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… Lesson 2: People and Places in the North and South yes Photo caption African … and those on the home front supporting the war effort. Public support for a war comes more easily when those who … documents studied in the lesson, with appropriate captions. Create a piece of historical fiction set in the 1850s. For …
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… Sophocles' Antigone: Ancient Greek Theatre, Live From Antiquity! yes … Greece , (available via the EDSITEment-reviewed Internet Public Library) provides historical background for ancient … context, assess the thoroughness of their production notes created in their groups as they analyzed the language of …
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… Charles Baudelaire: Poète Maudit (The Cursed Poet) yes Photo … and obscenity and six poems were banned from the original publication by the French courts. The EDSITEment website … and captures the swirl of controversy its publication created. Students may also link to several of poems in Les …
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… Lesson 1: The First Great Awakening yes Photo caption George Whitefield was a … or a single organized group. Its various leaders, in fact, created no single set of doctrines or organizational … (from " Religion and the Founding of the American Republic ," accessible via the EDSITEment-reviewed web …
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… Lesson 1: The Phoenicians and the Beginnings of the Alphabet yes Photo caption … western Mediterranean. Content Standards NCSS.D2.His.1.3-5. Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to … ships can be also be viewed at this link from the Internet Public Library. Photos of a reconstructed Phoenician ship …
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… Learning the Blues yes Photo caption U.S. postage stamp … blues performance are also available through leading blues publications such as Living Blues , Blues Review , and Blues … "Beale Street Blues" (1916), one of the songs that helped create a national audience for what was at that time …
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… Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: Oral and Literary Strategies … Society Xpeditions . After each student has finished creating his or her individual map, the class can describe … and literary situation of Nigeria during the time of publication in the 1950s and today. Debate the aims and …
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… Balancing Three Branches at Once: Our System of Checks and … the lyrics for "No More Kings" from "Schoolhouse Rock," created by American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. You can … , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed website Internet Public Library. A lesson plan on the three branches of …
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… What is History? Timelines and Oral Histories yes Photo … show the children timelines available through The Internet Public Library. The timelines are divided into several time … in conjunction with someone at home, each child should create a family timeline that contains 5-7 events from …
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… Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and the Unreliable Biographers … about Poe and Bierce? How can we gain insight into how they created? The stories of Poe and Bierce, far from being … discharge from the army became desertion. The 1827 publication of Tamerlane and Other Poems was dismissed as a …
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… Lesson 3: Emulating Emily Dickinson: Poetry Writing yes Photo caption The … the curriculum unit overview . Background The Digital Public Library of America has a variety of maps, … the same mood or motif and analyze how that type of media creates that mood. Rhythm or Meter — Students will identify …
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… Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and the Unreliable Narrator … photo. The photographer/author has chosen, in this case, to create in the viewer/reader a sense of mystery or a desire … Poe, though not with certainty. Written in 1840, before the publication of " The Tell-Tale Heart ," the article …
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… Women’s History through Chronicling America March 12, 2018 Mary Downs, Leah Weinryb Grohsgal yes … A write-up in the Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Jeffersonian Republican reported that: The women of Seneca Falls had a … of independence” asserting that men and women were created equal. This being a leap year, the women have a …
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… Under the Deep Blue Sea yes Photo caption Clown fish playing hide and seek in sea … to life near the ocean. Invite 2nd-grade students to create their own haiku-like poems about the ocean or animals … are linked from the EDSITEment-reviewed website Internet Public Library. While reading these rhymes aloud or having …
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… The Mexican Revolution yes Photo caption General Emiliano Zapata sits … major industries, most famously oil; and promoted local public works, public education, and the interests of … in 1906, about to go on strike. Write a short speech or create a poster that expresses why you are striking. …
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… Crane, London, and Literary Naturalism yes Photo caption … State University (via the EDSITEment-reviewed Internet Public Library ). Literary critic Donna Campbell defines … What choices are or are not available to them? Ask them to create this character at the beginning of this imaginary …
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… Not “Indians,” Many Tribes: Native American Diversity yes Photo … History , accessed through the EDSITEment resource Internet Public Library. Recommended readings about the Abenaki (from … Write the list on chart paper. Compare it to the list created at the beginning of the lesson. If awareness of …
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… Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-paper” & the “New … of wife and mother. Men, on the other hand, would rule the public domain through work, politics, and economics. By the … With the multimedia resources students have researched, create a content library of their photos, videos, and …
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… War Literature: Being There or Not April 23, 2018 Steve Moyer … wrote “ The Last of the Light Brigade ” to draw the British public’s attention to the financial straits of many of the … on the wars in which they served. In Catch-22 , Heller creates the unforgettable character Yossarian, who becomes …
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… “From Citizen, VI [On the train the woman standing],” Claudia Rankine no Photo caption … remedy inequality by prohibiting discrimination in schools, public facilities, and employment. Revisions to that act … about the words? Ask your students how the responses they created before they read the poem relate to the poem itself. …
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… Faulkner's As I Lay Dying: Form of a Funeral yes Photo … A character speaking from his own point-of-view, however, creates a sense of a limited but intimate perspective. … Online Writing Lab , via the EDSITEment-reviewed Internet Public Library. William Faulkner on the Web , available via …
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… Lincoln’s Enduring Legacy April 13, 2018 Julia Nguyen yes Photo caption Photograph … give students a front-row seat as the Lincoln “myth” is created. But legends and myths are not history. A reading … Northern armies to victory over the South. He rarely made public addresses as wartime leader, but when he did they …
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… Toni Morrison's Beloved: For Sixty Million and More yes Photo caption Toni Morrison speaking at The … in classrooms and book clubs across the country since its publication in 1987. The following close reading and … plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. …
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… Through the Looking Glass: Transparency in Modern Architecture yes Photo caption … National Trust for Historic Preservation and is open to the public for tours. Carol M. Highsmith (photographer) / … windows. An increased demand for technical knowledge has created a growing industry of architects who specialize in …
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… Teaching Classic Novels through Popular Adaptations: An … popular stage adaptations in the first decade following its publication in 1818. The 1823 edition, which quadrupled the … , a reference to the titan of Greek mythology who created man and defied Zeus by giving man fire. How does the …
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… Understanding the Salem Witch Trials yes Photo caption Engraving of … control over militia appointments, and permitted the first public celebration of Christmas in Massachusetts, a … Trials Documentary Archive . If you plan to have students create pictures, or if you want to use larger sized paper …