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… the relatively egalitarian society of America. He warns Americans of the most dangerous tendency of democracy: the …
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… Wikimedia Commons Long before the first shot was fired, the American Revolution began as a series of written complaints … British army stationed in America after 1763 by requiring Americans to buy stamps for newspapers, legal documents, …
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… were deteriorating. President John Adams wanted to preserve American neutrality in conflicts between Britain and France. … for Talleyrand himself, and a large loan for France. The American people were incensed. War with France seemed … Birth of Political Parties , Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed …
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… a four-year conflict that would leave nearly a million Americans dead or wounded, four million slaves free, and a … the Future of American Slavery , students examine the alternatives available to politicians regarding the spread of …
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… can view this record of an era and see for themselves how Americans faced the challenge of those testing times. …
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… A City upon a Hill What values that we now consider 'American' were contributed by the Puritans? In the 1920s, … Life: Fleeting Mortality What values that we now consider 'American' were contributed by the Puritans? Look up the …
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… ALLAN POE , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed website American Studies at the University of Virginia Poe's Life on … , available via a link from the EDSITEment resource American Studies at the University of Virginia In … OF EDGAR ALLAN POE , a link from the EDSITEment resource American Studies at the University of Virginia Poe's Life on …
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… Metaphors Through Poetry yes Photo caption Celebrated American poet Maya Angelou makes extensive use of metaphors … are available on the EDSITEment-reviewed website Academy of American Poets . Langston Hughes, Dreams Margaret Atwood, … on the EDSITEment-reviewed web resource Academy of American Poets . Ask students to identify a metaphor in the …
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… were deteriorating. President John Adams wanted to preserve American neutrality in conflicts between Britain and France. … for Talleyrand himself, and a large loan for France. The American people were incensed. War with France seemed … Birth of Political Parties , Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed …
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… 68 women and 32 men had signed a document calling for American women to be extended the same civil and political rights that American men enjoyed, including suffrage. The … between men and women in mid-nineteenth century American society? To what extent are the tone and rhetorical …
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… Recognizing Similes: Fast as a Whip yes Photo caption American poet ee cummings made vivid use of similes in his … available on the EDSITEment-reviewed web site Academy of American Poets . William Wordsworth, The Daffodils Toi … on the EDSITEment-reviewed web resource Academy of American Poets . Ask students to identify a simile in the …
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… following: Kennedy's Radio and Television Report to the American People on Civil Rights . Click "Listen to this … President Kennedy's Radio and Television Report to the American People on Civil Rights, Jun 11, 1963 Debating … presents his call for equality in public places to the American people? Was it a good strategy? Why or why not? Why …
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… White Fang : Nature and Culture Detectives Lesson Plan American Utopia: The Architecture and History of the Suburb Lesson Plan Scraping the Sky: Architecture and American History Featured Image Photo caption Wendell Berry …
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… is available through the EDSITEment-reviewed Academy of American Poets . Your students may want to know a little bit … Lift Every Voice website via the EDSITEment-reviewed American Studies at the University of Virginia . Dickinson … similar hymns sung in church. Explore Alexander Wilson, American Ornithologist , part of the EDSITEment-reviewed …
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… Plantation in the North and South yes Photo caption African American slaves using cotton gin, drawing by William L. … 1862, shows perhaps the largest group of enslaved African Americans ever to be photographed at one time. O'Sullivan …
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… British army stationed in America after 1763 by requiring Americans to buy stamps for newspapers, legal documents, …
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… House of Burgesses, May 1765. Throughout 1787-88, as Americans continued to debate the proposed Constitution, one … and duplicate copies as necessary for student viewing. Alternatively, excerpted versions of these documents are …
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… students challenged the existing segregation laws in the American South with an assertive yet non-violent strategy. … upon the political and civil rights demands of black Americans, yet many popular songs of that period delve deep …
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… jazz. Since its inception in 2001 by the National Museum of American History, Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) has served … and share the historic and cultural contributions of jazz. American Artists Abroad A conga drum, bamboo flute, and … is credited with having a significant influence on Asian American jazz artists. For instance, in 1999, composer and …
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… subjects and events often omitted from European and North American art history. Symbolism plays a significant role in … Life, his four paintings charted the journey of African Americans from slavery to the present. The Hall of Negro …
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… estranged from his times by an overriding attachment to the American past? Lesson Extensions To complete this study of … these narrators? Selected EDSITEment Websites Academy of American Poets Ralph Waldo Emerson Walt Whitman Africans in America Fredrick Douglass The American President Abraham Lincoln The Internet Public …
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… relations with Germany. February 3, 1917. Wikimedia Commons American foreign policy continues to resonate with the … Entry into World War I: Two Diametrically Opposed Views American foreign policy continues to resonate with the … team 10/01/19 Related Content Lesson Plan African-American Soldiers in World War I: The 92nd and 93rd …
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… Resource BackStory: Making the Team: Sports and Equality in American History Featured Image Photo caption Unladylike2020 … Collage PBS Progressive Era (1890-1920) African American Latino/a American Revolution and Resistance Voting Women’s History …
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… worked tirelessly for the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and during the decades following the war, he was …
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… use in class. Links to graphics on the EDSITEment resource American Memory , which are used throughout this lesson, … embraced the contradictory goals of fair treatment of American Indians and the acquisition by the U.S. of land from the American Indians. Both men led troops in important victories …
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… Jackson's presidency a watershed in the evolution of the American political system. The campaign of 1828 was a … property requirement, though New York kept it for African Americans. Massachusetts, like many states, retained a tax …
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… is a comprehensive NEH-funded resource on the African American experience during the early 19th century. The … crafter" in the early 19th century? How did African Americans aid in the achievement of freedom for other …
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… Slave and the Slave Narrative Tradition Lesson Plan African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War … cultural sites associated with Los Angeles’s early African American history. This … as a result of the absence of sites associated with African American history and underscores the challenges of …
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… Vietnam War would become the longest military engagement in American history prior to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. … public in the past few years. This makes it possible for Americans and others to gain access and attempt to formulate …
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… were deteriorating. President John Adams wanted to preserve American neutrality in conflicts between Britain and France. … for Talleyrand himself, and a large loan for France. The American people were incensed. War with France seemed … Birth of Political Parties , Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History , a link from the EDSITEment reviewed …