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… considered to be one of the greatest contributions to American literature and one of Faulkner's most heartfelt … and yet obscure—that both ranks it as great among American literary classics and renders it so very complex … themes from earlier works related to the decline of the American South, as well as issues of morality, sin, and …
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… World History WWII (1939-1945) Closer Reading Jewish American Heritage Month Lesson Plan Holocaust and Resistance … Frank: One of Hundreds of Thousands Lesson Plan Japanese American Internment Camps during WWII …
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… More Dickinson poems are available at the Academy of American Poets or the American Verse Project that can be used to extend or modify … biography on the EDSITEment-reviewed website Academy of American Poets helps to establish the mythical idea of …
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… Science and Sacred Rights Media Resource BackStory: Saving American History Featured Image Photo caption The Oakland … at the University of Puget Sound and the author of American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza … regarding preparedness for a global health crisis? The PBS American Experience film "Influenza 1918" gives viewers a …
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… they are more or less self-contained. In the high-school American history class, for example, we often look at the … versa. Soviets used segregation and mistreatment of black Americans to support the claim that communism was a more …
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… declared and won their independence from Great Britain, Americans enjoyed the freedom to establish for themselves … changes in Americans’ participation over time, and alternative models from other countries, past and present. …
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… One of the most persistent and overarching complaints the American colonists had about the rule of the British … all power into its impetuous vortex." The founders of the American states, he says, "seem never for a moment to have … Classes that have already covered the causes of the American Revolution and the basics of the three branches of …
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… caption Home page image from Ken Burns' website. WETA "More Americans get their history from Ken Burns than any other …
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… League yes Photo caption Woodrow Wilson. Wikimedia Commons American foreign policy continues to resonate with the … the main objections to the League of Nations by some Americans. Lesson Extensions Selected EDSITEment Websites …
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… Lessons Featured Websites Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month brings … exhibition, Poetic Voices of the Muslim World, to increase Americans' understanding of Muslim poetic traditions in oral …
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… We Must Not Be Enemies Student Activity Lincoln on the American Union: A Word Fitly Spoken Lesson Plan “From Time … EDSITEment activity on his speeches entitled Lincoln on the American Union: A Word Fitly Spoken . Discussion Questions: … inaugurations and how presidents connect with the American public. Discussion Questions: Compare the …
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… and D.W. Griffith to engage in racist attacks on African Americans in the early years of the 20th century? In what …
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… The presidential election of 1824 represents a watershed in American politics. The collapse of the Federalist Party and … states" (Hopkins, James F., "Election of 1824," History of American Presidential Elections, Volume 1 . Ed. Arthur M. … Democrats. Many links to the EDSITEment-reviewed website American Memory , used throughout this unit, lead to an …
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… after Reconstruction; the Panic of 1893; African American activism against segregation and oppression; … organizers, 2. analyze the diverse range of attitudes that Americans held toward the fair, and 3. explore methods for …
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… before World War II. That the president acted as he did—and Americans (at least initially) supported that … and duplicate copies as necessary for student viewing. Alternatively, excerpted versions of these documents are …
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… by Minnie Bruce Pratt yes Photo caption Minnie Bruce Pratt American Academy of Poets By calling her poem “The Great … to mind the period of 1900–1970, when millions of African Americans left the South to seek work and better lives in …
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… that it was held on August 28, 1963, and that thousands of Americans from all walks of life attended it. Let students …
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… helped open doors of European courts to him as an American statesman. Franklin wears the plain clothes of an 18th-century American citizen rather than the frilly European court dress … Franklin Tercentenary The Metropolitan Museum of Art American Neoclassical Sculptors Abroad Neoclassicism Hiram …
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… Lesson for more activities relating to Central and South American countries). Teachers of second graders might … to different parts of Latin America. The PBS project Latino Americans focuses on the experiences of Latin American …
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… when he spurned the affection of Mrs. Jennings, an African American woman who had become like a second mother to Burns … Closer Readings Commentary: Ken Burns Asks, "Who Are We As Americans?" : Burns's documentaries are long, and finding …
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… Buffalo, NY (1979). Photograph by David Seaman. Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection From 1976-1981, the National … tools to edit or add to the existing photograph. Alternatively, students might draw a new scene or verbally … to begin deliberately documenting the lives of more Americans. Working with a partner, read the excerpted …
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… and History in the United States Closer Reading Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage and History in the U.S. Closer Reading Jewish American Heritage Month …
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… America's cultural consciousness. They observe, “For most Americans the episode ranks in familiarity somewhere between …
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… August 22, 1781 on the EDSITEment-reviewed website American Memory .) On November 5, 1781, less than three … the Continental Congress for November 5, also available on American Memory : Congress proceeded to the election of a … election for President on Monday, November 4, 1782 (also on American Memory), which was contested. John Hanson was the …
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… for the agency was based on widely held opinion that the American experiment in self-government requires a thoughtful … to promote and support the arts and the humanities to all Americans. Text Dependent Questions Why does the act …
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… the preface. Background Of the institutions that define the American identity, these come to mind: In the political … in our history. More than any other literary form, the American slave narrative dramatized how slavery corrupted … racism and discrimination, remain compelling themes for the American people. For a framework for teaching this material, …
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… directly to the novel.” ] The EDSITEment-reviewed American Memory collection from the Library of Congress, … photographs, and commentaries. Critical responses by the American public to the novel upon its publication, … of Wrath in Oklahoma by Martin Staples Shockley appeared in American Literature 15 (1944): 351–361 (available through …
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… stories and were written down in the 19th century in the American South. In this unit, students will become familiar … that applies to one of the stories. Lesson Extensions The American stories referred to as Brer Rabbit stories are … brought to the United States and the Caribbean by African-American slaves. To develop a history of this type of …
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… the much broader “local color” or “regionalist” movement in American literature, which flourished during the decades … and authors) is available on Prof. Donna Campbell’s American Literature site. You may wish to copy and … and, if time allows, read it aloud with students (alternatively, have them read it the night before). As the class …