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… LBJ Presidential Library Civil Rights (1945-1970) African American Constitution/Law Content This episode of BackStory … provisions were in the Civil Rights Act to protect African Americans from violence? Why? What were some of the problems …
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… countries using the following EDSITEment resources: American Association of Teachers of French Bibliography of … to bowling, available through the EDSITEment-reviewed American Association of Teachers of French and through … Create a French Web Page , from the EDSITEment-reviewed American Association of Teachers of French website, provides …
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… in the United States, and the hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee, may have generated big … with an eye to understanding how his efforts brought American anticommunism to fever pitch, and then into … and duplicate copies as necessary for student viewing. Alternatively, excerpted versions of these documents are …
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… opposition. In 1914, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sent American Marines to Vera Cruz, Mexico, to support the … and includes works recognized as masterpieces of Latin American literature such as Los de abajo ( The Underdogs ) … were painted in the United States, including the Epic of American Civilization by José Clemente Orozco at Dartmouth …
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… Lesson 2: The First Inaugural Address (1861)—Defending the American Union Lesson Plan Homer's Civil War Veteran: … to Wheat Field Curriculum Abraham Lincoln on the American Union: “A Word Fitly Spoken” Analyze the causes and …
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… documents, all available on the EDSITEment resource American Memory : Read the brief declaration and the chart … an army can be raised when one is needed? Keep in mind the American distaste for standing armies. In the Declaration of … an army, but raising one …" "A significant weakness in the American position was the disunity of the country. In the …
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… Students begin with a case study including alternative reports of a single event: the Great Chicago Fire of … Finally, discuss how an historian might use these alternative accounts of the Chicago Fire. What is the advantage … atrocities? a study of the wartime experience of African American soldiers? a review of teenage life in the …
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… one of Crane's best works and a wonderful example of American literary naturalism. In this lesson, students will … to Stephen Crane's biography and contextualize him in American literary history, using the biographies and other … Internet Public Library. From the Library of Congress American Memory Project A dinghy lifeboat Another dinghy …
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… using An Interview with Max Morath, from the website The American Experience—WayBack U.S. History for Kids – … in the world will the future bring?" on the website The American Experience—Wayback U.S. History for Kids—Technology … Compare and contrast their own lifestyles with that of Americans in the 1900s and describe how technology has …
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… Illinois was a French frontier territory. 1800–1850 , when American settlers moved into the region. 1850–1890 , when … hardship, and the pressures of world war transformed American society. 1950–Present , when postwar prosperity set … United States, or as evidence of the impact of plastic on American life. Turn to the descriptive information on the …
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… can be found on Literary Metamorphoses as well as on American Academy of Poets Web site. The influence of his … Pound and T.S. Eliot. Baudelaire also paved the way for Americans William Carlos Williams, Carl Sandburg, and Allen …
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… June 15, William Paterson of New Jersey introduced an alternative plan to revise and correct the Articles of … information, the EDSITEment reviewed resource Teaching American History offers an interactive website that includes … and duplicate copies as necessary for student viewing. Alternatively, excerpted versions of these documents are …
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… against cliché and conventional wisdom. Heitman notes that American Ralph Waldo Emerson was also an admirer of … his “empathy with unassuming but intellectually ambitious Americans.” Literature & Language Arts Writing Essay …
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… Wikimedia Commons Civil Rights (1945-1970) Africa African American Content The W.E.B. Du Bois papers , containing … which ignored the critical role played by Black Americans during the Civil War and Reconstruction. For Du …
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… are certainly reliable: articles published in the American Historical Review and the Journal of African American History, or content from the National Park Service … Historical Method,” from Reframing History, produced by the American Association of State and Local History. Lesson …
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… the mind of man." Wikimedia Commons "The people rule the American political world as God rules the universe. They are … with attention to various theories of democracy, changes in Americans’ participation over time, and alternative models from other countries, past and present. …
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… James Joyce and T.S. Eliot. Among them were 20th-century American writers who questioned widely-accepted beliefs. … works. In the 1920s, expressionism found an outlet on the American stage through experimentalists from the Theatre … Both Fragile and Fierce” of the 2013 production at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. …
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… culture. Finally students will work in teams to investigate American tales of the supernatural, focusing on comparisons … a horror story? In what respects is it a serious imaginative exploration of the human condition? Why have some … transformation or that it has been refined to its imaginative essence in the retelling. Activity 4. Investigate …
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… of book challengers. A Wrinkle in Time has been on the American Library Association’s Top 100 Banned/Challenged … challenge issues related to this novel can be found at the American Library Association’s Top 100 Banned/Challenged … want to research the symbolic imagery in the novel. Alternatively, students could discuss and write about their own …
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… on Elementary Odes (a link from the EDSITEment resource The American Academy of Poets ). Tuesday, 16 May, 1944: "A … War II began, and was one of about 2,000 civilians holding American passports who were confined in German internment … and read Witness to History: John Woodruff, African-American Gold Medal Winner, 1936 . 7. The United States …
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… following magazine cover-illustration, from The Smithsonian American Art Museum: William Clarke Rice's October Ask … to view the following painting, from the The Smithsonian American Art Museum : Frederick J. Waugh's The Knight of the … from the EDSITEment-reviewed web resource The Smithsonian American Art Museum : Saul Berman's River Front Ask students …
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… to prevent fading. Learn more about this process at the American Experience website . Albumen prints have a very … much thinner Lincoln looks. Selected EDSITEment Websites American Experience The Time of the Lincolns The Camera Goes … Presidents' Day holiday Curriculum Abraham Lincoln on the American Union: “A Word Fitly Spoken” Closer Reading …
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… Extensions Compare Lamb’s painting with John Gast’s 1872 American Progress , an iconic image illustrating a … (1860-1865) Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) Slavery African American …
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… one of the most important social protest movements in American history. We felt the power and responsibility of … Studies U.S. History Civil Rights (1945-1970) African American Civil Rights Teacher's Guide Maya Angelou: A …
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… captures some of the hopes and fears of the framers for the American republic. By reading their words closely and … To help students understand the enormous task facing the Americans, pose a hypothetical situation to the class: …
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… learning. Lesson Extensions Selected EDSITEment Websites American Studies at the University of Virginia International … Cross WASP History Quiz WASP Interviews National Museum of American History National Air and Space Museum Women in … Guide Women’s History in the United States Curriculum American Diplomacy in World War II Media Resource BackStory: …
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… most of the 20th century, represented the world of the deep American South in multiple genres. In stories, novels, and … Phoenix Jackson, is an aged, impoverished, rural African American woman in pursuit of medicine for her grandson. In … criterion. Lesson Extensions Additional Resources American Studies at the University of Virginia Eudora Welty, …
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… to the world. It would remain so until the arrival of the American Admiral Matthew Perry in 1853. With the … be found through the EDSITEment-reviewed web resource The American Memory Project, Library of Congress . An excellent … available through the EDSITEment-reviewed web resource The American Memory Project, The Library of Congress . Scroll …
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… and authored a number of the papers. Library of Congress As Americans considered whether to adopt the Constitution … a viable solution to the danger of majority faction? Alternative methods of assessment: Divide the class into small …
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… (1990-Present) War and Peace Closer Reading World War I and American Art: Part One Closer Reading The Gift of Holiday …