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… Abraham Lincoln on the American Union: “A Word Fitly Spoken” yes Photo caption … the political thought of Abraham Lincoln on the subject of American union. For him, the union was not just a structure … and duplicate copies as necessary for student viewing. Alternatively, excerpted versions of these documents are …
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… The Things They Carried as one of the finest examples in American literature of writing about war. O’Brien served in … to a night-stalking member of a Green Beret unit. She goes native, echoing, admits O’Brien, The Heart of Darkness by …
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… Not Only Paul Revere: Other Riders of the American Revolution yes Photo caption Artist rendering of … famous event of its kind in American history. But other Americans made similar rides during the American Revolution. …
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… winter morning in a wood where these birds abounded, their native woods, and hear the wild cockerels crow in the trees, … the abolitionist newspaper The Liberator and founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Thoreau was a committed …
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… The First American Party System: Events, Issues, and Positions yes … Though dominant, these sentiments were not held by all Americans. A delegate to the Massachusetts ratifying …
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… Lesson 3: The Gettysburg Address (1863)—Defining the American Union yes Photo caption Photo of Lincoln at … Course Description as "Emancipation and the role of African Americans in the war," a subtopic under "Civil War." The …
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… NY Romare Bearden was one of more than 6 million African Americans who fled the US South between 1916 and 1970 during … is popularly believed that Black Indians are descendants of Native Americans and Black Creoles, and by the 19th century, …
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… The Monroe Doctrine: Origin and Early American Foreign Policy yes Photo caption The Monroe … In particular, they will examine Monroe's involvement in American diplomacy while serving in a variety of positions … for the United States, protect the newly independent Latin American states, and/or promote expansionist goals of the …
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… Introducing the Essay: Twain, Douglass, and American Non-Fiction yes Photo caption Mark Twain (Samuel L. … comes from the French verb essayer , which means, "to try." American essayists examine the political, the historical, … corner to get a list of popular sights). Note: alternatively, you might places students into groups and pass out …
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This Teacher's Guide includes place-based history resources and activity ideas to help students recognize the value of studying historic and cultural sites across the United States…
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This Teacher's Guide will introduce you to the cultures and explore the histories of some groups within the over 5 million people who identify as American Indian in the United States, with…
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… on the Constitution and Union (1861)—The Purpose of the American Union yes Photo caption Image of 1860 campaign … repeatedly cited the Declaration of Independence to remind Americans of the goal to which their federal union and …
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… hungry army together"—from the EDSITEment resource The American President . What combination of experience, … because of "the misadventures against the French and Native Americans," he was chosen by the Continental Congress to be …
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… number of inventions and innovations appeared, transforming American life. A telegraph system allowed information to … the Line " Lesson Plan Was There an Industrial Revolution? Americans at Work Before the Civil War Lesson Plan The … U.S. History 9-12 4-5 Was There an Industrial Revolution? Americans at Work Before the Civil War: Worksheet 2 Download …
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… would or could do for themselves." —Andrew Carnegie, North American Review (1889) Though a century has passed since the … resource Learner.org Andrew Carnegie: The Two Andrews from American Experience, a link from the EDSITEment resource … Factories Lesson Plan Was There an Industrial Revolution? Americans at Work Before the Civil War Lesson Plan Was There …
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… , the source for the material on the EDSITEment resource American Memory and a direct link from the home page of … herself better off in that job than at her next-best alternative. Most of us would regard a low-paying job in … of Industry Lesson Plan Was There an Industrial Revolution? Americans at Work Before the Civil War Lesson Plan Was There …
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… and art available through the EDSITEment-reviewed website NativeWeb . You may find it helpful also to review the … also an EDSITEment-reviewed website. Also available through NativeWeb is a web page containing background information on …
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… Lesson 2: The First Inaugural Address (1861)—Defending the American Union yes Photo caption Photo of Lincoln’s first … tried to show why the attempt of seven states to leave the American union peacefully was, in fact, a total violation of … nature" as his fondest hope for preserving the union of the American states. This lesson will examine Lincoln's First …
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… 'Creating the Balance' on the EDSITEment resource The American President , "Madison's presidency was dominated by … drawn to the warfare just renewed by the savages (Native Americans) on one of our extensive frontiers -- a warfare …
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… Lesson 4: The Second Inaugural Address (1865)—Restoring the American Union yes Photo caption Photograph of Abraham … : In the second paragraph, what does Lincoln say that Americans (North and South) believed about the "impending … Era and the first half of the 20th century toward black Americans? Do you think Lincoln's wishes for the future can …
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… nascent nation continued to expand into Indigenous land, Native Americans negotiated, resisted, and collaborated with …
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… from 1900 through 1961, letters detailing her work with the American Foundation for the Blind , photographs of her … dissect her multi-pronged arguments and savvy rhetoric. The Americans with Disabilities Act Passed into law in 1990, the …
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… learned to drink lizard broth and eat spider eggs from a Native American woman who cared for them.) Lesson Activities …
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… white man with his gun, standing in front of the unarmed native crowd—seemingly the leading actor of the piece; but … rule that he shall spend his life in trying to impress the "natives," and so in every crisis he has got to do what the …
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… American Literary Humor: Mark Twain, George Harris, and … the significance of humor through a study of several American writers. One or all lessons can be taught … individually or linked together as a unit on 19th-century American humor. In Lesson One: Mark Twain and American …
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… born in Oregon in 1840. He was from the Nez Perce group of Native Americans. His Native American name was …
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… was obviously aware that the region was already settled by Native Americans. Are cultural assumptions at work here -- …
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… a link available through the EDSITEment-reviewed Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) snow-covered … also used quipus . Quipu means knot in Quechua, the native language of the Andes. The quipu was a useful …
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… Writers' Project 1936-1940 (examples are available in the American Memory collection); they might compare Owens's … course on a road that hates arrogance." The moving story of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe is recounted on America's …
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… Islam was practiced in the cities, the majority of local natives were non-Muslims. What types of religious practices …