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… Writers' Project 1936-1940 (examples are available in the American Memory collection); they might compare Owens's … on a road that hates arrogance." The moving story of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe is recounted on America's Story …
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… is a hero. Students will then view portraits of heroes from American history, and glean a bit of background information … Oregon in 1840. He was from the Nez Perce group of Native Americans. His Native American name was …
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… America's cultural consciousness. They observe, "for most Americans the episode ranks in familiarity somewhere between …
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… and Oral Histories … yes The Smithsonian's National American Museum of American History, Washington DC. Photo caption The …
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… through the EDSITEment-reviewed resource Academy of American Poets . American poet Agha Shahid Ali also explains the ghazal …
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… Public Library. For an overview of his life, look through American Masters: Ernest Hemingway from PBS.org . Browse … your students to Ernest Hemingway and contextualize him in American literary history using the biographies and other …
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… through the EDSITEment-reviewed resource Academy of American Poets . Between that and the website for Tanka Splendor , also available through the Academy of American Poets , you can experience such a variety of tanka …
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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 …
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… atrocities? a study of the wartime experience of African American soldiers? a review of teenage life in the … the fire's significance as a landmark event in 19th-century American history. Have students note also in their reports …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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… the sun (Sonnet 130) ," via EDSITEment-reviewed Academy of American Poets, which will serve as the sample text for this … sonnet is being used. Ask students to visit the Academy of American Poets website , which details the various forms of …
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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 …
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… Cinderella Stories , available on the website of the American Library Association. The story of Cinderella, … the same purpose in the narrative. In the Mi'kmaq (Native American) Cinderella tale, the heroine's ability to see the …
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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 …
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… the mind of man." Wikimedia Commons "The people rule the American political world as God rules the universe. They are … Download File (PDF) Joseph Phelan and David Foster 10/14/15 Revolutionary Era (1765-1790) Early Republic (1790-1820) …
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… culture. Finally students will work in teams to investigate American tales of the supernatural, focusing on comparisons … have students work in research teams to investigate some American tales of the supernatural, using the resources of …
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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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… 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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… did child slaves live? Background Childhood slavery in the American South encompassed a variety of experiences and … Keckly). Review “‘ I was Born a Slave:’ Two African American Women Relate their Childhood Years and the Growing …
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… In the hundred years since its first identification on American soil, the number of attacks, their severity, and … the extent of his polio such as the press’s role and why Americans may not have elected a president in a wheelchair. …
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… times, Winslow Homer painted The Veteran in a New Field. American soldiers were returning home to resume civilian … of Homer's single reaper. … Selected EDSITEment Websites … American Experience Reconstruction: The Second Civil War …
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… encounters with herds of buffalo along the Trail. … Native Americans … recounts both friendly and unfriendly meetings …
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… to supplant the blackboard with the screen.” —Lois Weber, American Silent Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer, and … with this comprehensive lesson plan developed by the American Film Institute. This curriculum has three …
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… State. For years, she and her siblings were the only Asian American children in her school and she was the only one in … 2010, this novel moves on from the ordinary lives of Asian Americans in her other books to a fantastical adventure in a …