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… Inés de la Cruz es considerada la primer gran poeta hispanoamericana y una de las figuras literarias hispánicas más … es considerado el primer tratado feminista en el hemisferio americano en desafiar a la autoridad católica y patriarcal …
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… … BackStory: Making the Team: Sports and Equality in American History … BackStory: Making the Team: Sports and Equality in American History Students will become familiar with ancient …
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… … By 1900, there were more than 29 million people in the American workforce including men, women, and children. Americans worked an average of 59 hours per week and usually …
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… Photo caption Still from the documentary “Rita Dove: An American Poet” Wikimedia Commons The selections within this … of Achilles” … The Poem About the Poet from the Academy of American Poets Audio “The Shield of Achilles ” from the …
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… refers to the fact that, for the first time, an African American will be President of the United States, the … account of race or color." Up until this time, many African Americans had been denied the right to vote. Despite the …
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… our own." —Pearl S. Buck, "On Discovering America" (1937) American author Pearl S. Buck returned to the United States … groups struggled to identify themselves as the only "true" Americans. In her essay, "On Discovering America," published …
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… Jackson's presidency a watershed in the evolution of the American political system. The campaign of 1828 was a … as these EDSITEment resources: The Old Hickory Campaign on American Studies at the University of Virginia . Focuses on …
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… to Langston Hughes: Poems for a Democracy … yes Photo of American poet Walt Whitman taken by G. Frank E. Pearsall, c. … of Langston Hughes Did Whitman succeed in creating a revolutionary, original, and truly American form of verse? …
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… National Archives The Narrative of William W. Brown, An American Slave (1847), along with the Narrative of the Life … Civil War and instrumental in building support among white Americans for the abolition of slavery. Although at one time …
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… From "The People at Play," World's Work (1902) How did Americans "have fun" a century ago? Where did they vacation …
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… 'Creating the Balance' on the EDSITEment resource The American President , "Madison's presidency was dominated by … free and sovereign people were insufferable for proud young Americans like Henry Clay of Kentucky and John C. Calhoun of …
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… Voices and Visions On “In the Waiting Room” from Modern American Poetry … 3. Gwendolyn Brooks: “We Real Cool” … The Poem Tyehimba Jess on "We Real Cool " from the American Academy Poets The Impact of a Poem's Line Breaks: …
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… unit students will study this turbulent period of American history, examining the various events and ideas … was justified, and how much was an overreaction. Background Americans emerged from World War II with a renewed sense of …
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… It is as old as the scriptures and it is as clear as the American Constitution. The heart of the question is whether all Americans are afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, …
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… 44-5 on the Red Badge Home Page of the EDSITEment resource American Studies at the University of Virginia "No … scenes in this book… "The book is a vicious satire upon American soldiers and American armies. The hero of the book …
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… History in Quilts: Lone Star Quilt. Library of Congress "We Americans have adopted quilts as a symbol of what we value …
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… Martin Van Buren inherited “the severe downturn in the American economy that began in 1836.” "… [It] became Van … identified three causes of the depression that wracked the American economy during the late 1830s. First, English …
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… of individuals and undercut the nation's economy. Older Americans as a group were particularly affected by this …
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… Dorothea Lange have embedded images of the Dust Bowl in the American consciousness. Introduce this dramatic era in our … the Dust Bowl. Help your students understand the problems Americans were facing during the Great Depression. Content …
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… 1943. Wikimedia Commons United States Poetry African American … Content … In this episode of Afropop Worldwide on … internal migration in U.S. history, as millions of African Americans left the Jim Crow South for the northern and …
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… D. Roosevelt declared, in one of his fireside chats to the American people, "This whole nation of 130 million men, … 8, 2001, President George W. Bush called on ordinary Americans "To serve by bettering our communities and, …
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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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… handling of quilts. If possible, obtain the book The American Quilt The American Quilt: A History of Cloth and Comfort 1750-1950 , …
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… Carta , the library is certainly not the only place where Americans encounter references to freedom. On radio and …
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… medium so effective and important historically? Why were Americans willing to engage with this unseen but clearly …
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… World War I Chronology on The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed … nations, but in the judgment of this Government, loans by American bankers to any foreign nation which is at war are …
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… about the effects of slavery and Reconstruction on African Americans, and evaluate primary source documents. …
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… best secure the future safety and happiness of the young American republic. At times it seemed that the Convention … they faced in the process. They will learn why many Americans in the 1780s believed that reforms to the Articles …
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… essential that the class have a basic background in early American diplomacy. If desired, see Lesson One , above, and … if any, does the Monroe Doctrine invoke U.S. sympathy for revolutionary governments in South America? In what ways, if …
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… Washington, DC, August 14, 1945. National Archives For American diplomacy, the war against Japan was not just about … Atlantic Charter, a document of far greater importance to Americans than to their British or Soviet allies. As the war …