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… about Emily Dickinson was produced as part of the American Women of Achievement series, highlighting influential women throughout American history. The documentary features information about …
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… turned to art after serving in World War I in the African American regiment known as the Harlem Hellfighters . After … NY Romare Bearden was one of more than 6 million African Americans who fled the US South between 1916 and 1970 during …
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… of ancient rituals form the basis of our contemporary American festival. Halloween has traditionally been … from the 1930s, to descriptions of Halloween festivities by Americans early in the 20th century.) Additional examples …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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… Wilson 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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… The Great Gatsby … yes 'Jazz Baby,' 1919. From Historic American Sheet Music, 1850–1920 Photo caption "Jazz Baby," … influx of immigrants and the rising prominence of African-Americans? Finally—and central to the novel—ask students …
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… Lessons Featured Websites Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month brings … Muslim World Poetic Voices of the Muslim World, to increase Americans' understanding of Muslim poetic traditions in oral …
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… 12, 2018 Mary Downs, Leah Weinryb Grohsgal yes National American Woman Suffrage Association Parade, 1913 Photo … right of women to own property, and the rights of Native Americans and Chinese immigrants. The New Northwest was “a …
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… this for an online exhibit covering Caribbean, Middle American, and other branches of late 15th-century Native American society, then have student research teams use …
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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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… before World War II. That the president acted as he did—and Americans (at least initially) supported that …
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… … yes Minnie Bruce Pratt 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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… 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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… News Africa Americas CNN.com World News Americas Latin American Newspapers Native American Newspapers Presse et medias of the Caribbean …
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… August 22, 1781 on the EDSITEment-reviewed website American Memory .) On November 5, 1781, less than three … The Declaration of Independence. Jefferson vs. Franklin: Revolutionary Philosophers The defects in the Articles of …
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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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… 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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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… is widely recognized as one of the centerpieces of the American Renaissance. This text is more than a chronicle of … and early-twentieth-century foundational works of American literature. Background Moby-Dick stands as a …
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… Adams are available through the EDSITEment resource The American President. … John Quincy Adams … 6th U.S. … a portrait available through the EDSITEment resource The American President. … George H.W. Bush … 41st President of …
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… the Library of Southern Literature (via Documenting the American South) … Realism … The websites used in Lesson 2 … The Awakening . Practitioners of a realist style in the American tradition include William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, …
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… The presidential election of 1824 represents a watershed in American politics. The collapse of the Federalist Party and … Feb. 9, 1825 , both available on the EDSITEment resource American Memory . What had been the outcome of the general …
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… Jackson, December 8, 1829, first Annual Message to Congress Americans elect a president through the state-by-state …