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… how media influences the public and private lives of the American people then and now; and Create original … British colonies, all weeklies. By the time of the American Revolution in 1775, some 37 newspapers thrived in business. …
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… Wikimedia Commons Long before the first shot was fired, the American Revolution began as a series of written complaints to …
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… Citizenship, Race, and Place: Frontiers in Asian American History June 09, 2022 Joanna Capps, Daniel … is framed by the compelling question, “How have Asian Americans traversed and transcended frontiers in history?” …
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… Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage and History in the … as to be almost invisible. And so the idea of an Asian American movement or an Asian American thrust in this …
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… The Monroe Doctrine: Origin and Early American Foreign Policy yes Photo caption The Monroe … Monroe used when recommending that Congress recognize the revolutionary governments of Spanish America. Paraphrase the …
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… BackStory: Making the Team: Sports and Equality in American History Audio A More Perfect Union History & Social … medal. Wikimedia Commons Civil Rights (1945-1970) African American Culture Latino/a American Women’s History Content …
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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, …
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… December 03, 2012 yes Photo caption Emanuel Leutze (American: 1816–1868), Washington Crossing the Delaware , … belief in liberal democracy, he painted this American Revolution scene to inspire German reformers. When his first …
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… Emancipation Proclamation: Activity 3. The African American Perspective yes Photo caption "The Emancipation of … complains to Lincoln of unequal pay for white and African American soldiers and consider the questions that follow: …
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… characterize changes in America since the time of the Revolution? Using archival materials, re-creations, and … activity would be to have students match the early American job with a picture of a similar modern job. How was … of New England Lesson Plan Colonial Broadsides and the American Revolution Compare the lives of people 200 years …
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… Jewish Americans: Securing Rights and Responsibility to Others May … 1 Restrictions on political activity continued into the Revolutionary era. In Massachusetts, for example, the … in British America,” The American Revolution, accessed November 15, 2023, …
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… Lesson 3: Britain, Napoleon, and the American Embargo, 1803–1808 yes Photo caption H.M.S. Leopard … by using neutral American vessels to carry their goods. Americans would take the cargo to their home ports. …
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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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… Asian American & Pacific Islander Perspectives within Humanities … (oil on canvas) by Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1951). Smithsonian American Art Museum Organized around the compelling question "How have Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders engaged civically and …
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… The Green Book: African American Experiences of Travel and Place in the U.S. yes … inspired renewed attention to the experiences of African Americans when traveling in the United States during 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 …
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… Lesson 2: The First Inaugural Address (1861)—Defending the American Union yes Photo caption Photo of Lincoln’s first … assessment? Why does Jackson admit that secession may be a "revolutionary act" but not a "constitutional right"? What …
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… Lesson 4: The Second Inaugural Address (1865)—Restoring the American Union yes Photo caption Photograph of Abraham … crushing the Confederacy and restoring the union of all the American states formed the context of Lincoln's second …
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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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… Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: The First Great Latin American Poet yes Photo caption Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz … Juana Inés de la Cruz is considered the first great Latin American poet and one of the most important Hispanic …
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… to religious tolerance and in his dealings with Native Americans. Wikimedia Commons In 1681, William Penn … when the Stuart monarchy was restored after the English Revolution. Georgia, the last of the thirteen colonies, was …
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… Alexis de Tocqueville’s official purpose was to study the American penal system, but his real interest was America … believed that the world was undergoing a “great democratic revolution,” that it is inevitably and irreversibly becoming …
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… to be hoped for, and what to be feared from, the democratic revolution sweeping the Western world in his time. The … in America than in Europe with negative consequences for American character and culture. Throughout, students are …
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… accommodation with Britain to outright independence for the American colonies. Wikimedia Commons In 1776 a small … aristocracy, and the necessity for independence and the revolutionary struggle. Background Thomas Paine's Common …
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… A Raisin in the Sun: Whose "American Dream"? yes Photo caption Photo of a scene from the … and the thunderous crash of a reality that African Americans faced when attempting to do so. A critical …
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… Century America yes Photo caption John Wesley preaching to American Indians. Wikimedia Commons The traditional … in size and influence. By the time of the American Revolution a majority—perhaps as many as 80 percent of the …
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… the struggle of people of color to become fully accepted in American society. Which Bearden should we examine? Each … and You Media Resource W.E.B. Du Bois Papers Lesson Plan Revolution '67, Lesson 1: Protest: Why and How Analyze …
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… What Does It Mean to Be American? September 21, 2018 Reema Ghazi yes Photo caption … the complex history of America: What does it mean to be American? What informs our individual and collective …
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… Taking Up Arms and the Challenge of Slavery in the Revolutionary Era yes Photo caption A Map of 100 miles round … of Congress After five years of almost constant protests by American colonists, starting with the Stamp Act in 1765, a …