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… Jefferson vs. Franklin: Revolutionary Philosophers yes Photo caption Founding … unfairly disregarded as a significant philosopher of the American Revolution? Help your students deepen their …
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… and the Gospel Sites of Cultural Stress From Reformation to Revolution Christianity in 18th Century America Divining America: Religion in American History History & Social Studies World History Art …
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… 'Creating the Balance' on the EDSITEment resource The American President , "Madison's presidency was dominated by … Was the War of 1812 an extension of the American Revolution? Analyze the rhetorical devices employed by …
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… tribes, who invoked their right under NAGPRA, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, to rebury … from the PBS website and documentary, “Mystery of the First Americans,” a link available through the EDSITEment-reviewed … the theory presented here. What is meant by the "maritime revolution"? How does evidence that ancient peoples could …
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… and economic transformations produced by the Industrial Revolution. They opposed Gilded Age abuses and promoted … their graphic and sometimes sensational reporting opened Americans’ eyes to dangerous working conditions in …
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… the culminating lesson, students use a portrait of a famous American and their own research to make a presentation to … portraits to fit such themes as biography, American Revolution, Presidents, First Ladies, Famous American Women, …
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… made a model of the Statue of Liberty to symbolize their revolution. When you see the Statue of Liberty, you may … America's Library , via a link from the EDSITEment resource American Memory, and on Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for … understanding of symbols and their use in depicting Americans' shared values, principles and beliefs with a …
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… and political parties was deeply rooted in Anglo-American political culture before the American Revolution. Leaders such as George Washington and Thomas …
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… hungry army together"—from the EDSITEment resource The American President . What combination of experience, … of Albigence Waldo, Surgeon at Valley Forge, 1777 on From Revolution to Reconstruction , a link from the …
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… This lesson provides information and activities about one American Indian Nation, the Anishinaabe, called Ojibwe in … issues, please see " Teaching Young Children about Native Americans " by Debbie Reese. Activity 2. A Class Research …
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… hungry army together"—from the EDSITEment resource The American President . What combination of experience, … and Washington's Response , on the PBS website Liberty! The American Revolution . Read with students Washington's Letter to Lewis …
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… would or could do for themselves." —Andrew Carnegie, North American Review (1889) Though a century has passed since the … Mills, and Factories Lesson Plan Was There an Industrial Revolution? Americans at Work Before the Civil War Lesson …
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… Mills, and Factories Lesson Plan Was There an Industrial Revolution? New Workplace, New Technology, New Consumers … pond." Library of Congress Gilded Age (1877-1900) African American Content How did millionaires …
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… XVI Wikimedia Commons Matters of foreign policy dominated American political concerns between 1790 and 1800. In 1793 war broke out between Revolutionary France and Great Britain, and American
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… Lesson 2: The House Un-American Activities Committee yes Photo caption Alger Hiss, … created a general sense of uneasiness. In 1946 the House Un-American Activities Committee, which had been created as a …
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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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… "Creating the Balance" on the EDSITEment resource The American President , "Madison's presidency was dominated by … and Madison had been ardent supporters of the French Revolution. What would you need to know to evaluate the …
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… to Wheat Field Lesson Plan A Raisin in the Sun: Whose "American Dream"? Lesson Plan Harriet Jacobs and Elizabeth … for Black people and communities. Lesson Plans After the American Revolution: Free African Americans in the North (Grades 6-8) …
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… and political parties was deeply rooted in Anglo-American political culture before the American Revolution. Leaders such as George Washington and Thomas …
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… "I cannot insist too strongly how I was surprised by the American Army. It is truly incredible that troops almost … American President . For background on the nature of the Revolutionary War, read the essay The Wars of the American
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… Basics yes Photo caption Woodrow Wilson. Wikimedia Commons American foreign policy continues to resonate with the … of the League of Nations can read this brief essay on From Revolution to Reconstruction , a link from the …
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… a transitional period in English history. The industrial revolution had "taken off" in the late eighteenth century, … Thomas Paine, who had returned to England after the American Revolution, published The Rights of Man (1791). …
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… global violence." —from the EDSITEment-reviewed Academy of American Poets “ The Modernist Revolution: Make It New ” Understanding the context of …
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… acts. This concept, embraced by the leaders of the American Revolution, is embedded in the supremacy clause of …
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… British army stationed in America after 1763 by requiring Americans to buy stamps for newspapers, legal documents, … Parliament and protested by many Americans. The American Revolution brewed in a context of Americans' concern over …
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… students challenged the existing segregation laws in the American South with an assertive yet non-violent strategy. … United States Music Civil Rights (1945-1970) Civil Rights Revolution and Resistance …
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… States and this little understood group of antebellum Americans is brought into focus by a study of Thomas Day's … Virginia black families who had been free since before the American Revolution. Most free blacks before the Revolution were the …
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… Glass These examples of glass occur before the Industrial Revolution and the widespread use of rolled plate glass. St. … part of civic, cultural, and commercial architecture. American Management Corporation (1879; c. 1925), Sanders and …