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… Anishinaabe/Ojibwe/Chippewa: Culture of an Indian Nation yes Photo caption Full blood … understanding of one of the many diverse peoples and cultures living throughout the lands that are now referred …
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… Investigating Jack London's White Fang: Nature and Culture Detectives yes Photo caption Writer Jack London. … is transformed from a "natural" state to a domestic, "cultured" state. Instead, as London portrays him, White Fang …
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… War II Teacher's Guide Landmarks of American History and Culture Materials & Media Heart Mountain DBQ Download File … A More Perfect Union WWII (1939-1945) Civil Rights Asian American and Pacific Islander Content Constructed to …
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… The Victor's Virtue: A Cultural History of Sport yes Photo caption The three most … Olympics. The intersection of sports, philosophy, and culture is illustrated in the multiple meanings of the …
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… Teacher's Guide Landmarks of American History and Culture Teacher's Guide Oral History as an Educational … Administration WWII (1939-1945) Civil Rights Human Rights Asian American and Pacific Islander Content “Congress …
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… European exploration and settlement of the Americas and the cultural and economic exchange that resulted profoundly … however did not only take place between European and Asian or European and African monarchs. Increased …
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… Movement Teacher's Guide Landmarks of American History and Culture Media Resource BackStory: Legislation Impossible - … Exclusion Act Raised the Price of Becoming an American” Asian American & Pacific Islander Perspectives within …
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… and story, introduces upper elementary students to Chinese culture and tradition. It blends an adventure narrative with … York State. For years, she and her siblings were the only Asian American children in her school and she was the only …
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… Jazz Ambassadors: A Model for Cultural Diplomacy yes Photo caption Duke Ellington program … may choose to provide students with a definition for culture and for diplomacy as a starting point. Public Law …
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… learn about examples of what it might be like to grow up in Asian, African, or Latin American countries. Content … complex concepts and possibly sensitive topics related to culture, religion, identity, stereotypes, and …
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… It would grow to be one of the largest empires in Southeast Asian history, and at the height of its power the empire’s … Cambodia in relation to other Southeast Asian nations and cultures, and to India. How might geography have affected …
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… part, no doubt, by an economic interest in formerly closed Asian markets, but in the main it was the product of a … Harry S. Truman, were both products of a political culture that was far less divided over fundamental issues. …
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… by having students talk to a parent about the countries and cultures that are part of their family history. Ask students … Presse et medias of the Caribbean Islands Asia Asia Today Asian Newspapers AsiaNow from CNN CNN.com World News Middle …
Teacher's Guide
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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… that have helped to preserve and share the historic and cultural contributions of jazz. American Artists Abroad A … album is credited with having a significant influence on Asian American jazz artists. For instance, in 1999, composer … mbaqanga , a musical style rooted in rural Zulu culture. Brazilian jazz also draws upon a mix of indigenous …
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… imaginations to form an image of this creature. In Chinese culture the lion took on mythical proportions and signifies … Open a discussion by telling the students that the Chinese (Asian) dragon is very different from the western (European) …
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… An Elephant" yes Photo caption George Orwell confronted an Asian elephant like this one in the story recounted for this … to describe a people and a situation geographically and culturally unfamiliar understandable to his readers? Irony …
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… maps of both Europe and Asia. Ask students if Russia is an Asian or a European country. Discuss with students Russia's place as a geographical and cultural crossroad between the two continents. Explain that …
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… (Hangzhou) later appeared in Marco Polo's book about his Asian adventures. Guiding Questions for Discussion: What … Khan. How did Marco Polo's journey affect the economies and cultures of the places he traveled through? Why does Marco …
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… when Japanese society was emerging from the aristocratic culture of the samurai and developing a middle-class culture based on trade, commerce, and mass education. … prints To broaden students' perspective on Japanese culture, have them compare the types of scenes evoked by …
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… In this lesson, students will learn about the history and culture of the Aztecs and discover why their civilization … you will explore some of the ways Aztec social and cultural practices have endured to the present, as well as …
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… painting, Lascaux Cave, France. The French Ministry of Culture Speleology, the scientific study of caves, began in … by the intensive development of this site. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs, headed by André Malraux, had the cave …
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Our Teacher's Guide offers a collection of lessons and resources for K-12 social studies, literature, and arts classrooms that center around the achievements, perspectives, and experiences of…
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… country to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. In previous years , EDSITEment featured lesson … from their collection that includes background on Japanese cultural allusions and literary sources found within these … resource in which they will learn about the ancient art of Asian shadow puppetry, then create their own! For poetic …
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… savvy? How did this visit influence the way Europeans, Asians, and North Africans thought about the land of the …
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… discussion. Activity 4. Additional Death Poetry and Popular Culture To help students relate to poetry in a contemporary … fearfully, saddening, etc.). Have the class choose five pop culture references on which to focus for this activity. …
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In Our Own Voices: Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the Pacific Northwest
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… details the migration experiences of African Americans and Asian immigrants, and also discusses the displacement of …
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… White Fang Close Reading Worksheet Gold in Nature and Culture Look at the following images of gold and the gold rush. Consider how gold is both "natural" and "cultural" (or a product within civilization). Images of gold …