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… find resources, research prompts, and lessons on the U.S. War Department ’s role following the Revolutionary War, the … Evaluate the ability to provide for national security, civil liberties, First Amendment rights, and citizenship; …
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… The decision-making process that precipitated the Civil War is a fascinating subject and the focus of Lincoln …
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… her Tennessee town was occupied by Union troops during the Civil War. Preparation Familiarize yourself with the Written …
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… conversation with the American people. During World War II, she took an active role in programs for European … FDR in 1945 in such areas as the new United Nations and the civil rights movement. This lesson asks students to explore …
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… classrooms. "The High Priestess of Soul" Musician and civil rights activist Nina Simone (1933-2003) is the … from the Smithsonian Museum website, Ms. Fitzgerald’s “warm and lovely voice, superb rhythmic sense, considerable …
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… in western Pennsylvania cannot be controlled by civil authorities and warrant a military response. August 7, 1794 : Washington …
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… Movements? Closer Reading Grassroots Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Women Lesson Plan Scripting … Chisholm, issued in 2014. United States Postal Service Civil War (1860-1865) Interwar Period (1920-1939) Government …
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… History Lesson Plan African-American Soldiers in World War I: The 92nd and 93rd Divisions Lesson Plan … African Americans' experiences during the war affect the civil rights movement? How did they affect the Red Summer in …
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… photograph or a group of them can lure our senses into awareness…" — W. Eugene Smith , photojournalist and Karales's … students write and illustrate a postcard describing this civil rights event from a marcher's viewpoint. Background …
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… Lesson 3: African-Americans and the New Deal's Civilian Conservation Corps yes Photo caption African … which discusses the Depression and start of World War II. Preparation Teachers preparing to teach this lesson …
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… on the Declaration of Independence, delineating the “civil, social, political, and religious rights” of women. … of criminals in the population than the “supposedly most civilized” northeastern states.” According to the article, … Lesson Plan Chronicling America: Uncovering a World at War …
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… Content Lesson Plan Birth of a Nation , the NAACP, and Civil Rights Curriculum NAACP's Anti-Lynching Campaigns: The Quest for Social Justice in the Interwar Years Lesson Plan Lesson 1: NAACP’s Anti-Lynching … the critical role played by Black Americans during the Civil War and Reconstruction. For Du Bois, race and class …
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… North in the years between the American Revolution and the Civil War? In this lesson, students will meet some of those …
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… three figures, two children and one adult, walking towards a road lined with barracks and electrical poles (Tule … WRA camps had no due process of law and this violation of civil and human rights was justified on the grounds of …
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… plantations in Operation Cedar Falls during the Vietnam War. Wikimedia Commons Callie Wright, Education Programs … How do I show students the link between Vietnam and the civil rights movement? How do we connect issues in Vietnam …
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… journey, many citizens feared their new President was a coward. Abraham Lincoln, now safe in Washington, ignored the … variety of different people -- from leaders to soldiers to civilians -- to fight (or support the fight) in various wars … and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.... You can have no conflict without being …
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… Anticommunism in Postwar America, 1945–1954: Witch Hunt or Red Menace? yes Photo … War (1945-1989) Contemporary U.S. History (1990-Present) Civil Rights Constitution/Law …
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… help them reflect on how we should think about the nation’s wars and the military service that requires such ultimate … all communing on the meaning of the sacrifices of the Civil War. Archibald MacLeish links arms with Ernie Pyle, …
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… photographer partners who documented the impacts of the Civil War in Louisiana. This photograph, their best-known image, …
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… Women Closer Reading Grassroots Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Women Featured Image Photo … why the stories about what it meant to be a "Rosie" during wartime production are not entirely accurate. Audio file …
Explore classroom lesson plans related to Ken Burns's and Lynn Novick’s ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, THE VIETNAM WAR, which tells the story of one of the most consequential, divisive…
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… website. Katharin D. Morse A "canteen girl" during World War I, Morse describes how she brought comfort to American … Women at Work Closer Reading Grassroots Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Women Examine a first-person …
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… 14, 1945. National Archives For American diplomacy, the war against Japan was not just about the destruction of … Chinese factions would not be deterred from having their civil war. The atomic bomb brought World War II to an …
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… this lesson. Background First published in 1936 by World War One Veteran and United States Postal worker turned … Green Book Visionary Project—“Bill Russell: Violations of Civil Rights & Discrimination in Lexington” (video) How to …
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… of many concerns for the Ottomans, who were frequently at war with their Shi’ite Muslim neighbors the Safavids to the … Advanced Placement U.S. History Lessons Middle East Ancient Civilizations Europe Government …
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… inauguration, March 4, 1861. The nation was on the brink of war. Library of Congress "Plainly, the central idea of … April 12, 1861: South Carolina fires on Fort Sumter; the Civil War begins April 15, 1861: Lincoln calls forth a …
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… and style. As an artist and educator, Hendricks was keenly aware that the history of European and North American art … grew up in north Philadelphia in the 1950s and 1960s as the civil rights movement grew across the United States. His …
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… Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Realism yes Photo caption Civil War-era portrait of a Federal soldier. Library of Congress …
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… Sea Islands. Eric Battle, Free and Equal Project Website Civil War (1860-1865) Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) Slavery …
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… Horace Pippin turned to art after serving in World War I in the African American regiment known as the Harlem … the work of contemporary artists. Through her teaching at Howard University for more than forty years, Mailou Jones …