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… Media Resource 2019 Jefferson Lecture: Father Columba Stewart Featured Image Photo caption Ken Burns. Tim Llewellyn Photography Photography Civil War (1860-1865) Civil Rights (1945-1970) Civics …
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… (i.e. manufacturing, national defense, immigration, civil rights, health care, education, etc.) to research and … Speech Lesson Plan Lesson 2: President Madison's 1812 War Message: A Documentary Review Closer Reading …
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… When he was reelected four years later, and as the Civil War drew to a close, Lincoln transcended both Northern …
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… Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Courage yes Photo caption Civil War-era portrait of a Federal soldier. Library of Congress …
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… upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I … The Emancipation Proclamation, Jan. 1, 1863 While the Civil War began as a war to restore the Union, not to end …
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… had met Lincoln only twice before, and for most of the war was a fierce critic of the president's policies. But he … brief but profound reflection on the meaning of the Civil War that speculated on the purposes of God to help …

Lessons will explore how the war affected domestic politics, the civil rights movement, the elections, popular culture.

Why Vietnam?  What were the root causes of the war from a geopolitical perspective? From a bi-polar perspective? Through a Cold War lens?

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… one of the first African American units to fight in the Civil War. In this lesson students carefully observe and analyze …
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… Women Aviators in WWII yes Photo caption World War II Women Air Force Service Pilots aviators. Wikimedia Commons “Fly Girls”: Women Aviators in World War II Activity 1 | Activity 2 | Activity 3 Activity 1: …
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… 1900. Photograph by Grace Murray. Wikimedia Commons Slavery Civil Rights Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) Content The … of lesson plans and other resources for teaching about the Civil War: Curriculum : Civil War: A "Terrible Swift Sword" …
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… In 1921, these orphaned Jewish Children, a result of World War I, arrived in New York Harbor, awaiting their new lives … Americans have at times, enjoyed religious, political, and civil rights–and at other times, they have had to push for …
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… letter was in response to one written by Moses Seixas, Warden of the Jeshuat Israel Synagogue in Rhode Island. The principles of civil and religious liberty extolled in this letter and …
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… How did children and other non-combatants contribute to the war effort? On November 8, 2001, President George W. Bush … the children of the United States could contribute to the war effort. Can the events of September 11, 2001, inspire us …
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… early military career (1754-1758)—during the Seven Years' War—was not uniformly successful. In his first battle, he … arose regarding the relationship between military and civil authority? What is the tone of Washington's letters to …
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… denominations that were either hostile to or ambivalent towards the American Revolution. Library of Congress Religion … religious believers, however, supported the Revolutionary War. Using primary documents, this lesson explores how …

Initially, the US strategy was to fight a conventional war, but this war had no conventional front line.

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… of Myself" in it are likely to date closer to 1854. "In the Civil War years, he was more apt to carry tiny notebooks in his …
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… Archives and Records Administration WWII (1939-1945) Civil Rights Human Rights Asian American and Pacific … relocation, and internment of civilians during World War II....these actions were carried out without adequate …
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… of repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman): He has never permitted her to exercise her … via  New Jersey Women's History . What about the post-Civil War Constitutional amendments? Didn't they grant …
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… paintings from The Migration Series : During the World War there was a great migration North by Southern Negroes. … in the U.S. Lesson Plan Birth of a Nation , the NAACP, and Civil Rights Lesson Plan Martin Puryear's Ladder for Booker …
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… Dr. King's Dream Ordinary People, Ordinary Places: The Civil Rights Movement Eagle Song —Joseph Bruchac Danny … by his new Brooklyn schoolmates. The students move toward greater understanding and peace after they learn the … 978-0345444127 Related EDSITEment Lesson Plans The American Civil War: A “Terrible Swift Sword” The Gettysburg Address …
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… Jazz  (to present) The West Not for Ourselves Alone The Civil War The Address Brooklyn Bridge The Statue of Liberty …
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… early military career (1754-1758)—during the Seven Years' War—was not uniformly successful. In his first battle, he … not-so-veiled threat that the army could bypass the normal civil authority and request that Washington lead what would …
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… Participants, some carrying American flags, marching in the civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in … to have — upon our country and the global efforts towards peace and civil rights. To learn about Dr. King’s …
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… March, 1965 Closer Reading Grassroots Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Women Media Resource BackStory: Legislation Impossible - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Featured Image Photo caption …
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… clear, argued panelist Alvin Sykes, a Kansas City-based civil rights activist. Sykes figured prominently in the Till … science professor and co-author of the new book T.R.M. Howard: Doctor, Entrepreneur, Civil Rights Pioneer . “We found …
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… it does discuss other Faulkner novels), the section Civil War discusses representations of the Civil War in …