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… Lesson 3: Religion and the Fight for American Independence … yes Commander of the Continental … a web resource linked from the EDSITEment-reviewed website History Matters . Show students the following documents, …
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… The Crisis of American Diplomacy, 1793–1808 … yes Execution of Louis XVI … against the application of the embargo A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History 9-12 01/12/12 … …
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… Lesson 2: Religion and the Argument for American Independence … yes Pastor Jonathan Mayhew of Boston … Available at the EDSITEment-reviewed site TeachingAmericanHistory.org . Adams's letter reveals that in the minds of …
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… Dramatizing History in Arthur Miller's The Crucible … yes Accused witch … America's cultural consciousness. They observe, "for most Americans the episode ranks in familiarity somewhere between …
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… BackStory: What’s Cooking? A History of Food in America … Audio A More Perfect Union … Art & Culture History … Related Content … Teacher's Guide … American Indian History and Heritage … American Indian …
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… BackStory: You've Come A Long Way—A History of Women in Politics … Audio A More Perfect Union … Who benefited from passage of the 19th Amendment? How did African American women expand political rights for women of color in …
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… Hispanic American Keywords for Chronicling America … Website History … newspapers in our teacher’s guide Chronicling America : History’s First Draft . Hispano (Hispano-American) … …
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… Native American Keywords for Chronicling America … Website History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … …
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… Jewish American Heritage Month … April 29, 2016 yes Congregation … pointing to the rich array of educational resources on the history of the Jewish people in America. Many of the … to the United States is one that deeply resonates with most Americans. The blessings of religious and political liberty …
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… Native American Cultures Across the U.S. … yes Sioux Indian woman … ceremonial dress, 1925. Wikimedia Commons "The term 'Native American' includes over 500 different groups and reflects … Indian peoples, and is necessary to understanding the history of this country. Background By the time children in …
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… with "the weight of history and the grace of art." As African Americans struggled for equal rights, they often included … The national media covered this soon-to-be historic event documenting it—particularly through photographs. When they …
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… in which two young white women wrongfully accused nine African-American youths of rape. Background Harper Lee’s To Kill A … was actually a victory of sorts? … Activity 3. Comparing History and Fiction … Haywood Patterson—Tom Robinson; …
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… American Literature Lessons — Nineteenth Century … September … … … over 30 lessons on major authors in 19th-century American literature including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, … happened to Ichabod Crane? … Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History … —Using the life of Davy Crockett as a model, …
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… The Victor's Virtue: A Cultural History of Sport … yes The three most important disciplines … … BackStory: Making the Team: Sports and Equality in American History … BackStory: Making the Team: Sports and …
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… Transformed the Constitution … Audio A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … Teacher's Guide … African American History and Culture in the United States … African …
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… Lesson 3: Britain, Napoleon, and the American Embargo, 1803–1808 … yes H.M.S. Leopard attacking … sites the American Memory Project , Teaching American History , and the Avalon Project , but excerpts of each may …
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… Endowment for the Humanities, and published in the National History Day theme book entitled "Breaking Barriers in … box to sort newspapers by state, language, and ethnicity. … African American Newspapers … The African American press served as a …
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… Exploring Local History with Clio … Website A More Perfect Union History & … Oral History as an Educational Experience Media Resource … Histories of the National Mall … Histories of the National … historical research and share it publicly. Clio provides documentation about how to create new entries in the …
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… Abraham Lincoln on the American Union: “A Word Fitly Spoken” … yes Abraham Lincoln, … This lesson will examine the most famous speech in American history to understand how Lincoln turned a perfunctory …
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… Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator (1831) Nat Turner (1831) The American Anti-Slavery Society, Philadelphia (1833) Ohio … other songs from this era, visit EDSITEment's Music in African American History lesson. Similarly, the EDSITEment lesson entitled …
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… Introducing the Essay: Twain, Douglass, and American Non-Fiction … yes Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens). … Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass . A history class might choose to turn to the Federalist papers; … , available from the following EDSITEment reviewed website Documenting the American South . Bartleby maintains a copy …
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… BackStory: Blasts from the Past: A History of Dynamite in the United States … Audio History & … Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad Teacher's Guide … American Indian History and Heritage … American Indian …
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… Doing Oral History with Vietnam War Veterans … yes Jack Power, a … memorable way. Bringing in primary sources, such as oral histories, to supplement the textbook is essential, and oral … Communist regime led by Ho Chi Minh in the North and a pro-American regime in the South. The story of America’s long …
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… Lesson 2: The First Inaugural Address (1861)—Defending the American Union … yes Photo of Lincoln's inauguration, March … (located at the EDSITEment-reviewed site Teaching American History), and answer in their groups the questions that …
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… Asian American and Pacific Islander Keywords for Chronicling America … Website History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … …
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… of the National Mall … Website A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Geography … Related … experiences of a particular group of people, such as women, African Americans, Native Americans, or immigrants; a particular …
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… on the Constitution and Union (1861)—The Purpose of the American Union … yes Image of 1860 campaign illustration of … 6, 1837), from the EDSITEment-reviewed Teaching American History and answer the questions that follow, which are …
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… jazz. Since its inception in 2001 by the National Museum of American History, Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) has served as a time … in 1999, composer and musician Anthony Brown —the son of an African American father and Japanese mother—recorded the …
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… Bring Your Classroom to Life Through Diplomatic Oral Histories … September 21, 2018 Maureen McNicholl yes photo … that is often overlooked but ideally suited to the world history, civics, or global studies curriculum -- the oral … their oral histories is a way to illuminate the world of American diplomacy and bring it closer to home, engaging …
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… events. Newspapers can reveal not only turning points in history and the speed of those turns but also the debates … pages from 1777 to 1963 and to find information about American newspapers using the National Digital Newspaper … … In 1919, racial hostility triggered violent attacks on African Americans in more than 20 cities and towns across …