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… The Music of African American History yes Photo caption B.B. King Live in Hamburg, … Railroad, which is available through EDSITEment at the Documenting the American South website. Have students read …
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… After the American Revolution: Free African Americans in the North yes … African and a Slave on the EDSITEment-reviewed website Documenting the American South ), briefly discusses the …
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… Emancipation Proclamation: Activity 3. The African American Perspective yes Photo caption "The Emancipation of … Is the tone important? Why or why not? A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History 6-8 11/27/10 …
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… BackStory: Saving American History Audio A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies … Discussion Questions One of Watson's approaches to documenting the past was to survey elderly people. What are …
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… American Utopia: The Architecture and History of the Suburb … to cities for jobs and mobile lifestyles, more than half of Americans still choose to live in suburbs. This lesson plan …
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… Scraping the Sky: Architecture and American History yes Photo caption The L'American …
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… BackStory: Darkness over the Plain: The Bison in American History Audio A More Perfect Union History & Social …
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… Voices of the American Revolution yes Photo caption "Molly Pitcher" at the … are available from The Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History , a link on the EDSITEment-reviewed History Matters … the role of women during the American Revolution. D. African American voices A number of documents related to the …
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… African-American Soldiers in World War I: The 92nd and 93rd … work." —General John J. Pershing, in Scott’s Official History of the American Negro in the World War (Preface) . …
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… African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War yes … Black Heritage Trail® OnlineM on Museum of Afro American History Boston , a link from Internet Public Library From …
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… A Raisin in the Sun: Whose "American Dream"? yes Photo caption Photo of a scene from the … neighborhood and the thunderous crash of a reality that African Americans faced when attempting to do so. A … has been constructed as "The American Dream" in U.S. history and culture. This interdisciplinary lesson includes …
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… African-Americans & CCC yes Photo caption Civilian Conservation … FDR and African-Americans in the CCC Read Introduction to African Americans in the Civilian Conservation Corps and … Chats, the New Deal, and Eleanor A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History 6-12 08/26/10 Interwar …
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… BackStory: Man vs. the Machine - Technophobia and American Society Audio History & Social Studies U.S. History Related Content Lesson … Administration, labeled certain areas where predominantly African American and other minority groups lived “hazardous” …
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… History in Quilts yes Photo caption History in Quilts: Lone Star Quilt. Library of Congress "We Americans have adopted quilts as a symbol of what we value … with those of quilts from the U.S. Examples include: African Kente cloth: the lesson plans: Fabric …
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… Coming of the American Revolution Website A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Related Content Lesson …
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… activities below help students explore the role of jazz in American society and the ways that jazz functioned as an … broad influence of jazz music (and of the many prominent African American and Jewish American jazz musicians) in … described above, you can review with your students the history of jazz in the period leading up to World War II; …
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… African-American Soldiers After World War I: Had Race Relations … Charles Young and Captain John R. Barber, members of the African American 24th Infantry Regiment in Mexico, 1916. … work.” —General John J. Pershing, in Scott’s Official History of the American Negro in the World War (Preface) . …
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… Federal Writers' Project and describe the lives of former African slaves in the U.S. -- both before and after … about the effects of slavery and Reconstruction on African Americans, and evaluate primary source documents. … in America: America's Journey through Slavery (by PBS) Documenting the American South (by University of North …
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… Not “Indians,” Many Tribes: Native American Diversity yes Photo caption Abenaki Couple, an … information about the Abenaki: The Abenaki, from Abenaki History , accessed through the EDSITEment resource Internet …
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… The Monroe Doctrine: Origin and Early American Foreign Policy yes Photo caption The Monroe Doctrine, 1823. Wikimedia Commons "[This document is] the most momentous [pronouncement] which has … Archives Educator Resources Making Sense of Documents on History Matters Lesson 1: The Monroe Doctrine: U.S. Foreign …
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… one of the most distinctive and influential elements of African-American musical tradition. Students take a virtual field … the prominent centers of blues activities, and explore the history of the blues in the work of W. C. Handy and a …
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… The First American Party System: Events, Issues, and Positions yes … Though dominant, these sentiments were not held by all Americans. A delegate to the Massachusetts ratifying … open to debate. According to the Encyclopedia of American History (Morris and Morris, Harper Collins, 1996): Competent …
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… Lesson 4: The Second Inaugural Address (1865)—Restoring the American Union yes Photo caption Photograph of Abraham … new way of thinking about the place of slavery in America's history, replacing both the South's defense of it as "a … "Letter to John Bright" (March 13, 1865) Jefferson Davis, "African Church Speech" (February 6, 1865) Students will read …
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… The wife of John C. Fremont, renowned explorer of the American West, describes her 1849 trip to California and … H. Bradford, which is available through EDSITEment at the Documenting the American South website. Marie Haggerty At … Gold Rush New Perspectives on THE WEST Harriet Tubman Africans in America Part 4: Judgment Day 1831-1865 American …
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… American Diplomacy in World War II yes Photo caption Sir … 1942. Wikimedia Commons The most terrible war in human history, World War II was fought by the United States to … methods used to obtain the surrender of the French North African government and the impact of this strategy on the …
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… in an interview-based activity to develop skills in oral history and relate the past to the present. In the remaining … students challenged the existing segregation laws in the American South with an assertive yet non-violent strategy. … lesson plan on the historic role of spirituals in African American history to gain more context and insight. …
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… Not Only Paul Revere: Other Riders of the American Revolution yes Photo caption Artist rendering of … Paul Revere's ride is the most famous event of its kind in American history. But other Americans made similar rides during the …
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… Backstory: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The History of America’s Wealthy Elite Audio A More Perfect … the pond." Library of Congress Gilded Age (1877-1900) African American Content How did millionaires …
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… Why Do We Remember Revere? Paul Revere's Ride in History and Literature yes Photo caption Sheet Music for … read primary and secondhand accounts of events during the American Revolution. Extend the study of American …
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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 Lesson Plan Building …