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A Sense of Place: Architecture, Culture and History in the Arkansas Delta is an Alex Foundation six day, two week residential workshop. This new workshop will bring together 60 6-12 grade teachers…
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"The Missing Stories: Reclaiming History through Community Archives" is a six-day institute for high school educators designed around the methods employed by community-based archives, which not…
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… as the study and interpretation of languages, history, literature, jurisprudence, philosophy, comparative … for the agency was based on widely held opinion that the American experiment in self-government requires a thoughtful …
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… salt was obtained and why it was so important in the West African trade networks. Access Trans-Saharan Gold Trade . … influence the development of trade in West Africa? History & Social Studies Geography World History 6-8 1 …
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The educator workshops will examine how more than 120,000 people of Japanese descent were forced from their homes on the West Coast and sent to 10 camps established by the War Relocation Authority…
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… Askia Muhammad strengthened the bonds of Islam in the West African communities. Note that while Islam was practiced in … of Timbuktu? What books were used and for what purpose? History & Social Studies World History Art & Culture History …
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… poem two despairing views of a particular time and place in American history—the tail end of the main industrial movement in the … The Dispossessed, The National Recovery Administration, and African Americans and the New Deal. History/Social Studies …
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… might the people of the Middle East have viewed the West African states before Mansa Musa's visit? How did he almost … What is the legacy of Mansa Musa's reforms in Mali? History & Social Studies World History 6-8 2 Suzanne Art …
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… by Nathaniel Hawthorne and, as part of a curriculum unit on American literary humor, compare it to other American … an understandable fascination with the Puritan ancestry and history that surrounded him. His collection of stories, …
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… how Muslim merchants contributed to the expansion of West African trade. Content Standards NCSS.D2.His.1.6-8. Analyze … influence the development of trade in West Africa? History & Social Studies Geography World History 6-8 2 …
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Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations” will examine history through the neighborhood of Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, California. Joined by scholars, educators, curators,…
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… traveller's house in 1858. Wikimedia Commons After a rich history as a center of commerce and scholarship, the West African city of Timbuktu began a period of decline in the …
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… an important stopping place for merchants. Access Early History . This is the way most modern historians explain the … (also spelled Sundiata) and Mansa Musa revered today in African legends? Now go Mali . What were Mansa Musa's …
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… traveller's house in 1858. Wikimedia Commons After a rich history as a center of commerce and scholarship, the West African city of Timbuktu began a period of decline in the …
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… estranged from his times by an overriding attachment to the American past? Lesson Extensions To complete this study of … Academy of American Poets Ralph Waldo Emerson Walt Whitman Africans in America Fredrick Douglass The American President … and an author To explore the impact of an author's personal history on his or her creative life, particularly in the …
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… make of Harrison Bergeron himself? Does he represent the American dream to “be all you can be”? What do you admire … and Sentiments , and the Gettysburg Address ? Do the two documents differ in how they describe equality? What does it …
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… - Iyoba. Wikimedia Commons Anyone who lived in the West African kingdom of Benin during its existence from the 12th … viewing. Students will examine brass plaques from the African kingdom of Benin. Some plaques depict Portuguese …
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… no casualties on either side, remains a key moment in the history of that conflict, not only because it marked the … Lesson 2: The First Inaugural Address (1861)—Defending the American Union Lesson Plan Homer's Civil War Veteran: …
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… agrícolas: Introduction to Surviving the Dust Bowl , documental de PBS Historical Background on the Great … Dust Bowl Migrants) Dust Bowl Timeline Mexican and Mexican American Migrant Laborers Entrevista con Augustus Martínez, … Start Over Teacher's Guide Hispanic and Latino Heritage and History in the United States Lesson Plan "Sí, se puede!": …
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… also has a wealth of resources related to Victorian social history , including the brief The Position of Middle-class … literature, and even moral guidance. While this is an American publication, the themes in the articles do have …
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… In the Field: War Ink Video A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Art & Culture Media Arts Related Content Lesson Plan …
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… Ask an NEH Expert: Multiple Perspectives Video History & Social Studies U.S. History Literature & Language … events and topics. The video includes how maps and primary documents available at the Santa Barbara Trust can be used …
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… Askia Muhammad strengthened the bonds of Islam in the West African communities. Note that while Islam was practiced in … of Timbuktu? What books were used and for what purpose? History & Social Studies World History 6-8 2 Suzanne Art …
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This two-week workshop, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, will immerse K-12 teachers in the ancient Olympic Games and the local life going on around those games. We'll delve…
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… from "LBJ and the Great Society" Audio A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Related Content Lesson … the Justice Department to fix voting rights abuses? How did African-Americans respond to LBJ’s attempt to hold off on the voting …
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… countries using the following EDSITEment resources: American Association of Teachers of French Bibliography of … A Brief Guide to Creating an "Acadiana Adventure Tour" African Studies WWW K-12 Electronic Guide for African …
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… in "A Good Man is Hard to Find." At the EDSITEment-reviewed American Memory website's Farm Security … Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's virtual exhibition America on the Move . Explore … This is an offensive, slang term to describe an African-American child. The grandmother also users other …
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… narrative from scholars and from veterans who made the history, with a focus on women, youth, and the Student … one of the most important social protest movements in American history. We felt the power and responsibility of … & Social Studies U.S. History Civil Rights (1945-1970) African American Civil Rights Lesson Plan JFK, Freedom …
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Employing community-engaged and place-based pedagogies, "Japanese American Post-War Resettlement in Chicago, 1943 - 1950" will host 30 educators from across the U.S. and will be conducted in…