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… The Crisis of American Diplomacy, 1793–1808 yes Photo caption Execution of … against the application of the embargo A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History 9-12 01/12/12 Related …
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… Lesson 2: Religion and the Argument for American Independence yes Photo caption Pastor Jonathan … 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 Photo caption … 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 Lesson Plan Building …
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… Jewish American Heritage Month April 29, 2016 yes Photo caption … 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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… 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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… Native American Cultures Across the U.S. yes Photo caption Sioux … 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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… American Literature Lessons — Nineteenth Century September … offers 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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… 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; Victoria …
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… The Victor's Virtue: A Cultural History of Sport yes Photo caption The three most important … Resource BackStory: Making the Team: Sports and Equality in American History Students will become familiar with ancient …
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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 Teacher's …
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… Lesson 3: Britain, Napoleon, and the American Embargo, 1803–1808 yes Photo caption H.M.S. Leopard … sites the American Memory Project , Teaching American History , and the Avalon Project , but excerpts of each may …
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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 Closer Reading 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 Photo caption … 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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… BackStory: Blasts from the Past: A History of Dynamite in the United States Audio History & … The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad Teacher's Guide American Indian History and Heritage Featured Image Photo …
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… Introducing the Essay: Twain, Douglass, and American Non-Fiction yes Photo caption Mark Twain (Samuel L. … 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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… Doing Oral History with Vietnam War Veterans yes Photo caption Jack … 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 caption Photo of Lincoln’s first … " (located at the EDSITEment-reviewed site Teaching American History), and answer in their groups the questions that …
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… on the Constitution and Union (1861)—The Purpose of the American Union yes Photo caption Image of 1860 campaign … 6, 1837), from the EDSITEment-reviewed Teaching American History and answer the questions that follow, which are …
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… Histories 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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… 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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… Japanese American Internment Camps during WWII yes Photo caption … used to determine the loyalty of the Japanese and Japanese Americans incarcerated in War Relocation Authority (WRA) … through the California State University Japanese American History Digitization Project (CSUJAD) . Use the CSUJAD …
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… Asian American & Pacific Islander Perspectives within Humanities … Organized around the compelling question "How have Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders engaged civically and … in inquiry-based teaching and learning, this lesson brings history, civics, and the arts together to learn about the …
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… American Colonial Life in the Late 1700s: Distant Cousins … , available through EDSITEment-reviewed resource Digital History , and read background information about New England, … with students what was going on during that period in American history. Some ideas to address in the discussion …
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… conducting fieldwork for Franz Boas, the father of American anthropology, and for the Works Progress … Mules and Men . Available from the EDSITEment resource Documenting the American South are two useful survey essays … audio or video tape recording of a storyteller performing African-American folktales. Rex Ellis's The Ups and Downs of …
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… American Literary Humor: Mark Twain, George Harris, and … (published 1989) available at the EDSITEment-reviewed Documents of the American South, describes four general … it to other American literary humorists. What is the history of American literary humor in the 19th century? What …
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… My Piece of History yes Photo caption Motorola Carphone Model TLD-1100, … Illinois was a French frontier territory. 1800–1850 , when American settlers moved into the region. 1850–1890 , when …