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… Vietnam Oral History Project: Jack Power no   Oral histories are a particularly valuable tool for cultivating … sense of caring among students. In this video for the  Oral History as an Educational Experience  project, Vietnam …
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… Vietnam Oral History Project: Jennifer Davidson no   Bringing in primary sources, such as oral histories to supplement the textbook is essential, and oral …
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… A More Perfect Union Teacher's Guide Preparing for National History Day Teacher's Guide Chronicling America: History's First Draft Media Resource Coming of the American Revolution Curriculum Competing Voices of the Civil … Legislation Impossible: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 African American Suffragists Authored by Jeffrey Hinton (Las …
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… usage refers to the fact that, for the first time, an African American will be President of the United States, the … outlawed literacy tests and required jurisdictions with a history of voting discrimination to obtain "pre-clearance" …
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… of Congress After five years of almost constant protests by American colonists, starting with the Stamp Act in 1765, a … to English policies while maintaining thousands of enslaved Africans among them? Why was the rhetoric of enslavement and … and Proved, 1764 , EDSITEment-reviewed Teaching American History (James Otis on liberty for all Americans, white and …
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… basic rights for citizens described here? What problems did African Americans face? How did fighting World War II relate to the … a Thousand Words Teacher's Guide Advanced Placement U.S. History Lessons A More Perfect Union History & Social …
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… Perkins Stetson (Gilman), from Hearing of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Committee on the … Making Sense of "Spheres" at the EDSITEment-reviewed U.S. History Women's Workshop .  Consider the following … responsible for examining how immigrant, working class, and African American women experienced this time period by …
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… Heart Mountain, Wyoming and Japanese Incarceration Video History & Social Studies U.S. History A More Perfect Union … Japanese Incarceration During WWII Lesson Plan Japanese American Internment Camps during WWII Closer Reading … civil liberties. Scholars also address how issues faced by African Americans and Japanese Americans in Arkansas after …
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… that the mid-15th century was a key turning point in World History. European exploration and settlement of the Americas … only take place between European and Asian or European and African monarchs. Increased interaction between Asian … throughout Afro-Eurasia, they do not address two key American empires (Aztec and Inca) in existence at the time …
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… reconciliation after Reconstruction; the Panic of 1893; African American activism against segregation and oppression; … and the Gilded Age will be helpful, but they will learn the history of the fair and the broader history of the era …
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… Hudson Valley. The site tells the story of the 23 enslaved Africans who were the only full-time, year round residents … and meaningful way. EDSITEment’s lesson on Slavery and the American Founding: The "Inconsistency not to be excused" is … students engage with this subject. A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Early Republic …
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… are an Indigenous tribe that traditionally lived in the  American Southeast  before their forced relocation to the … Euro-Americans were applauding was the enslavement of Africans by some Native tribes. Euro-Americans also … and settlers can be found in EDSITEment’s  American Indian History and Heritage teacher’s guide. Our lesson plan  …
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… new generation of organization men. They are not typical American communities, but because they provide such a cross … Act of 1956. They will also examine documents about the history of Levittown, the most famous and most important of … Center for History and New Media Now look at the White and African-American populations; how do those two populations …
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… Historical markers, monuments, plaques—every so often, the history of a landscape and the people who have inhabited it … including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, but excluding American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. As … all of the local sites related to women's history, African American history, military history, and so on. …
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… Road to Freedom: Biddy Mason’s Remarkable Journey Website History & Social Studies U.S. History Related Content Closer … Years a Slave and the Slave Narrative Tradition Lesson Plan African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War …
Teacher's Guide

This Teacher’s Guide offers a collection of lessons and resources for K-12 social studies, literature, and arts classrooms that center around the experiences, achievements, and…

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… Zora Neale Hurston Video Literature & Language Arts Fiction History & Social Studies U.S. History Related Content Lesson … and Japanese Incarceration Teacher's Guide Landmarks of American History and Culture Featured Image Photo caption … of the Reconstruction era. The town’s St. Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church and Robert …
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… the work of Major Henry Livingston, Jr. EDSITEment-reviewed American’s Story from America’s Library contains a brief … including Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Christmas. Kwanzaa The History of Kwanzaa provides an extensive history of this … riots in Los Angeles in 1966, the idea for Kwanzaa as a Pan-African holiday was created by activist Dr. Maulana Karenga …
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… examples of what it might be like to grow up in Asian, African, or Latin American countries. Content Standards NCSS.D2.Geo.1.6-8. … Lesson Plan La Familia Lesson Plan Mexican Culture and History through Its National Holidays Lesson Plan Not …
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… categories of individuals (people living at the time of the American Revolution, immigrants, and people from your home … be divided into categories? Activity 6. Heroes from History In this Activity, students will research historical … King, Jr. Mary Church Terrell The EDSITEment resource Africans in America Resource Bank Index: People and Events …
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… unfairly disregarded as a significant philosopher of the American Revolution? Help your students deepen their … Rights of British America provides detail and background history for a number of the complaints. "A Summary View of … its information, students should complete the chart "Three African-American Communities" on page 1 of the Master PDF . …
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… his message of nonviolent protest, he inspired ordinary African Americans to demand equal rights as American citizens. This … territories have produced encyclopedias focused on local history and culture. EDSITEment's Teacher's Guide " …
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… of literature that presented Africa in a very bad light and Africans in very lurid terms. The reason for this had to do … literary tradition and reclaims his own and his people's history. This lesson introduces students to Achebe's first … Collections 1500-1999 at the EDSITEment-reviewed resource American Memory Collection by conducting a Search by Keyword …
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… Democracy: Women Leaders of the Civil Rights Struggle Audio History & Social Studies U.S. History Literature & Language … resource on Fannie Lou Hamer, VOD's “great speeches” in American history curriculum materials  also include … 47 ), reflect on these questions: Why does Hamer feel that African Americans in the South have been betrayed by their …
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… papers (July, 1910). Wikimedia Commons The National History Day® (NHD) 2021 theme, Communication in History: The … how media influences the public and private lives of the American people then and now; and Create original … century. For example, newspapers owned and operated by African Americans proliferated with the rise of the …
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… Unladylike2020 Video A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies Civics U.S. History Formatted Title … Resource BackStory: Making the Team: Sports and Equality in American History Featured Image Photo caption Unladylike2020 Collage PBS Progressive Era (1890-1920) African American Latino/a American Revolution and Resistance …
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… tribes, who invoked their right under NAGPRA, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, to rebury … tribal policies and procedures, federal statutes, oral history. Why do the Umatilla substantiate their rights in …
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… Lesson 2: The House Un-American Activities Committee yes Photo caption Alger Hiss, … the Soviet Union. One of the most famous episodes in HUAC's history was its investigation of Hollywood. In this case the …
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… Commons Civil War in Literature from EDSITEment-reviewed Documenting the American South provides a critical overview of writing … now considered derogatory and insulting used to describe African Americans. Full-class discussion should reveal the …