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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 …
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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. … Year Media Resource BackStory: After Hurricane Maria - The History of Puerto Rico and the United States Curriculum Sor …
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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 …
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… vs. Plantation in the North and South yes Photo caption African American slaves using cotton gin, drawing by William L. … Using an economics-focused approach to examining U.S. history prior to the civil war, students examine the role of …
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… the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself . As the title suggests, … " found at the EDSITEment-reviewed UNC Chapel Hill's Documenting the American South website. This essay explains … Spirituals , which explores how spirituals play a role in African-American history, from the Underground Railroad to …
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… wartime atrocities? a study of the wartime experience of African American soldiers? a review of teenage life in the … after the Civil War. For additional examples, go to the Documenting the American South website on EDSITEment, click …
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… treatment of the Civil War and Reconstruction and of the African Americans who had been freed from slavery proved highly … Launchpad . Review the essay " Film as Social and Cultural History ," available on the History Matters! website . …
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… who actively resisted Nazi persecution. After reviewing the history of the Holocaust, in order to understand the legal … U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum website. The accompanying document, Frequently Asked Questions About the Holocaust , … Lesson Plan Anne Frank: Writer Lesson Plan Japanese American Internment Camps during WWII Lesson Plan Jazz and …
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… of the movements for suffrage and women's equality in U.S. history. Grounded in the critical inquiry question "Who's … with attention to various theories of democracy, changes in Americans’ participation over time, and alternative models … Collections Library , from which the EDSITEment resource African-American Women is an extension. According to the …
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… Lesson 4: Life Before the Civil War yes Photo caption African American slaves using cotton gin, drawing by William L. … Preparation The Civil War erupted after a long history of compromises and sectional debates over …
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… 'Creating the Balance' on the EDSITEment resource The American President , "Madison's presidency was dominated by … on American Memory Document Analysis Worksheets and History in the Raw on Educator Resources Making Sense of …
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… with chilly spectators and red, white, and blue bunting. Americans arrive by the hundreds of thousands to watch the … inaugurations came at some of the darkest moments in U.S. history. In the four months that separated his election …
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… The Papers of the War Department Video A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies Civics U.S. History Related Content … More Perfect Union Lesson Book Media Resource Coming of the American Revolution Lesson Plan Lesson 3: George Washington: …
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… is one of the best known works of 20th century American literature. Included in countless anthologies, this … as part of a survey of American poetry. For students of history, it might be used to illustrate one perspective on …
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… Ellen Watkins Harper In this lesson students learn about African American literacy before and immediately after Emancipation … between ante bellum and post bellum African American history. Segue to the video " Learning to Read " by …