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… Hughes: Poems for a Democracy yes Photo caption Photo of American poet Walt Whitman taken by G. Frank E. Pearsall, c. … his personal experience and the common experience of black America. He wanted to tell the stories of his people in ways …
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… Empire and Identity in the American Colonies yes Photo caption Benjamin Franklin’s Join … British colonial settlements on the east coast of North America had become part of a vast colonial empire, abutting …
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… The Monroe Doctrine: Origin and Early American Foreign Policy yes Photo caption The Monroe … as well as an expanded role for the United States in the Americas. Students will also read primary source material …
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… the mind of man." Wikimedia Commons "The people rule the American political world as God rules the universe. They are … everything is absorbed by them." —Tocqueville, Democracy in America , Vol. 2, Pt. 1, Ch.4 In this lesson, students …
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… their graphic and sometimes sensational reporting opened Americans’ eyes to dangerous working conditions in … was now permanently in the business of protecting American consumers from unsafe food and drugs. Lesson 1. …
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… of the United States has become an iconic document for many Americans, who may with difficulty imagine real people … cooperative statesmanship and the art of compromise" (From America's Founding Documents at the National Archives …
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… to religious tolerance and in his dealings with Native Americans. Wikimedia Commons In 1681, William Penn … These letters served as promotions for his new colony in America. This lesson examines one of these promotional …
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… 11 In Tocqueville’s discussion of how the majority in America constrains freedom of thought, he makes some of the … of mind and genuine freedom of discussion reign than in America”; and, “there is no freedom of mind in America.” In …
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… painting of Duke at the piano, 1963. National Museum of American History When you think about diplomacy, you may … reflects a positive interpretation of American ideals. Another characteristic feature of cultural …
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… BackStory: The Melting Pot: Americans & Assimilation Audio History & Social Studies U.S. … BackStory: To Be a Citizen? The History of Becoming American Closer Reading Everything Your Students Need to …
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… was a leader of the First Great Awakening in colonial America. Wikimedia Commons In the middle of the 18th … major theological works. He is generally considered one of America's most important and most original philosophical …
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… Jewish American Heritage Month April 29, 2016 yes Photo caption … Library of Congress Each May, EDSITEment celebrates Jewish American Heritage Month by pointing to the rich array of …
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… Lesson 3: Religion and the Fight for American Independence yes Photo caption As commander of the … Background The activities in this lesson relate to how America's revolutionary leaders enlisted the support of …
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… the work of Major Henry Livingston, Jr. EDSITEment-reviewed American’s Story from America’s Library contains a brief feature on this staple …
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… call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. ... America is the only idealist nation in the world." …
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… History Day Media Resource The Black Archives of Mid-America Teacher's Guide Chronicling America: History's First Draft Lesson Plan Evaluating …
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… History Day Media Resource The Black Archives of Mid-America Lesson Plan Evaluating Eyewitness Reports Teacher's Guide Chronicling America: History's First Draft Media Resource Ask an NEH …
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… Evaluating Eyewitness Reports Teacher's Guide Chronicling America: History's First Draft Teacher's Guide Using Primary … Local History Media Resource The Black Archives of Mid-America Featured Image Photo caption Newspaper headline …
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… Music of the Harlem Renaissance Teacher's Guide Chronicling America: History's First Draft Lesson Plan Martin Puryear's … Wikimedia Commons Civil Rights (1945-1970) Africa African American Content The W.E.B. Du Bois papers , containing …
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… wheel gets the oil. Birds of a feather flock together. A picture is worth a thousand words. The early bird catches …
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… Eve Merriam (available on EDSITEment through The Academy of American Poets website). Copy the poem onto a piece of chart … (both available on EDSITEment through The Academy of American Poets website). You can also read a book by Dr. … so cool shimmers blue Lazy summer days Have children draw pictures to illustrate their haiku. Consider broadening …
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… of Congress After five years of almost constant protests by American colonists, starting with the Stamp Act in 1765, a … that were not to be healed easily—or ever. In addition, the American colonists had begun to develop a network of …
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… Jr. When most people think of the Civil Rights Movement in America, they think of Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering … strategies and agendas of diverse individuals. Even black Americans, the primary beneficiaries of this landmark …
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… read primary and secondhand accounts of events during the American Revolution. Extend the study of American Revolutionary history into literature by discussing …
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… Voices of the American Revolution yes Photo caption "Molly Pitcher" at the … the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, many American colonists expressed opposition to Great Britain's …
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… Latino Americans: War and Peace Website A More Perfect Union … Spanish Language Learning Resources Lesson Plan African-American Soldiers After World War I: Had Race Relations …
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… of the United States has become an iconic document for many Americans, who may with difficulty imagine real people … cooperative statesmanship and the art of compromise" (From America's Founding Documents at the National Archives …
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… African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War yes … of the Battle of Bunker Hill was Salem Poor, a free African American. Thousands of black people fought on both sides … such as the Reynold's Map on the Library of Congress's America's Library , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed …
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… 1830 edition of David Walker's Appeal. Library of Congress “America is more our country, than it is the whites—we have … Citizens of the World In 1829, David Walker, a free African American, published his Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of …
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… and other sources ; free people of color in antebellum America ; important figures who played key roles in conflict … and much more. One of these collections, NHD 2018: Reading American Art as a Historical Source , was created to guide …