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… 'Creating the Balance' on the EDSITEment resource The American President , "Madison's presidency was dominated by … Great Britain, which for years had been grossly violating American shipping rights." This crisis over U.S. shipping …
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… British were among the first Europeans to settle in North America, many modern American surnames can be traced back to medieval England, …
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… the Atlantic world (the relationships between people of the Americas, Africa, and Europe). Use the pieces in this … of the action. In 1941, Lawrence became the first African American artist to have work in the collection of the Museum …
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… themes and motifs. Ask your students for examples from American or European literature that illustrate some … click on the image of the "Embracing Couple.") A Native American feast bowl (Cherokee or Iroquois, c. 1800) with its …
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… unit overview . Background The Digital Public Library of America has a variety of maps, manuscripts, and magazine … about Emily Dickinson was produced as part of the American Women of Achievement series, highlighting …
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… Jackson's presidency a watershed in the evolution of the American political system. The campaign of 1828 was a … property requirement, though New York kept it for African Americans. Massachusetts, like many states, retained a tax …
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… everything about the Presidency was central to the idea of America that was a work-in-progress when the nation was … January 29, 1782 , available on the EDSITEment resource American Memory . (NOTE: For now, simply mention to students …
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… the Atlantic world (the relationships between people of the Americas, Africa, and Europe). Use the pieces in this … turned to art after serving in World War I in the African American regiment known as the Harlem Hellfighters . After …
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… declared and won their independence from Great Britain, Americans enjoyed the freedom to establish for themselves … the delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed America’s most important document. George Washington, on …
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… federal government. The judiciary has played a key role in American history and remains a powerful voice in resolving … of preventing the fulfillment of the prophecies of the American downfall. He observed that in revising the federal …
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… acts. This concept, embraced by the leaders of the American Revolution, is embedded in the supremacy clause of … views influenced the thinking of Enlightenment thinkers in America—reinforced the significance of Magna Carta. Not …
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… ability to stay with the voter was and is the point.): From America Votes Eisenhower Door Knob Hanger (1952 or 1956) … Digitization Project , a link from the EDSITEment resource American Studies at the University of Virginia Log Cabin …
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… and social changes (new roles for women and African Americans in the South). Alongside this modernization of … the New York Stock Exchange, From the EDSITEment-reviewed America's Library : The New York Stock Exchange Risk of the …
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… of his humorous dialect. As part of a curriculum unit on American Humor, students may also compare Harris' story with … Southwest Humorists were an important influence on several American writers, including Mark Twain. These were educated …
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… were deteriorating. President John Adams wanted to preserve American neutrality in conflicts between Britain and France. … for Talleyrand himself, and a large loan for France. The American people were incensed. War with France seemed …
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… vMLK Project Speeches Civil Rights (1945-1970) African American Revolution and Resistance Content “Let us not fear … the international implications of segregation as “America’s shame.” What events or conditions is he …
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… to the study of slavery: The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History: Primary Sources on Slavery The Abolition … Library of Congress: Voices Remembering Slavery Chronicling America : Fugitive Slave ads Ohio History Central: …
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… armed with Walter White's exhaustive study of lynching in America, Rope and Faggot , looked to the New Deal liberals … social justice. The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project The American Experience: Eleanor Roosevelt Have students examine …
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… Buffalo, NY (1979). Photograph by David Seaman. Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection From 1976-1981, the National … of documentarians, many of whom became prominent figures of American photography. The below activities offer students …
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… Williams Walt Whitman sought to create a new and distinctly American form of poetry. As he declared in Democratic Vistas , "America has yet morally and artistically originated nothing. …
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… and Purpose | Assessing the Man | Thinking with the Story | American Acquisitiveness and Enterprise | Science, … business opportunity: Jack London’s man is clearly an American. So are the story’s larger themes. But before …
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… activities below help students explore the role of jazz in American society and the ways that jazz functioned as an export of American culture and a means of resistance to the Nazis. …
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… the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself . As the title suggests, … exist within its midst, but also to establish that he, an American slave with no formal education, was the sole author … to liberty and human dignity comparable to that of America's Founding Fathers," the slave narrator finds …
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… were deteriorating. President John Adams wanted to preserve American neutrality in conflicts between Britain and France. … for Talleyrand himself, and a large loan for France. The American people were incensed. War with France seemed …
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… Asian American & Pacific Islander Perspectives within Humanities … (oil on canvas) by Yasuo Kuniyoshi (1951). Smithsonian American Art Museum Organized around the compelling question …
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… to present the modern angst of life in mid-20th-century America. In Lesson 1, students identify what Expressionism … James Joyce and T.S. Eliot. Among them were 20th-century American writers who questioned widely-accepted beliefs. …
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… Writers' Project 1936-1940 (examples are available in the American Memory collection); they might compare Owens's … on a road that hates arrogance." The moving story of Native American athlete Jim Thorpe is recounted on America's Story , a site designed especially for students …
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… the slave owner's wife. Keep in mind that 19th century America was also known for its cult of domesticity and … belief that women were the moral standard bearers in American society. What does it say about society if a woman …
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… before World War II. That the president acted as he did—and Americans (at least initially) supported that … to gain control of any new areas deemed important to America's national security. But there was a moral dimension …
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… for original edition of 12 Years a Slave. Documenting the America South "The voices and words of people from the past … and their lives in freedom. Because of their influence on American literature, they are also increasingly viewed as …