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… About the Author Willa Sibert Cather (1873–1947), one of America’s most beloved authors, is best known for her novels … return to live and work in Paris? Hartwell as Artist What picture of America—and presented in what manner and …
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… One of the oldest surviving mission churches in the American Southwest, Mission Concepción is now stripped to … in the two-page chapter on Mission Concepción in the Picturing America Teachers Resource Book . The questions on …
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… discontent women felt over their legal and civil status in America. While sitting at the Hunts' tea table, the group … posture of the document itself consistent with the picture it paints? To what extent is this picture consistent …
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… American Colonial Life in the Late 1700s: Distant Cousins … in the Choate family's life. Have students draw or paint a picture of a scene at the Springer home or the Choate home. Send students to America's Library, available through the EDSITEment-reviewed …
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… worked tirelessly for the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and during the decades following the war, he was … July celebration. What are these? Next, Douglass presents a picture of American slavery. From what point of view does he …
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… Pearl S. Buck: "On Discovering America" yes Photo caption A Jewish girl and her Chinese … Jewish Refugees Museum. Wikimedia Commons "The future of America depends on immigration— it must, or we who are here …
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… Lesson 2: The House Un-American Activities Committee yes Photo caption Alger Hiss, … found that they had been "blacklisted" by the motion picture industry; that is, the studios agreed not to hire …
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… BackStory: Forgotten Flu—America and the 1918 Pandemic Audio History & Social Studies … in Digital and Live Archives Teacher's Guide Chronicling America: History's First Draft Student Activity Connecting …
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… The Industrial Age in America: Robber Barons and Captains of Industry yes Photo … Steel Co (Click on any of the images for photographs.) From America's Library, a link from the EDSITEment resource …
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… and Resistance Media Resource BackStory: The Melting Pot: Americans & Assimilation Media Resource I Remember: Japanese … on a unique artistic journey in 1977, creating fabric pictures depicting her childhood home and family. Her …
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… Backstory: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? The History of America’s Wealthy Elite Audio A More Perfect Union History & …
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… on the Constitution and Union (1861)—The Purpose of the American Union yes Photo caption Image of 1860 campaign … fitly spoken by you now would be like 'apples of gold in pictures of silver.'" Alexander H. Stephens, a former … of gold" reference to clarify the connection between America's constitutional union and the principle of "Liberty …
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… From "The People at Play," World's Work (1902) How did Americans "have fun" a century ago? Where did they vacation … in the United States. Vaudeville, dance halls, and motion pictures became popular, while new modes of travel allowed …
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… and point out that Mexico shares the continent of North America with the U.S. and Canada. You can then indicate the … Mi abuela ya no está (Mis Cositas): Read an interactive picture book (in Spanish) about the Day of the Dead. Cinco …
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… the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960s Lesson Plan Picturing Freedom: Selma-to-Montgomery in March, 1965 Closer … Department to fix voting rights abuses? How did African-Americans respond to LBJ’s attempt to hold off on the voting …
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… stage upon which the history of an important genre of American music comes to life. His painting is both … two-page chapter on The Sources of Country Music in the Picturing America Teachers Resource Book . The 2019 PBS …
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… make the connection between that machine and today's motion picture industry. Without some understanding of Edison's … life and technology were like over one hundred years ago in America. You might begin by asking students to brainstorm, …
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… World War I Chronology on The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed … common benefit." — Peace Without Victory "Like an undertow, America's drift toward war was subtle and forceful. … Letter (text) Photostat of the Zimmerman Telegram (picture), as received by the German Ambassador to Mexico, on …
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… poem two despairing views of a particular time and place in American history—the tail end of the main industrial … Railroad (1925) in the two-page chapter on Hopper in the Picturing America Teachers Resource Book . The chapter …
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… Anticommunism in Postwar America, 1945–1954: Witch Hunt or Red Menace? yes Photo … unit students will study this turbulent period of American history, examining the various events and ideas …
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… What Does It Mean to Be American? September 21, 2018 Reema Ghazi yes Photo caption … to desegregate the United States. Lewis described this picture in 2002: “I think this picture depicts in a very …
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… García Márquez’s Nobel Prize Speech: “The Solitude of Latin America” yes Photo caption Gabriel García Marquez. Wikimedia … to make the audience understand that the reality of Latin America was not the same reality experienced by Europeans, …
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… History in Quilts: Lone Star Quilt. Library of Congress "We Americans have adopted quilts as a symbol of what we value … . Latin American arpilleras (wall hangings made of cloth pictures that tell a story): Arpilleras have also been used …
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… Eatonville, Florida and Zora Neale Hurston Lesson Plan Picturing Freedom: Selma-to-Montgomery in March, 1965 Closer Reading What Does It Mean to Be American? Featured Image Photo caption Abernathy Children on …
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… what King's words mean to them. Finally, they will create picture books about their own dreams of freedom for Americans today. For background information on the topics …
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… each work represents the life and changing roles of African Americans from the late nineteenth century to the Harlem … one of the last groups to leave the South” (part of the Picturing America portfolio ) shows a manual worker, a …
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… expired copyright) - Original publication: The Moving Picture World (New York, N.Y.) “Ideas can be absorbed with … to supplant the blackboard with the screen.” —Lois Weber, American Silent Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer, and …
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… Longfellow's interpretations of it. Grant Wood painted American scenes and subjects during the first half of the … of Art website for a short biography of Grant Wood. In the Picturing America Teachers Resource Book , read chapter 3-A …
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… writer and historian Wallace Stegner called “ America’s best idea ”—can be traced back to a number of … this painting in the classroom with this lesson plan from Picturing America . Establishing National Parks The idea of …
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… Native American Cultures Across the U.S. yes Photo caption Sioux … they come up in the lesson. If possible, obtain and provide pictures of the items, or ideally, bring in examples of the …