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… homepage by clicking on the " What Came To Be Called America " link. Have students review this for an online … and artifacts and can read specialized reports on the picture of pre-Columbian Caribbean society that emerges from …
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… excitement and barely suppressed anxiety. When the pictures arrive, they are shared, traded, talked about and … the culminating lesson, students use a portrait of a famous American and their own research to make a presentation to …
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… and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Obtain background information about the origins … of the United States—A History ," available in America's Founding Documents from the National Archives . …
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… shows and the short films of Thomas Edison to major motion pictures of the twentieth century. Background Americans have long been fascinated with ideas of “the …
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… National Park Service A French aristocrat visits Jacksonian America In 1831, an ambitious and unusually perceptive … His nine-month sojourn led to the writing of Democracy in America , universally regarded as one of the most …
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… countries using the following EDSITEment resources: American Association of Teachers of French Bibliography of … America. Then refer to the suggested websites for a related picture of life in France. Challenge students to identify …
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… global violence." —from the EDSITEment-reviewed Academy of American Poets “ The Modernist Revolution: Make It New ” … optimism, [modernists] presented a profoundly pessimistic picture of a culture in disarray.” Pass out the following … What are some of the effects of the invention of motion pictures (both in terms of the technology itself and the …
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… tribes, who invoked their right under NAGPRA, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, to rebury … Kennewick Man, in other words, comes from the time of North America's earliest inhabitants and his physical traits …
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… World War I and American Art: Part One January 10, 2017 Joe Phelan yes Photo … the Cold War. Yet World War I is sometimes also called “America’s forgotten war.” Part of the reason for this is … prints, and film on display grip the viewer. Because pictures have the advantage of immediate engagement, we …
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… stark, distanced portrayal is an excellent example of American literary naturalism. In this lesson, students will … Lesson Activities Activity 1. Introducing London and Picturing the Scene Introduce your students to Jack London's …
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… as president, 1861–1865, were among the most momentous in America’s history. A month after his election, South … his assassination. Gardner’s famous photograph is part of Picture Lincoln , which is built around the rich …
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… yes Photo caption The mood of this 1940’s Georgia highway picture is a sense of foreboding that reflects the spirit of … Hard to Find " (text available via the EDSITEment-reviewed American Studies at the University of Virginia ). Teachers …
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… late 1920s and early 1930s? What conditions did ordinary Americans face during the early years of the Great … Chapters (L) John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath”: Verbal Pictures (L) Tracking John Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath …
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… By 1900, there were more than 29 million people in the American workforce including men, women, and children. … Public Library Film Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies —From …
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… his narrative with names like: “Cetology,” “Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales,” and “The Whale as a Dish.” Since The … Burns chronicles the worst manmade ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the … Library of Congress Have students write an essay entitled “America’s Useable Past: Reaping the Golden Harvest vs. …
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… is a hero. Students will then view portraits of heroes from American history, and glean a bit of background information … they know and admire are also heroes. Students will share pictures and record reflections of their heroes, using these …
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… Africa Online allAfrica.com CNN.com World News Africa Americas CNN.com World News Americas Latin American … have students collect souvenirs for their travel logs -- pictures, advertisements, charts, cartoons, news clippings, …
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… Photo caption Seal of the President of the United States of America Wikimedia Commons In order to become informed … student can make a page for a book of presidents, with a picture, basic facts, and a completed sentence that reads, …
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… world; their golden capital, Cuzco, the richest city in the Americas. The animated video below produced by TED-Ed … A Photo Gallery), a link available through LANIC Use a picture book of the Andes if you have one. Have the students …
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… Romare Bearden challenges us to examine Black culture in America. Constructed out of ordinary scraps of paper, his … the materials associated with this lesson, especially the Picturing America Teachers Resource Book chapter 17b and …
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… This lesson provides information and activities about one American Indian Nation, the Anishinaabe, called Ojibwe in … past and present culture to students, obtain and display pictures of traditional and contemporary elements of …
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… barley signified the word barley. Though writing began as pictures, this system was inconvenient for conveying … know the English language, but they know little else about America in the 21st century. What hypotheses can they make …
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… upon the prominent place the Salem witch trials have in America's cultural consciousness. They observe, "for most …
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… : How would those who supported the Confederate States of America react to Lincoln's assertion "that no State upon its … then click "Problem 4" in the calendar. Scroll down to the pictures of Lincoln's cabinet members: William H. Seward , …
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… times, Winslow Homer painted The Veteran in a New Field. American soldiers were returning home to resume civilian … Homer's painting The Veteran in a New Field in the Picturing America Teachers Resource Book . Preview the …
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… American Literature Lessons — Nineteenth Century September … offers over 30 lessons on major authors in 19th-century American literature including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, … —Quilts can be works of art as well as stories through pictures. They also tell a story about their creators and …
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… rain. In the early 1900s, the Chinese who immigrated to America began to perform dragon and lion dances in New Year … websites featuring Chinese New Year customs. Discuss the pictures as you go along. Explain to the students that they …
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… tools essential for navigating this work and other American controversies. This lesson asks students to combine … that may be helpful might include showing students pictures from magazines or family photo albums, and then …
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… of the United States—took office at a turbulent time for America's economy. Library of Congress "… the less …
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… University of North Carolina and Series Editor, “North American Slave Narratives,” for Documenting the American … and Institutions Slavery, which its defenders liked to call America’s “peculiar institution,” was intricately interwoven …