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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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… upon the prominent place the Salem witch trials have in America's cultural consciousness. They observe, "for most …
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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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… 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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… 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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… : 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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… world, and through tomb paintings. Hieroglyphs consist of pictures of familiar objects that represent sounds. They …
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… can view this record of an era and see for themselves how Americans faced the challenge of those testing times. … heading, then click "WPA Photoessays" to find a series of pictures recording a day in the life of " Lucille Normand, …
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… about the past. Preparation Gather together seven or eight pictures of animals/insects/birds from picture books or … about how animals can be used as symbols. Show them the pictures of the animals, birds, and insects you have …
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… (IHRCA) at the University of Minnesota, which is North America’s largest archive of immigrant life. Students who … and second-generation stories are crucial to a complex picture of immigration past and present. Therefore, we do …
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… with his mother and father in 1852." Activity 2. Review pictures on reenactment of the trek West As a follow up to … website, in the " California as I Saw It " collection at American Memory , and at the California Gold Rush website. …
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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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… related tales are told in cultures all over the globe. In America as well, the classic tale, re-envisioned in print … . Ask students if they can identify the story from the picture. Most will know immediately. How is it that …
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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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… Photo caption Robert Frost, 1941. Wikimedia Commons One of America's most beloved and widely read poets, Robert Frost … Aloud To enhance the poem visually, first show students pictures of the actual stone wall about which Frost writes …
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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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… Arts yes Photo caption "Basket of Clams" by Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Wikimedia Commons Impressionism, … in conjunction with the EDSITEment lesson plans What’s in a Picture? An Introduction to Subject in the Visual Arts and …
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… artwork, and films—at EDSITEment-approved sites American Memory and Picturing Modern America, 1880-1920 , where you will also …
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… very soft and pliable, like leather. In wax crayon, draw a picture on the bag in heavy strokes. Take a block of clear … some of these grottes . (As you say each word, show a picture of each to make the vocabulary associations.) … in caves, called troglodytes , would paint, draw, or carve pictures or figures into their walls. Encourage students to …
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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 …
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… in "old things." In this lesson, students first examine pictures of household objects from the late 20th century and … Illinois was a French frontier territory. 1800–1850 , when American settlers moved into the region. 1850–1890 , when …
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… cave spaces listed below. Match the names of each of these pictures to the place where that picture is found: the …
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… world, and through tomb paintings. Hieroglyphs consist of pictures of familiar objects that represent sounds. They … For this reason, pharaohs and nobles had plenty of pictures (and figures) of servants to wait on them for all …
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… it. Thinking about the Text Kurt Vonnegut’s story paints a picture of a society that few of us would gladly embrace, … well as Vonnegut’s purpose. The Society Describe Vonnegut’s America. Are there positive aspects of this society? What is …
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… host of memorable historical figures and uncover a sense of America's past through archival materials. Preparation … have been set? What exceptions have occurred? Share the picture of the first Capitol inauguration , accessible …
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… National Archives The Narrative of William W. Brown, An American Slave (1847), along with the Narrative of the Life … viewing. NOTE: Though considerably more temperate in its picture of slavery than many examples of the genre, the …
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… times in history and encourage students to describe the pictures and note what makes the creatures in them seem … by writing in a journal. Have younger children to draw pictures of unicorns and then dictate sentences about them …
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… as a monument not only to its builders but also to the American people and their government." — The Architect of … the student groups in Activity 2. Make sure to include the picture captions and questions with the assignment. … window of Library of Congress . For further information: America's Story , available via a link from American Memory …
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… lived in castles. But that's only one small facet of the picture. In this lesson, students will learn about the … available through Labyrinth . At the top of the page is a picture of a monk working on a manuscript at his desk in the … to describe the various tasks being performed in this picture. More information about peasant occupations can be …