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… progress toward goals. Background Martin Puryear African American artist Martin Puryear studied art during the second … they have read the biography, ask them what a symbol is (a picture which represents an idea, action, or event). Explain …
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… Lessons Featured Websites Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in April 1996, National Poetry Month brings … EDSITEment featured lesson plans and websites about some of America’s most original poets: for example, Maya Angelou (in … Japanese woodblock prints (called "ukiyo-e" which means “pictures of the floating or sorrowful world”) Like haiku, …
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… Second Lady and second First Lady of the United States of America. Wikimedia Commons On March 31, 1776, future First … is available from American Memory .) Nancy Reagan, as pictured on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library , a link …
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… Lesson 2: The First Inaugural Address (1861)—Defending the American Union yes Photo caption Photo of Lincoln’s first … tried to show why the attempt of seven states to leave the American union peacefully was, in fact, a total violation of …
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… Horseman has become a Halloween classic, although few Americans celebrated that holiday when the story was new. In … 26). Call students' attention to the way Irving assembles a picture of Ichabod Crane out of separate elements, enhancing …
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… students work together to answer the questions about the picture's content on this worksheet as a first step in … can be found in museums throughout the world and across America. With so many images having been created, at least …
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… The Music of African American History yes Photo caption B.B. King Live … Commons This lesson traces the long history of how African Americans have used music as a vehicle for communicating …
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… occasions in various African cultures. Students will see pictures of African masks online, pointing out the … Plan Cave Art: Discovering Prehistoric Humans through Pictures Lesson Plan Tanka: Japanese Poetry Lesson Plan …
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… Adams are available through the EDSITEment resource The American President. John Quincy Adams 6th U.S. President, … Presidential Library and Museum website features several pictures of George W. Bush, including an image with his wife …
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… person! Taller, and taller, and taller! Just look at the picture, and you'll see how tall she got!" Have students … experiences make them feel? Finally, show students the pictures of Alice and ask them the question that Carroll …
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… that poets use to help their readers create a mental picture while reading or hearing poems. Preparation Review … "Old Man with a Beard," ask students to explain why the picture is unrealistic and absurd. Explain to the class that … Extensions Selected EDSITEment Websites The Academy of American Poets Edward Lear Internet Public Library IPL Youth …
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… all around the Mediterranean and show your students some pictures of the Phoenician ships . Now use your map to show … suggested that it might be just as easy to write with pictures, there are two wonderful Just So stories by Rudyard …
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… carpet Assessment Instruct the students to each create a picture postcard that a medieval traveler might have sent home from Persia. One side should contain a picture (downloaded or drawn freehand) of a geographical …
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… State. For years, she and her siblings were the only Asian American children in her school and she was the only one in … photo, ask students to identify what is happening in the picture, what kind of challenge is presented, and what kinds … students a few minutes to survey the book and look at the pictures. Tell students about Grace Lin, using information …
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… Jones Finds Treasures of Timbuktu Review the notes and pictures you've taken in this project. Then write an article … Jones Finds Treasures of Timbuktu Review the notes and pictures you've taken in this project. Then write an article …
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… The Awakening . Practitioners of a realist style in the American tradition include William Dean Howells, Mark Twain, … in the EDSITEment reviewed website Documenting the American South , distinguishes them as follows: "Although …
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… Powers (1805-1873) In 1858 Congress commissioned one of America's most respected artists, Hiram Powers, to create … brow with a masking tape headband or folded paper hats as pictured on a number of Internet sites. Students may attach …
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… Illinois, one of the oldest towns incorporated by Black Americans. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons The Colored … injustice. History & Social Studies U.S. History African American Women’s History Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) …
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… in Smithfield, VA One of the oldest churches in North America, the description for St. Luke’s provides significant … part of civic, cultural, and commercial architecture. American Management Corporation (1879; c. 1925), Sanders and …
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… to a flower are common themes in late-nineteenth-century American painting. They reflect the contemporary definition … of Art, The National Gallery of Art, or The Smithsonian American Art Museum. Group A Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas' … Plan Cave Art: Discovering Prehistoric Humans through Pictures Identify color schemes in paintings and discuss the …
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… F | G | H Early English Ideas about the Natives of North America Look at the 16th-century images below and describe … in the countrey language; wee have of twelve sorts more the pictures as they were drawn in the countrey with their …
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… Public Library. For an overview of his life, look through American Masters: Ernest Hemingway from PBS.org . Browse through some images of Hemingway from Picturing Hemingway: A Writer In His Time , an online …
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… Example: The Congress passed a law stating that all American children are entitled to a free quality education. … with roles and responsibilities associated with the American presidency. The president's principal roles: … 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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… work. Online text of Ethan Frome Edith Wharton: A life in pictures and texts Edith Wharton's World Wharton wrote that …
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… is available through the EDSITEment-reviewed Academy of American Poets . Your students may want to know a little bit … are treated like a creature, able to run around. Can you picture the movement of the bird's eyes? How does this image …
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… of the most distinctive and influential elements of African-American musical tradition. Students take a virtual field … he was able to make the blues an essential part of America's music, with a worldwide influence, and able to …
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… empire. Students should bring a tablecloth, place settings, pictures, maps, and music. Activity 2. Delivering the Toast …
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… to the size of the population than any other war in American history. A decade later, in 1685, King James II's … Documentary Archive . If you plan to have students create pictures, or if you want to use larger sized paper for your …
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… is one of the best known works of 20th century American literature. Included in countless anthologies, this … or it might be studied as part of a survey of American poetry. For students of history, it might be used …
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… the much broader “local color” or “regionalist” movement in American literature, which flourished during the decades … and authors) is available on Prof. Donna Campbell’s American Literature site. You may wish to copy and … otherwise share it with students. Edith Wharton: A life in pictures and texts , via Internet Public Library, offers a …