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… Play with Words: Rhyme & Verse yes Photo caption World War II-era (1943) Buffalo, New York nursery school children … concepts. Most important, a study of poetry helps promote a warm, relaxed classroom atmosphere that's conducive to …
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… from American Memory . Photograph: Group of mounted Pawnee warriors, October 1866 Photograph: Silver Mine 1868 —Mining … from the EDSITEment-reviewed website Documents of Civil War Women. The railroad was creating a national market for …
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… grave evils, and there is urgent necessity for the sternest war upon them. There should be relentless exposure of and … upon journalism as an important tool to raise public awareness of serious societal problems. Investigative …
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… Grief from the Poetry Foundation Literature of the Civil War “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d” (1865) from …
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… literature. Two valuable point of departure might be: Civil War Humor Allow each group to offer a perspective, writing …
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… Horace Pippin turned to art after serving in World War I in the African American regiment known as the Harlem … the work of contemporary artists. Through her teaching at Howard University for more than forty years, Mailou Jones …
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… pilgrims for wanting a holiday? Hit by wave after wave of war, plague, starvation, and rebellion, threatened by the … guides on a vivid journey through Hell and Purgatory towards a final beatific vision of God. Although the plan is …
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… by Abraham Lincoln in a speech before the American Civil War. Ask students to unpack its meaning. A country, …
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… Carolina—also went into bankruptcy. On the eve of the Civil War, there were 500,000 free blacks living in the United …
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… (resources, crops...) and historic (religions, events, wars, people, current events, leaders...) details that they …
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… vivid imagery of his experiences as a soldier in World War I, his loves won and lost, and his family. Ask students …
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… Creating the Office of the Presidency yes Photo caption Howard Chandler Christy's painting of the signing of the … s” (June 15, 1787) The power to "make" but not "declare war" (August 17, 1787) Brearly Committee recommends … 15? What was the objection(s) of allowing Congress "to make war?" What were the objections to giving the president the …
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… A 1675 conflict with the Indians known as King Philip's War had resulted in more deaths relative to the size of the population than any other war in American history. A decade later, in 1685, King James …
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… he blended the best of both skills and was ultimately awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 "in … and political policies. Though he received many honors and awards before his death in 1936, he refused all but the 1907 … paragraph of the story: "This is the story of the great war that Rikki-tikki-tavi fought single-handed, through the …
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… to her husband Ulysses, long overdue from the Trojan War. Contemporary Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood’s …
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… to have a list of words suggesting the author’s attitude toward his subject. Worksheet 1 Worksheet 1 Teacher's Version … same in each case, the tone--or attitude of the speaker towards the subject--is different. Think of a tone word that …
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… advances, economic hardship, and the pressures of world war transformed American society. 1950–Present , when postwar prosperity set the stage for a series of social …
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… of the U.S. Command the U.S. military, including declaring war (with approval from Congress) For more information, … what happens in our country and about how the U.S. acts towards other countries. Even those too young to vote can let …
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… in turn acted as a catalyst to propel the Movement forward and give it more favorable reception in the realm of … public places at the Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Photographers site, linked from the …
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… the letters to Greece." —(Herodotus, History of the Persian Wars, 5.58.2) This second lesson of the curriculum unit, The …
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… of Tennessee, Alabama (where Crockett fought in the War of 1812), Washington, D.C., and Texas. Discuss briefly … dead miss; when says I, "Stand aside and let me look, and I warrant you I get on the right trail of the critter." They …
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… of the U.S. Command the U.S. military, including declaring war (with approval from Congress) For more information, …
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… act, both to themselves and to others. Early in the Trojan Wars, Agamemnon, a Greek king, must sacrifice his daughter, … Seminar for Schoolteachers directed by Thomas Wartenberg. K-5 01/23/15 Formatted Title Fear and Trembling …
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… to read and write from white children, who were less aware of laws against enslaved literacy. Others took … The “Rebs” were defeated by the Union army in the Civil War.] Discuss the meaning of any other terms students don’t …
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… The Aztecs: Mighty Warriors of Mexico yes Photo caption First published … food production and preparation; education and writing; and warfare. Once you have determined your topic, use the … Describe the Aztec system of writing. What is a codex? Warfare : How did Aztec boys train for warfare? What were …
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… Gutenberg.) Professor Clement C. Moore came forward to claim authorship of "A Visit from St Nicholas" in … and eventually won back their temple after a three-year war. As part of the celebration, the victors wanted to light …
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… in Time: The Board Game yes Photo caption Diagram of a Schwarzschild wormhole. Wikimedia Commons Madeleine L’Engle’s A … unusual girl—bright, angry, clever, lonely, and a little awkward—with an unusual passage to young adulthood. With the …
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… wild vegetation, to settled cultivation, and eventually towards settled villages, towns, and cities. As societies … of ideas and objects in their writing? Did the shift towards cuneiform allow scribes to write more quickly? How did … of Cuneiform Writing Student Activity EDSITEment’s Persian Wars Resource Pages Lesson Plan Hammurabi's Code: What Does …
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… Pennsylvania cannot be controlled by civil authorities and warrant a military response. August 7, 1794 : Washington … mattered so much that he was willing to run the risk of war between the government and its citizens? Activity 4. … Washington that the army "is generally in motion homeward," leaving behind a regiment to maintain order. July 10, …
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… wore black armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War. The students were ultimately suspended from school for …