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… yes Photo caption A romanticized drawing of the pre-Civil War South. Wikimedia Commons More Americans lost their lives in the Civil War than in any other conflict. How did the United States …
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… help them reflect on how we should think about the nation’s wars and the military service that requires such ultimate …
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… World History, which focuses on the critical post-World War II period. Once united as allies in their war against the Nazis, the United States and the Soviet …
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… U.S. History Related Content Lesson Plan Homer's Civil War Veteran: Battlefield to Wheat Field Lesson Plan A Raisin … Image Photo caption Drew Gilpin Faust Mark Morelli Civil War (1860-1865) Civil Rights (1945-1970) Content "As we come …
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… & Culture Music Related Content Lesson Plan Jazz and World War II: A Rally to Resistance, A Catalyst for Victory Closer … Harlem Renaissance Lesson Plan Civil Rights and the Cold War Media Resource Blues Reflections Media Resource …
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… caption President Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Germany, Dec. 11, 1941 Library of Congress The … and China or in the turbulence of the Middle East, the war's legacies loom large in all our lives. This lesson plan …
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… affairs in the years since the end of the Great War and beyond. In this lesson, students read the words and … the complementary EDSITEment lesson U.S. Entry into World War I: A Documentary Chronology . Preparation Review the …
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… 14, 1945. National Archives For American diplomacy, the war against Japan was not just about the destruction of … to Americans than to their British or Soviet allies. As the war in the Far East moved toward a close, American diplomacy …
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… of Congress More Americans lost their lives in the Civil War than in any other conflict. How did the United States … fought brother? A complex series of events led to the Civil War. The lessons in this unit are designed to help students …
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… largely involved efforts to define the structure of the postwar world. Among the salient issues with which allied … When the Red Army massed across the Vistula River from Warsaw, Polish partisans within the old capital began a …
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… affairs in the years since the end of the Great War and beyond. In this lesson, students read the words and … the complementary EDSITEment lesson U.S. Entry into World War I: A Documentary Chronology . Preparation Instructions …
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… Experience Lesson Plan Doing Oral History with Vietnam War Veterans Student Activity Veterans Speak: War, Trauma, and the Humanities Closer Reading The Things …
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… Experience Lesson Plan Doing Oral History with Vietnam War Veterans Student Activity Veterans Speak: War, Trauma, and the Humanities Closer Reading The Things …
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… Experience Lesson Plan Doing Oral History with Vietnam War Veterans Student Activity Veterans Speak: War, Trauma, and the Humanities Closer Reading The Things …
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… Experience Lesson Plan Doing Oral History with Vietnam War Veterans Closer Reading The Things They Carried : Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam War Novel Endures Student Activity Veterans Speak: War, …
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… plantations in Operation Cedar Falls during the Vietnam War. Wikimedia Commons Callie Wright, Education Programs … Secretary of Defense and Vietnam veteran As The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynne Novick is now in the rearview …
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… Anticommunism in Postwar America, 1945–1954: Witch Hunt or Red Menace? yes Photo … - 1947. Wikimedia Commons In the aftermath of World War II relations between the United States and the Soviet …
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… two different countries. This lesson focuses on the shift toward mass production in northern factories and on southern … approach to examining U.S. history prior to the civil war, students examine the role of slavery, …
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… give the keynote address. That oration was delivered by Edward Everett, a Massachusetts statesman, vice-presidential … concise and profound meditation on the meaning of the Civil War and American union. This lesson will especially benefit …
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… three figures, two children and one adult, walking towards a road lined with barracks and electrical poles (Tule … of the Japanese and Japanese Americans incarcerated in War Relocation Authority (WRA) camps, and the subsequent …
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… a centuries-old institution in America by the 1850s. Civil War, American "The chief and immediate cause of the war was slavery . Southern states, including the 11 states …
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… of cultural diplomacy through an exploration of the Cold War “Jazz Ambassadors.” Students also investigate differing … rather than government or political figures. The Cold War program of Jazz Ambassadors offers a case study of the …
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… "an appeal to the tribunal of the world" with an eye towards explaining and justifying the American actions. … and American colonists. They should also address how revolutionary were these ideas in two respects: how did they …
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… in North Africa and the Mediterranean during World War II. It is part of the EDSITEment lesson Turning the Tide … events in the Mediterranean and European theaters of the war. Click on the numbered icons to view the event, and then …
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… The decision-making process that precipitated the Civil War is a fascinating subject and the focus of Lincoln Goes to War . In this lesson, students examine the deliberations …
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… artwork showing his character. They also learn about Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner and 19th century … painted Lincoln from life, but in the middle of the Civil War, President Lincoln could not spare the hours required to …
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… journey, many citizens feared their new President was a coward. Abraham Lincoln, now safe in Washington, ignored the … dialogue about what drives groups and individuals to go to war. Attempt to establish the primary motivating factors for … to civilians -- to fight (or support the fight) in various wars throughout history. Use Lesson 6: "The Most Solemn" …
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… Offensive. Wendt received the U.S. Department of State’s Award for Heroism for his performance that night, and later … over the past seven decades such as the Korean and Vietnam Wars, the Iran Hostage Crisis, and Mexican Immigration …
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… Civil Rights Movement Lesson Plan Civil Rights and the Cold War Media Resource BackStory: Blackstory Featured Image … major international process began to unfold after World War II? How did this process collide with segregation in the …
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… town was occupied by Union troops during the Civil War. Preparation Familiarize yourself with the Written … different incidents, or expressed a different attitude toward this disaster? How would these witnesses have provided …