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… all the other famous slave narratives of the pre-Civil War era come to us from men and women who grew up enslaved … A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Revolutionary Era (1765-1790) Early Republic (1790-1820) …
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… had penetrated the U.S. government before and during World War II, in some cases at very high levels. One particularly … it clear that Soviet espionage had, during the Second World War, infiltrated the top-secret Manhattan Project, which …
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… that occurred in the United States following the Civil War. For concise background information on the … to the Past "Cornelius Vanderbilt" and "The Erie Railroad Wars" (move down the page until you locate the sections …
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… in the United States Lesson Plan Civil Rights and the Cold War Materials & Media Primary Source Analysis Worksheet … Campaigns: The Quest for Social Justice in the Interwar Years (grades 9-12) Lesson Plan: Picturing Freedom: …
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… Madison, he served as Secretary of State and Secretary of War. Monroe brought a vision of an expanded America to his … Monroe used when recommending that Congress recognize the revolutionary governments of Spanish America. Paraphrase the …
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… Davis, Nina Simone, and John Coltrane, while also turning toward contemporary ambassadors such as Wynton Marsalis, … role played by the U.S. State Department during the Cold War, the global reach of jazz artists then and now, and …
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… and Resistance Curriculum American Diplomacy in World War II Teacher's Guide Landmarks of American History and … Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Department of the Interior, War Relocation Authority. A More Perfect Union WWII …
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… Sobibor, Treblinka, and Auschwitz death camps and in the Warsaw Ghetto. Then, writing as relatives or friends of … actions in the context of the Holocaust and of the larger war against Nazi domination. Finally, students gather facts …
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… met every stress of vast expansion of territory, of foreign wars, of bitter internal strife, of world relations." … a single national story, one that the heroes of the Revolutionary generation would recognize and approve. The …
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… the Black Death Curriculum United States Entry into World War I: A Documentary Chronology Teacher's Guide Using … temporary hospital during the 1918 flu epidemic. Photo by Edward A. "Doc" Rogers. Wikimedia Commons WWI (1914-1919) War …
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… (See curriculum unit, Background on the Patriot Attitude Toward the Monarchy ). When discussing the structure of the … The Declaration of Independence. Jefferson vs. Franklin: Revolutionary Philosophers The defects in the Articles of …
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… evident in the art and literature of the post-World War I period. The ordered, stable and inherently meaningful … Ask students to consider the following questions: World War I Think about “Girls taking time checks,” “Girls winding …
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… from the Smithsonian Museum website, Ms. Fitzgerald’s “warm and lovely voice, superb rhythmic sense, considerable … and the song, “Strange Fruit” Josephine Baker, the World War II underground French Resistance, and 1950s civil rights …
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… of many concerns for the Ottomans, who were frequently at war with their Shi’ite Muslim neighbors the Safavids to the … Related Content Curriculum American Diplomacy in World War II Curriculum The Crisis of American Diplomacy, …
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… had 13 stars—one for each of the 13 original colonies (Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, … state flags of the U.S. and several flags used during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. (Note: Many of the books …
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… upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I … Professor Allen Guelzo, "the single most far-reaching, even revolutionary, act of any American president." Lincoln rated …
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… examples of majority tyranny at work: the murder of antiwar journalists by a Baltimore mob, and the intimidation of … “Tyranny of the Majority” Download File (PDF) 10/14/15 Revolutionary Era (1765-1790) Early Republic (1790-1820) …
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… Lesson Plan Witnesses to Joan of Arc and The Hundred Years’ War Evaluate the historical significance of Galileo's …
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… aristocracy, and the necessity for independence and the revolutionary struggle. Background Thomas Paine's Common … "even brutes do not devour their young, nor savages make war upon their own families." Finally, Paine detailed in the … succession, is, that it preserves a nation from civil wars; and were this true, it would be weighty; whereas, it …
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… professional and private—reveal a poet keenly aware of the interdependent relationship between poet and … Lesson Plan Lesson 5: Women's Lives Before the Civil War AP Literature Poetry …
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… and events as the negative attitude among the Founders toward political parties, as reflected in Washington's … is in the House Lesson Plan Lesson 4: Life Before the Civil War Curriculum The Campaign of 1840: William Henry Harrison …
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… player of the first half of the 20th century. 1917 World War I—The conflict in Europe involves many countries. The United States declares war on Germany. 1918 Quota systems are set up that favor the …
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… Lesson Plan Lesson 5: Women's Lives Before the Civil War Analyze the specific elements of figurative language in …
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… Road to the Constitutional Convention yes Photo caption Howard Chandler Christy's painting of the signing of the … Page 3 Congress is unable to raise revenue and repay Revolutionary War debts Pages 4–5 Massachusetts farmers take …
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… and Democracy, ca. 1800. Wikimedia Commons "Jefferson's revolutionary viewpoints soon shaped the beginnings of a … national government, a limited presidency, and ties to revolutionary France." —From His Empire of Liberty Fear of … to the parties' positions were their basic attitudes toward constitutional interpretation (Federalists, broad …
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… "reduced hours" compared to adults. Hine's colleague, Edward F. Brown, in his report "Child Labor in the Gulf Coast" … Stuff Harp Week History Matters American History 102: Civil War to the Present Internet Public Library American …
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… Speech Lesson Plan Lesson 2: President Madison's 1812 War Message: A Documentary Review Closer Reading …
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… of Langston Hughes Did Whitman succeed in creating a revolutionary, original, and truly American form of verse? … in it are likely to date closer to 1854. "In the Civil War years, he was more apt to carry tiny notebooks in his …
Explore classroom lesson plans related to Ken Burns's and Lynn Novick’s ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, THE VIETNAM WAR, which tells the story of one of the most consequential, divisive…