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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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… 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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… 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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… 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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… 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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… 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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… 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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… 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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… History Lesson Plan African-American Soldiers in World War I: The 92nd and 93rd Divisions Lesson Plan African-American Soldiers After World War I: Had Race Relations Changed? Lesson Plan Voting Rights …
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… at a lunch counter in North Carolina could be considered revolutionary, and how, combined with countless other acts …
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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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… 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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… in public places?   Activity 2 - President Johnson's War on Poverty and Race Relations Read Johnson's Great … answer the questions below. Johnson Compares the War on Poverty to Abolition of Slavery The War on Poverty …
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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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… 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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… 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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… 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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… 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 …
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… Civil Rights Movement Lesson Plan Civil Rights and the Cold War Lesson Plan Places and People of the Civil Rights … major international process began to unfold after World War II? How did this process collide with segregation in the …
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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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… African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War Closer Reading Activist Constellations: Recovering Black … Wikimedia Commons Antebellum Era (1820-1860) Civil War (1860-1865) Reconstruction Era (1865-1877) Slavery …
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… leaders who are often treated as archetypes of Civil War-era activism. To learn more about the convention … and institutions that propelled the convention movement forward.   Assembling the Constellations of Black Women’s …
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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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… Reconstruction Era 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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… 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 …