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… some knowledge of slavery in U.S. history in the pre- Civil War period. Background Slave narratives were first-hand … that exposed the evils of the system in the pre-Civil War period. These works were an important part of the …
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… with a lineage that stretches back to before the Civil War and includes a military general and a former governor of … unit overview and the pre-reading activities for students. Warn students to anticipate difficult reading ahead. While …
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… against Napoleon Bonaparte's armies during the Peninsular War. Must Art Be Beautiful? The PBS Digital Studio video …
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… abroad are historic as well: the country is fighting two wars and confronts the most serious financial problems since …
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… a Clyde unit and served in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Upon discharge, he attended Wittenberg Academy in …
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… “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird ,” which features “warm-up” exercises to give students initial bearings for … fragmented, and at a loss in their daily worlds. World War I (WWI), moreover, contributed to a more modern local …
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… why the stories about what it meant to be a "Rosie" during wartime production are not entirely accurate. Audio file … the "Rosie the Riveter" narrative that emerged during the war and that continues to color how we think about women in …
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… yes Photo caption Stephen Crane, best known for the Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage , also wrote the stark … is the notion that everyone has "strong and often warring emotions: passions, such as lust, greed, or the …
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… Chelsea House Publishers, 1971, 349-350.): "… After the War of 1812… the Federalist party was no longer an effective … was minister to France. He was then appointed Secretary of War by President Madison, but in 1816 he was made Secretary …
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… America," they will learn about American attitudes toward immigrants and the meaning of the term "American" to … government began to restrict immigration after World War I. Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1924, which …
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… were going to Rome, and too many taxes for the emperor’s wars in Italy. When peasants heard Luther’s “Freedom of a …
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… What does your version tell us about cultural attitudes toward physical violence, fighting and war? What does your version tell us about the position of …
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… 2019 Jefferson Lecture: Father Columba Stewart Video A More Perfect Union Art & Culture History … 2019 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities: Father Columba Stewart Download External Video Featured Image Photo caption Father Columba Stewart Photograph courtesy of the Hill Museum and Manuscript …
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… resource America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935–1945 . Finally, … resource America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935–1945 .) Ask them …
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… Published in 1958, the novel recounts the life of the warrior and village hero Okonkwo, and describes the arrival … 19th century, and Achebe wrote and published the novel towards the end of the colonial period, during a time of …
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… the U.S. than the civil rights struggle in the post-World War II era. Yet, as Julian Bond succinctly argued, in most … how to make social and political change, how to press forward, how to keep going—in short, how to make a movement. In …
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… learning, and teaching. About W.E.B. Du Bois William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, born in Massachusetts in 1868, was, … critical role played by Black Americans during the Civil War and Reconstruction. For Du Bois, race and class were …
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… Relief Map Ziggurats Student Activity EDSITEment’s Persian Wars Resource Pages Lesson Plan Hammurabi's Code: What Does …
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… to the background, showing gestures of gratitude toward the white figures, who occupy more central positions. … , an iconic image illustrating a perspective on westward expansion. What similarities and differences can you …
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… that gave impetus to his first voyage, and has raised awareness of the cultures he and those who followed him … Great Navigator's motives and assumptions as he sailed toward the setting sun? Activity 4. Explore other 15th-century … Sources" for a link to " Bernardino de Sahagun, The war of conquest: how it was waged here in Mexico ," a …
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… Memory website's Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection, examine the following images …
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… range of dates remaining before and after the second World War). These two early periods are detailed in the first four …
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… What did Lincoln mean when he said " With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, … address compare with other addresses delivered in times of war? Consider the following speeches: Woodrow Wilson's …
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… civil rights to the tumultuous protests against the Vietnam War , music served as an outlet and source of courage for … throughout the civil rights era. It then shifts towards active student participation and engagement with the …
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… would eventually erupt into wholesale massacre and civil war. As Stephen Greenblatt observes “there were strong …
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… in the novel centers on the concept that people tend more toward savagery than order and peace. Discuss … tendency has played out in current events such as riots and war. Follow-up questions Golding presents a scenario in …
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… Est” The Poem (with audio option) Poetry of The Great War: “From Darkness to Light”? Introduction to Modernist …
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… This league became very powerful, and after winning many wars the Romans acquired the large empire you see on the … first word, the word cave (pronounced cahway ), means "beware", or "be careful of". The second word, the word canem …
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… hills…" —From Wharton’s 1934 autobiography, A Backward Glance These comments, along with the Bjorkman passage … which flourished during the decades following the Civil War. An overview of the local color movement (its defining …
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… Presidents, First Ladies, Famous American Women, Civil War, Native Americans, Black History, The Twentieth Century, … Portrait Gallery . Geronimo led Apache tribes in land wars with both the Mexican and U.S. armies. Rosa Parks was …