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… 26, 2016 Joe Phelan yes Home page image from Ken Burns' website. Photo caption Home page image from Ken Burns' … the Jefferson Lecture, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The lecture is the highest honor the … history. Among Mr. Burns’s many collaborators are veteran teachers who develop lessons around each of his films. We …
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… Twenty-One More Poems for AP English … July 20, 2016 yes Photo of Rita Dove … include EDSITEment lessons as well as EDSITEment-reviewed websites that discuss the poem, the poet, and its context. …
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… Twenty-One Poems for AP Literature and Composition … September 17, 2012 yes A … include EDSITEment lessons as well as EDSITEment-reviewed websites that discuss the poem, the poet, and its context. …
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… EDSITEment's Recommended Reading List for College-Bound Students … June 01, 2012 yes Red Badge of … EDSITEment has composed a guide to our lessons and reviewed websites to help prepare college-bound students. … Fiction … …
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… Division of Education Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities. … It was, and remains, the bluest … and rural areas across the United States . … Recommended Web Resources … Picturing America , Albert Bierstadt …
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… do you go beyond art as illustration and use it as rich informational text? How do you deepen your skill set when … group of institutions then worked in tandem and with local teachers, sharing their artworks, co-creating classroom … this learning community are now available on the free AACL website , which features lessons, texts, and tools aligned …
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… Fiction and Nonfiction for AP English Literature and Composition … September 19, … The following EDSITEment resources are designed to assist teachers and students in careful reading and critical … source in the study of history. Jane Austen from Victorian Web … Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre … Introducing Jane Eyre: …
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… celebrates its 17th anniversary. Here the Oleg dance is performed. Photo caption Sanata Dharma University's … Friendship Society and take a virtual tour of the sites where the immigrant Japanese boy lived as a teenager … and culture of Japan by visiting the EDSITEment-reviewed web resource Asia for Educators . … China’s Great Wall … …
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… University of Chicago Teaching the Middle East: A Resource for Educators was created by the Oriental Institute, Center … perspective, a teacher can assign students to use the website or make copies of any of the individual "essays" as … Learning Resources provides ready access to maps, books, websites, films, blogs, interactives, and more. In the …
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… with cantilevered decks extending it into the surrounding forest, it seems a part of its natural site. The two-page … most prized architectural treasures. The Fallingwater website describes how this home was conceived, created, and … the Past — Teacher Version … Featured EDSITEment Websites … America’s Story from America’s Library : Frank Lloyd …
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… in jazz—particularly Nina Simone (the 2021 featured artist for Jazz Appreciation Month) and Ella Fitzgerald … rest is music history. To quote from the Smithsonian Museum website, Ms. Fitzgerald’s “warm and lovely voice, superb …
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… Ablaze: The Rise of Martin Luther and the Birth of the Reformation , was published by Oxford University Press in … his son’s, after a moving trip in 1934 to the famous Luther sites in Germany. … What aspects of your scholarship will … the printing press changed all that. Related Lessons and Websites An Introduction to the Protestant Reformation Lucas …
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… The Ramayana Arabic Poetry Japanese Poetry World Poetry Sites Featured Lessons Featured Websites Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in … and websites about some of America’s most original poets: for example, Maya Angelou (in Introducing Metaphors Through …
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… is an Education Support Specialist, Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access. … We wanted to let you know … other cultural institutions including EDSITEment – the K-12 website of the National Endowment for the Humanities – the … Studies Civics U.S. History AP U.S. History and Government Teacher's Guide … Preparing for National History Day … …
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… Igniting a Passion for History with Chronicling America … April 04, 2017 Amanda … analyzed, and digested. One way to ignite the passion for history is to give students the experience of solving a … While this process of finding primary sources requires teachers to give up some control over what students will …
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… Malcolm X: A Radical Vision for Civil Rights … May 05, 2017 Joe Phelan yes Martin Luther … nonfiction texts for such analysis. This lesson helps teachers and students achieve a range of Common Core …
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… biography of Cervantes is available in English and Spanish for students and teachers through the NEH-funded Cervantes Project page. Two … Medina en Cádiz,” available through the Sweet Briar College website, Golden Age Spanish Sonnets . To introduce young …
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… Glossary of Terms for Film Discussion and Analysis … January 06, 2023 yes Black and white photograph of Lois Weber (left) directing Anna Pavlova and Douglas Gerrard on … new media art, film, television, radio, video games, websites, and more. Generally, the term refers to all …
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… full-time, year round residents of the Manor, and whose forced labor was the backbone of the Philipse’s … empire. In July 2019, Philipsburg Manor will host a summer teachers’ institute on Slavery in the Colonial North for … and the People Not Property interactive documentary website. … From period documents that describe the …
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… Arthur Miller’s The Crucible: Witch Hunting for the Classroom … October 28, 2014 Shelley NiTuama yes A … an American dramatist.) … The McCarthyism connection … Many teachers use The Crucible alongside their discussion of …
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… continues, “WASHINGTON, (AP)—President Eisenhower will formally proclaim Hawaii as the Fiftieth State at noon … described using different terms, including “race riot.” Teachers should support their students in exploring the … Thesaurus for Chronicling America on EDSITEment, NEH’s website for K–12 humanities teaching resources. It guides …
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… Day holiday … February 09, 2015 Joe Phelan yes Kimmel & Forster, Columbia's Noblest Sons Photo caption Kimmel & Forster, Columbia's Noblest Sons , c. 1865. Library of … and all those who have followed. … George Washington … EDSITEment has a rich array of lesson plans on …
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… food and conversation with each other. Columbia, who for Nast symbolized U.S. democratic ideals, sits opposite to … Teach Immigration History was created for high school teachers of U.S. history and civics, as well as for a … from The University of Texas at Austin. The backbone of the website is an 80-item chronology of key events, laws, and …
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… Division of Education Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities, and published in the National History … Frederick Douglass’s New National Era from the 1870s. EDSITEment provides a Reconstruction Era Teacher's Guide that includes access to a curated …
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… Pesebre. Earlier, the Aztecs cultivated the poinsettias for its reddish-purple color in order to create dye as well … its encounter with the Spanish via this EDSITEment-approved website, Conquistadors . In modern times the poinsettia is … peoples of Mexico during the winter solstice in the holy sites of Teotihuacán. Aztec priests already celebrated the …
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… of beauty…" —Letter from W.B. Yeats to Dora Sigerson (1899) Teacher guide “The Song of Wandering Aengus” by W. B. Yeats includes information about the poem and discussion questions. …
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… Program Director of Education Outreach, Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training … “I was asleep in room … … Included in ADST's collection are two series ideal for teachers that focus on specific events …
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… these discussions. Teachers of world history on the lookout for complex informational texts that build knowledge of our … magazine, as well as EDSITEment lesson plans and vetted websites. In addition, we’d like to highlight a free eBook from …
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… Spanish Listening and Reading Time! / ¡Hora de EDSITEment de audio comprensión y lectura! … April 17, 2011 … y Deporte … ¡Hora de audio comprensión de lectura con EDSITEment! … Visite EDSITEment para saber en donde se … & Language Arts Speaking Listening South America Informational Text Latino/a American Lesson Plan … Mission …
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… in Chicago broadcasting, where he held court at WFMT for four and half decades, from 1952 to 1997, engaging in … can be accessed through the Pop Up Archive platform. This site, now under development, promises to feature over a … in the current archive, many subjects that could be used by teachers crop up, ones that could supplement the study of …