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… Media Resource Ask an NEH Expert: Wide Research Teacher's Guide Preparing for National History Day Teacher's Guide Chronicling … Photo caption National History Day and National Endowment for the Humanities Scholar Medals. Informational Text …
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… The Emily Dickinson Museum is housed within the actual site of the Homestead , where Emily was born and spent much … in a 19th-century small New England town provide a context for her mythic status? If Emily were living in the 21st … identified by number and by first line, instead of having a formal title. Highlight or copy lines that provide floral or …
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… Audio History & Social Studies U.S. History Related Content Teacher's Guide African American History and Culture in the … Curriculum NAACP's Anti-Lynching Campaigns: The Quest for Social Justice in the Interwar Years Lesson Plan A … transcript of this episode can be found at the  BackStory  website .   Comprehension Questions What is the familiar …
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… spirit. As first inhabitants of our land, they set a model for inclusiveness in light of diversity. In her poem … orally. Preparation Poem at the Academy of American Poets website: " Remember " Background on the poet at the Academy … a second time and again write down what they hear. [Note to teacher: In the audio, Harney explains the song before he …
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… acting as diplomats, consider the ramifications of the text for their assigned empire. After practicing document … Preparation Papal Bull Document Papal Bull Document (teacher version) Early Modern Period documents As in the … students use a white board to rank how significant the information in the document is for their assigned empire. …
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… Reading Writing Related Content Teacher's Guide Preparing for National History Day Media Resource Ask an NEH Expert: … forms of media: academic writing, audio recording, video, websites, visual representations. What do each of these mediums …
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… Media Resource Ask an NEH Expert: Multiple Perspectives Teacher's Guide Preparing for National History Day Media Resource The Black Archives … Photo caption National History Day and National Endowment for the Humanities Scholar Medals. Essay National History …
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… Video History & Social Studies U.S. History Related Content Teacher's Guide Preparing for National History Day Media Resource Quick Digital Research Tip: Using Chronicling America for NHD Research Teacher's Guide Chronicling America: …
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… a part of Songhai. But what was Songhai? Better find out before you meet your teachers at Sankore! Access Empires of … of your own school. Lesson Extensions Selected EDSITEment Websites African Studies WWW Uncovering an African Scholarly …
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… critics and audiences alike, who showed little sympathy for the author or her central protagonist, Edna Pontellier. … Locate and bookmark suggested materials and other useful websites. Download and print out documents you will use and …
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… Helen Keller Archival Collection Website A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Formatted Title The Helen Keller Archive: Access for All Related Content Teacher's Guide Using Primary Sources in Digital and Live …
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… Find related artwork and activities in the EDSITEment Teacher's Guide  Arts of the Afro Atlantic Diaspora .   … artwork gives a glimpse into the realities of everyday life for Black families in the northern United States at the turn … during the Great Migration. His family left North Carolina for Harlem, New York City, where Bearden grew up surrounded …
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… fears" ( 3.4.24-25 ). But equanimity and peace of mind are forever lost to him, as the voice that he seems to hear … I, who was deeply interested in the subject. Reference Websites EDSITEment's " A Teacher's Guide for Shakespeare " …
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… peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” —The Constitution of the … ideas. Preparation Review the lesson plan and the websites used throughout. Locate and bookmark suggested …
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… in the Western canon and an extremely important source for classical mythology. Since the Middle Ages, writers, … of art or sculpture, or you can locate one yourself using websites such as: EDSITEment-reviewed Metropolitan Museum of …
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… It is expected that students have read the novel before beginning these lessons. The first two lessons in this … this novel, the magical and the realistic elements, in an effort to come to understand magical realism. In Lesson 1, … attitude toward his subject. Worksheet 1 Worksheet 1 Teacher's Version Lesson Activities Activity 1. Magical …
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… Wikimedia Commons Callie Wright, Education Programs Manager for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation "There are … Veterans Memorial Fund we believe everyone (students, teachers, anyone who is interested in learning about …
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… Community December 16, 2016 yes Photo caption “Praise Song for the Day” by Elizabeth Alexander NEHgov YouTube "The … Poets and the EDSITEment Project at the National Endowment for the Humanities welcome you to engage with an online … Language Arts Reading Listening Writing Poetry Spoken Word Teacher's Guide A Literary Glossary for Literature and …
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… to you not that you may remember time, but that you might forget it now and then for a moment and not spend all your … Locate and bookmark suggested materials and other useful websites. Download and print out any documents you will use and …
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… Museum Collection From 1976-1981, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) sponsored a program of photographic … state. These photographs can also be found on the museum’s website :  Los Angeles, CA   Long Beach, CA   Venice, CA   … that we are aware of rhetorical strategies?  Note to Teacher : In preparation for Step Three consider asking …
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… como escritora y como poetisa feminista. Background (Información preliminar) Sor Juana es conocida como “El Fénix … La Respuesta se encuentra disponible por medio de la página web del Proyecto Ensayo Hispánico ). Este documento es … México era una colonia de España (La Nueva España ) y formaba parte del Nuevo Mundo. La Ciudad de México estaba …
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… caption Photo of Cesar Chávez with farm workers in California, ca. 1970. National Museum of American History The … faced by farm workers during the 1960s and 1970s.  Efforts centered in California quickly grew into a larger … Maria’s story was silenced and her legacy buried—until now. Teacher's Guide Hispanic and Latino Heritage and History in …
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… modern and newly independent nation? What do citizens look for in a leader? In this lesson, students not only … and/or Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe) can be examined.  Reference Websites EDSITEment's " A Teacher's Guide for Shakespeare " NEH …
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… his military and political achievements? Thomas Jefferson, for the Declaration of Independence and the acquisition of … the performance of some clear public duty imposed by law." (Webster's Third New International Dictionary) Content … context. Preparation Review the lesson plan and the websites used throughout. Locate and bookmark suggested …
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… mystery, but as different melodies in a piece of music that form a crescendo. The conclusion presents a key to … the historical situation of women in the 1920s. Teachers might remind students, for example, that women had …
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… I: Had Race Relations Changed? Lesson Plan Voting Rights for Women: Pro- and Anti-Suffrage Lesson Plan Jacob … from Keystone View Company, were marketed to schools and teachers as a way to introduce more visual content into the … transcript of this episode can be found at the  BackStory  website .   The Clash of Cultures in "The Cart War" …
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… lived; in others, it told who his father was, what he did for a living, or even what he looked like. In this unit, … the materials used in the lesson plan. Locate and bookmark websites you plan to use. Download and duplicate charts used in …
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… caption A stand at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard offering information on surname history. Wikimedia Commons Another … the materials used in the lesson plan. Locate and bookmark websites you plan to use. Download and duplicate charts used in …
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… Dr. Rita Charon Vincent Ricardel / National Endowment for the Humanities Speeches Content "What things count as … the "meeting between self and other" is"the obligatory site of health care." She concludes, "Can it be that … of  Narrative Medicine: Honoring the Stories of Illness  (Oxford University Press, 2006), co-author of  Principles and …
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… to be dystopic? An Introduction to Lois Lowry Lois Lowry website A Conversation with Lois Lowry A Video Interview … that are presented in the book (those related to memory, uniformity, choice, individuality, and community)? Have … to watch for during the upcoming school year. Reference Websites NEH 'We the People' Bookshelf: Books About Freedom NEH …