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… Americans and practice the techniques authors use to transform information about individuals into readable … Locate and bookmark suggested materials and other useful websites. Download and print out documents you will use and …
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… grasped the handle of the sword with one hand, and it came forth straightway! Then, glad that his brother should not be … lesson plan. Locate and bookmark suggested materials and websites. Download the reading passages cited in Activities 2, …
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… (such as voters, jurors, taxpayers, members of the armed forces, petitioners, protesters, and office-holders). NCSS. … The Nonviolent Protests section of the Eyes on the Prize website Timeline of the Sit Ins from NPR Courage at the …
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… were awarded an olive branch twisted into a circle to form a crown. The wild olive, called kotinos , had deep … medal are, of course, Greek letters. The Olympic Movement website had this description of the medal design for the … to Live from Ancient Olympia! Selected EDSITEment Websites American Academy of Poets Ernest Laurence Thayer's …
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… Commons Stephen Crane found himself floating in a dinghy for thirty hours after The Commodore , the steamship he was … Locate and bookmark suggested materials and other useful websites. Download and print out any documents you will use and …
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… Dead celebrations in Mexico. Wikimedia Commons 'Tis night for revel, set apart To reillume the darkened heart, And … can be accessed through a number of EDSITEment-reviewed websites. National Geographic offers a pictorial spread on the …
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… George Washington's second administration, when federal efforts to collect an excise tax on liquor sparked armed … of his campaign against the rebels, available through EDSITEment at the Papers of George Washington website. (At the website's homepage, click on "Selected …
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… simulation about student free speech and social media before their own Supreme Court. Background Article III of the … reports. The education page of The United States Courts website features a variety of resources for educators. If … of the trial and the arguments for each side. Reference Websites Research Databases: Justia Dockets and Filings allows …
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… users and businesses listed could recommend new entries for subsequent years. The first edition totaled 10 pages and … similar issues from occurring today and tomorrow? Reference Websites Chronicling America Mapping the Green Book The …
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… among students can lie at the hub of daily communication before, during, and after class. Nuanced thought, however, … writers may have painstakingly reworked their initial efforts, while at other times they may have made detailed observations and taken copious notes long before committing to paper and composing an essay —from the …
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… South to seek work and better lives in the North. It, therefore, seems surprising that the first stanza of her poem … Preparation Poem at the Academy of American Poets website: “ The Great Migration ” Background on the poet at the Academy of American Poets website: Minnie Bruce Pratt Incredible Bridges: Poets …
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… by air these days can be an anxiety-provoking experience for many. Imagine an airport gate where an older person who … orally. Preparation Poem at the Academy of American Poets website: Gate 4-A Background on the poet at the Academy of American Poets website: Naomi Shihab Nye Incredible Bridges: Poets Creating …
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… Wikimedia Commons In this lesson students synthesize the information gathered in the earlier intelligent briefings and … of student diplomats. Students throw a diplomatic reception for student-diplomats representing Early Modern empires. … Preparation Diplomacy Challenge Presentation Rubric Before students enter class for this activity, small tables …
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… not a work of art, that it is coarse and common work, only for the more clumsy natures; but in fact this is far from … of all; it possesses an elevation, of which indeed I can form a conception, but nothing more. I am able to make from … NEH Summer Scholars in the Existentialism Seminar for Schoolteachers directed by Thomas Wartenberg. K-5 01/23/15 …
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… in Magical Realism yes Photo caption Photo of book cover for One Hundred Years of Solitude. Photostream In Lesson 1 , … and style of a text. Preparation Pre-readings to assign before the lesson: Library of Congress, Country Study of Colombia , chapter 1 Biographical information “ Gabriel García Márquez ” Worksheet 2: …
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… and Series Editor, “North American Slave Narratives,” for Documenting the American South . Text copyright to … who perpetrated it—but we also find inspiration from the fortitude and faith of those who endured enslavement, … and compelling way makes these narratives essential reading for anyone who wants to know who we as Americans truly are. …
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… but also to establish that he, an American slave with no formal education, was the sole author of the work. Lesson 1: … context, students will develop essential analytical tools for navigating this text and for exploring controversies that surround this …
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… v. Louisiana (1968) Twelve Angry Men , originally written for television by Reginald Rose in 1954 and subsequently … to afford a lawyer. This can be accessed on the Oyez.org website . Questions for discussion of Fortas' argument: What … it is effective. Lesson Extensions Selected EDSITEment Websites The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School U.S. …
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… authority with which the Nazis systematically enforced their policies, students debate the options for … Holocaust available from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum website. The accompanying document, Frequently Asked … about the Holocaust available from the EDSITEment-reviewed website, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum . This document …
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… immortalize these "other riders" in verse as Longfellow did for Paul Revere. Heighten your students' skills in reading … Locate and bookmark suggested materials and other useful websites. Download and print out selected documents and …
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… Locate and bookmark suggested materials and other useful websites. Download and print out selected documents and duplicate copies as necessary for student viewing. For background information, consult the …
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… to experience the news as the colonists heard it. Note: For an introduction to and a complementary lesson on … Locate and bookmark suggested materials and other useful websites. Download and print out selected documents and …
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… the Hysteria yes Photo caption Trial of George Jacobs for Witchcraft, Salem, Mass. Wikimedia Commons Life in … people of Salem, Massachusetts in the 1600s. Look at the websites listed below, and, on a separate sheet of paper, …
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… chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives for almost two centuries. Begun in 1793, the Capitol has … archival documents, your students can answer that question for themselves. Working in small groups, the students will … . The Educator Resources section of the National Archives website offers a series of worksheets for analyzing primary …
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… President Woodrow Wilson, 1912. Wikimedia Commons American foreign policy continues to resonate with the issues … Locate and bookmark suggested materials and other useful websites. Download and print out documents you will use and …
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… was dominated by a crisis with Great Britain, which for years had been grossly violating American shipping … Locate and bookmark suggested materials and other useful websites. Download and print out documents you will use and …
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… A Boy in 13th Century Venice yes Photo caption "Embarking for Home," from Marco Polo: His Travels and Adventures , … wonders of Venice. Lesson Extensions Selected EDSITEment Websites Labyrinth Medieval Trade Routes Xpeditions Map Machine …
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… Thurgood Marshall Before the Court Website History & Social Studies Civics U.S. … Content In this American Radio Works podcast and website , partially funded by NEH, Stephen Smith presents …
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… Women's History Through Film Lesson Plan Voting Rights for Women: Pro- and Anti-Suffrage Featured Image Photo … transcript of this episode can be found on the BackStory website . A Hop, Skip, and a Jump Comprehension Questions … Endowment for the Humanities. Learn more at the BackStory website . …