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… from the Federal Writers' Project and describe the lives of former African slaves in the U.S. -- both before and after … teachers will need to preview and select content from the website Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal … nineteenth century. The following EDSITEment-reviewed websites provide relevant information: Africans in America: …
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… this catastrophe, and over the centuries became largely forgotten. Finally, in the early eighteenth century, the … Villa exhibit available from the National Gallery of Art website . The Children’s Discovery Guide to the exhibit is … on Pompeii from The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites available through EDSITEment at the Perseus Project …
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… Walt Whitman sought to create a new and distinctly American form of poetry. As he declared in Democratic Vistas , … Locate and bookmark suggested materials and other useful websites. Download and print out documents you will use and …
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… Curriculum NAACP's Anti-Lynching Campaigns: The Quest for Social Justice in the Interwar Years Media Resource 2016 … research? Learn more about Taylor's research process on her website . What was involved in her research? What made it …
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… lesson plan. Locate and bookmark suggested materials and websites. Download and print out documents you will use and duplicate copies as necessary for student viewing. Note: All diagrams, line drawings, and …
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… have been known to complain at times. (So have their teachers.) Even the Founding Fathers of our country indulged … in America after 1763 by requiring Americans to buy stamps for newspapers, legal documents, mortgages, liquor licenses, … the Educator Resources section of the National Archives website, to guide them as they review primary source …
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… “Praise Song for the Day” by Elizabeth Alexander no This video of Elizabeth Alexander reading the poem “Praise Song for the Day” that she composed for President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration ceremony is …
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… NAACP's Anti-Lynching Campaigns: The Quest for Social Justice in the Interwar Years yes Photo caption … political and constitutional history of the United States for most of the twentieth century. In fact, most Americans … to the individual states and saw little, if any, role for the federal government in protecting the health and …
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… Around the World , which provides the same background information for the teacher with different activities … possible, bookmark these materials, along with other useful websites; download and print out selected documents and …
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… all to prevent future wars, the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I, is widely considered to have … resource Great War Primary Documents Archive . Another webpage containing the text in its entirety, The Versailles … expansion activity, but following are some basic background sites for students to begin with (all are linked to the …
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… work, and the emotional price the pioneers sometimes paid for their modest successes. Combining the study of history … possible, bookmark these materials, along with other useful websites; download and print out selected documents and …
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… the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I would desire you would Remember the … of the First Ladies available through the White House website, a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed National First … particular First Lady affect her? Selected EDSITEment Websites American Memory The American President National …
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… Common Voices yes Photo caption Sculpture, Royal Museum for Central Africa. Wikimedia Commons The borders that … (Accessible through African Studies WWW; in the "Africa Web Links" directory choose "Arts and Architecture," then …
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… accounts of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 from the website, The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory : The … scenes of human interest? Do they share a vocabulary for evoking these dramatic moments? Are the reporters …
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… dharma . The foundation the Ramayana is its use as a tool for instructing past, present and future generations in the … Review the lesson plan, then find and bookmark the relevant websites and useful materials. Provide links to the online …
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… moment of reflection, this simple yet highly sophisticated form of poetry can help sharpen students' response to … you will need. If desired, you can bookmark specific web pages so that students can access relevant online … haiku in a hallway or on a library bulletin board. For art teachers, haiku can provide a springboard for lessons on …
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… Commons "I never saw him—but I knew him. Can you have forgotten how, with his voice, he came into our house, the … on the EDSITEment-reviewed Center for History and New Media website. At the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library , … recommended links and materials from EDSITEment-reviewed websites. Download and print out selected documents and …
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… based on the results of their research and they will perform the interview for other students in the class. To … before distributing it to classes or sending students to websites. Ancient Greek athletes competed in the nude, as is …
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… the concept of the on , or Japanese sound unit. Japanese forms often demand a specific number of on , characters or … resource Academy of American Poets . Between that and the website for Tanka Splendor , also available through the … select the samples from the Tanka Splendor 2000 and 2001 sites, both available through the EDSITEment-reviewed …
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… of prolific cultural production in visual, literary, and performing arts – a period intertwined with the Great … evoke? Which do you find more powerful and why? Reference Websites BlackPast: History of Juneteenth Texas State …
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… Polo: From Hormuz to Venice yes Photo caption "Embarking for Home," from Marco Polo: His Travels and Adventures , … Learn about the Hagia Sophia by visiting the following websites (available through Labyrinth ): Byzantine Architecture …
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… Polo: From Venice to Hormuz yes Photo caption "Embarking for Home," from Marco Polo: His Travels and Adventures , … about the terrain of this region by accessing the following websites: Elevation map of Iran available through Ask Asia. …
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… the Mediterranean Area Maps. Follow the instructions below for accessing the illustrations on Maecenas: Images of … the General Contents page . Scroll down to Greece and sites outside of Greece with Greek architecture . Choose … well. Also remind them that Latin was an important language for a very long time throughout the whole area they see on …
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… Virtual Library Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is one of the foremost poets of el Siglo de Oro Español (the Spanish … on the bilingual Sweet Briar College Golden Age poetry website (don’t look at the English translations!). Work in …
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… Polo: Marco Polo in China yes Photo caption "Embarking for Home," from Marco Polo: His Travels and Adventures , … Public Library. Lesson Extensions Selected EDSITEment Websites Asia Source Emperor of China The Silk Road Mongol …
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… accounts of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 from the website, The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory : The … How do they compare with the news accounts in this respect? For what reason do you consider these memoirs more accurate …
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… in Hamlet's situation as compared to the situations of the forty-seven ronin? What difficulties do we face in making … , which contains a history of kabuki and links to related sites (especially helpful is the Genroku Period section). … revenge in Chushingura. Students will find the EDSITEment website Bushido: The Way of the Warrior helpful to acquaint …
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… Crossing the Deserts of China yes Photo caption "Embarking for Home," from Marco Polo: His Travels and Adventures , … camels—the “ships of the desert.” Access the following sites about camels and study the texts and images: Bactrian … or the Gobi—and then make a poster, referring to the websites visited in this lesson. The posters can be …
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… Lesson 5: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Rise of Social Reform in the 1930s yes Photo caption Eleanor Roosevelt in … this lesson, download or bookmark the following EDSITEment websites. All websites are from EDSITEment-reviewed New Deal …
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… to support their analyses with detailed description of form, first by participating in a class-wide process of … finding other poetry and photography through the EDSITEment website listings to engage with independently. Background … lessons.) Preparation Review the lesson plan and the websites used throughout. Locate and bookmark suggested …