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… Jazz Appreciation Month: Women in Jazz … April 01, 2021 yes Nina Simone in concert in Bretagne, France in May, 1982. … Month (JAM) was created by the National Museum of American History back in 2002 to celebrate the extraordinary heritage …
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… Women’s History through Chronicling America … March 12, 2018 Mary …
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… Jewish American Heritage Month … April 29, 2016 yes Congregation Emunath Israel on … pointing to the rich array of educational resources on the history of the Jewish people in America. Many of the …
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… Jazz Beyond Borders: Jazz Appreciation Month 2019 … April 01, 2019 Jason Harshman yes Mulatu … its inception in 2001 by the National Museum of American History, Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) has served as a time …
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… Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage and History in the U.S. … August 27, 2019 yes Sanata Dharma … Lee Boggs Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month was established in 1990 to mark the arrival of the …
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… Activist Constellations: Recovering Black Women's Labor and … is not a sufficient strategy for recovering the richer history of Black political organizing in the nineteenth …
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… National Poetry Month: Celebrating World Poetry … February 16, 2012 yes Anthology of Persian poetry from the 15th century. Photo caption Anthology …
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… Grassroots Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Women … November 29, 2019 Judy Richardson yes Judy … narrative from scholars and from veterans who made the history, with a focus on women, youth, and the Student …
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… Citizenship, Race, and Place: Frontiers in Asian American History … June 09, 2022 Joanna Capps, Daniel Castaneda, … from seemingly desolate landscapes. More than 127,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry were imprisoned …
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… National History Day Resources: Conflict and Compromise in History … September 18, …
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… The National Parks and History … August 20, 2017 Nicholas Di Taranto yes Crater Lake …
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… Coming of Age in the Holocaust, Coming of Age Now … April 12, 2012 yes Entrance to the … The Holocaust is one of the greatest tragedies in modern history. Its enormity can be difficult for students to … WWII (1939-1945) Closer Reading … Jewish American Heritage Month … Jewish American Heritage Month Lesson Plan … …
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… Igniting a Passion for History with Chronicling America … April 04, 2017 …
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… Connecting the Past and Present with the Immigrant Stories Project … October … manages the Immigrant Stories project at the Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota.* … How can … in the U.S. Closer Reading … Jewish American Heritage Month … Jewish American Heritage Month …
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… The Gift of Holiday Traditions: Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Christmas … February 10, 2012 yes … quiet home!" — Charles Dickens Each year, December brings a month filled with holidays, celebrations complete with a … including Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Christmas. … Kwanzaa … The History of Kwanzaa provides an extensive history of this …
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… Everything Your Students Need to Know About Immigration History … May 06, 2019 Madeline Hsu, PhD yes “Uncle Sam’s …
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… The Declaration of Sentiments by the Seneca Falls Conference (1848) … August … "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their … National American Women’s Suffrage Association, 1848–1921 History Matters The Amazonian Convention “The Solitude of …
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… Glossary of Terms for Film Discussion and Analysis … January … Arts Media Arts Film/Movie Media Resource … BackStory: Women at Work … BackStory: Women at Work Lesson Plan … Scripting the Past: Exploring Women's History Through Film … Scripting the Past: Exploring Women's …
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… George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and the Presidents' Day holiday … … and Lincoln stand out as unrivaled figures in American history. Their importance is reflected in the large number … February 22nd never falls on the third Monday of the month. All of this congressional debate, of course, took …
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… Presidential Inaugurations: A Capitol Parade on a Cold Winter's … inaugurations came at some of the darkest moments in U.S. history. In the four months that separated his election victory in November of …
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… A Teacher's Guide to the Films of Ken Burns … April 26, 2016 Joe … from Ken Burns' website. WETA "More Americans get their history from Ken Burns than any other source." —Historian … have been relegated to February “the shortest and coldest month of the year,” Mr. Burns has suggested we rethink the …
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… EDSITEment's Recommended Reading List for College-Bound … can also gain valuable insights in the study of social history. This lesson examines two themes in this novel — the status of women and the nature of class. … Brontë, Charlotte … : Jane …
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… Bring Your Classroom to Life Through Diplomatic Oral Histories … September 21, 2018 Maureen McNicholl yes photo … that is often overlooked but ideally suited to the world history, civics, or global studies curriculum -- the oral …
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… The Autumn of the Middle Ages: Chaucer and Dante … April 20, 2012 yes Portrait of … his clarions and many other minstrels. And if these men and women be a month out in their pilgrimage, many of them shall … Metropolitan Museum of Art's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History offers additional context in their essay and …
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… What Does It Mean to Be American? … September 21, 2018 Reema Ghazi … national park, Yellowstone, was established, only a few months after artist Thomas Moran traveled to the area as … the role of art and artists in thinking about the complex history of America: What does it mean to be American? What …
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… The Things They Carried: Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam War Novel Endures … … many aspects of the military have changed. For one thing, women now serve in combat roles, too. Critics have hailed … students may have already encountered. A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History World History Vietnam …
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… Lincoln’s Enduring Legacy … April 13, 2018 Julia Nguyen yes … 1861–1865, were among the most momentous in America’s history. A month after his election, South Carolina seceded from the …
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… We the People Bookshelf: A More Perfect Union … August 16, 2019 yes We the … 1930s Related Websites American Experience: Marian Anderson History Matters Penn Library Exhibitions; Marian Anderson, A … Son: Presidential Families Who were the Foremothers of the Women's Suffrage Movement? Remembering the Ladies: The First …
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… American Literature Lessons — Nineteenth Century … September 05, 2012 yes Cover of … happened to Ichabod Crane? … Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History … —Using the life of Davy Crockett as a model, … Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper": Writing Women … —Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story "The Yellow …
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… Malcolm X: A Radical Vision for Civil Rights … May 05, 2017 Joe Phelan yes Martin … movement he occupies a necessary place in social studies/history curricula. … Malcolm X’s Black Separatism … Malcolm … Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Women … Grassroots Perspectives on the Civil Rights …