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… Lesson 3: Kate Chopin's "The Awakening": Searching for Women & Identity in Chopin's "The Awakening" … yes Kate …
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… Mexican Culture and History through Its National Holidays … yes Day of the Dead figures in Mexico …
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… To Kill A Mockingbird and the Scottsboro Boys Trial: Profiles in Courage … yes The … a continuation of the first trial in which two young white women wrongfully accused nine African-American youths of … was actually a victory of sorts? … Activity 3. Comparing History and Fiction … Haywood Patterson—Tom Robinson; …
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… In Her Shoes: Lois Weber and the Female Filmmakers Who Shaped Early … Producer, and Actress Introduce students to the work of women filmmakers in early Hollywood with this comprehensive … describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science. …
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… Go West: Imagining the Oregon Trail … yes "The Oregon Trail" … know about pioneers. Who were they? With what period in history are they associated? Where did they come from? Where … 7." Students may also wish to visit the EDSITEment-reviewed Women of the West website for accounts of the lives of women …
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… The Mexican Revolution … yes General Emiliano Zapata and his staff in Mexico City, … into a reasoned argument about the past. … AP World History: Modern … Topic 7.1 Shifting Power After 1900 … following are prohibited: unhealthful or dangerous work by women and by minors under sixteen years of age; industrial …
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… Introducing Jane Eyre: An Unlikely Victorian Heroine … yes Portrait of Charlotte Brontë Photo caption Portrait of … domestic duties and a Victorian culture that discouraged women from having literary aspirations. Through the … also has a wealth of resources related to Victorian social history , including the brief The Position of Middle-class …
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… Remember the Ladies: The First Ladies … yes Abigail Adams Photo caption … Representatives. In 1920, the 19th Amendment finally gave women the right to vote. In the absence of official power, … "a significant role in shaping the political and social history of our country, impacting virtually every topic that …
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… Romare Bearden's "The Dove": A Meeting of Vision and Sound … yes Romare … of the magazine: Editing Art Local News Music Reviews History Poetry … Supplemental Material … Link the study of … Closer Reading … Jazz Beyond Borders: Jazz Appreciation Month 2019 … Jazz Beyond Borders: Jazz Appreciation Month …
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… On the Home Front … yes We Can Do It! Rosy the Riveter Poster. Photo caption We … the American people, "This whole nation of 130 million men, women and children is becoming one great fighting force." … You Do In the War, Grandma? It Was Everybody's War: An Oral History A Teenage Volunteer Too Young to Join the WACS …
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… A Spectrum of Perspectives: The Gilded Age and Progressive Era … American activism against segregation and oppression; women’s rights and suffrage; and colonialism, imperialism, … and the Gilded Age will be helpful, but they will learn the history of the fair and the broader history of the era …
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… Lesson 3: The Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy … yes Senator … 1950 he made a bombshell speech. Addressing the Republican Women's Club of Wheeling, West Virginia, he announced that … once and for all. A painful chapter in America's history had at last come to its close. For those wanting …
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… Lesson 2: Kate Chopin's The Awakening: Realism and Local Color … to the region, such as specific roles or assumptions for women or children (see the first passage in "Selected … is usually dated from the first publication in the Overland Monthly in 1868 of Bret Harte's stories of California mining …
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… Anne Frank: One of Hundreds of Thousands … yes Portrait of Anne Frank, age 13. Photo … of a Young Girl by connecting the diary to the study of history and to honor the legacy of Anne Frank, the writer, … U.S. Holocaust Museum website. Students should record the month and date of each country's defeat by Germany. …
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… Metaphorical Gold: Mining the Gold Rush for Stories … yes Bound for the Klondike gold fields. … stand-alone sections from this lesson that deal with the history of the Gold Rush era. While the emphasis of this … in categories including White Pass, Chilkoot Pass, Women, and Transportation. Click on the thumbnails for …
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… Lesson 1: Postwar Disillusionment and the Quest for Peace, … political movement. Thousands of Americans—particularly women—flocked to organizations such as the National Council … features a set of Document Analysis Worksheets . Finally, History Matters offers helpful pages on " Making Sense of …
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… Civil Rights and the Cold War … yes Bayard Rustin and Dr. Eugene Reed … Board of Education of Topeka (1954) Textbooks often present history as conveniently divided by eras, movements, or … Closer Reading … Jazz Beyond Borders: Jazz Appreciation Month 2019 … Jazz Beyond Borders: Jazz Appreciation Month …
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… Lesson 2: The House Un-American Activities Committee … yes … the Soviet Union. One of the most famous episodes in HUAC's history was its investigation of Hollywood. In this case the … anticommunism in American popular culture—Treasure Chest, a monthly comic book published by the Catholic Guild. Although …
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… The Preamble to the Constitution: A Close Reading Lesson … yes The first page of … fears of the Framers. For background information about the history and interpretation of the Constitution, see the … come to mind: the struggles for abolitionism and women's suffrage. Examples of oratory from each movement are …
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… The "Secret Society" and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby … yes … and Language Arts Closer Reading … Jazz Appreciation Month: Women in Jazz … Jazz Appreciation Month: Women in …
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… Empire and Identity in the American Colonies … yes Empire and Identity: Join or Die Photo caption … addressing a broader imperial vision for the British. While women, enslaved people, and indentured servants were … European Contests for Empire on EDSITEment-reviewed Digital History . A short explanation of covenant chain from the …
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… What is History? Timelines and Oral Histories … yes The Smithsonian's National American Museum …
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… Place-Based Learning: Creating Clio Entries … yes Clio logo Photo … Historical markers, monuments, plaques—every so often, the history of a landscape and the people who have inhabited it … organization, discussing all of the local sites related to women's history, African American history, military history, …
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… What Makes a Hero? … yes Joint Service Color Guard passes in review … be divided into categories? … Activity 6. Heroes from History … In this Activity, students will research … Robinson Jim Thorpe Historical Figures Who Worked for Women's Rights Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Blackwell Carrie …
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… The Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional? … yes Poem honoring the … about the Boston Tea Party, an editor at The Bay State Monthly remarked, "This account of the Boston Tea-Party … … a link from The American President . An Outline of American History (1994), Chapter Three: Boston "Tea Party" , on From …
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… Lesson 3: From Courage to Freedom … yes Photography of … Declaration of Independence granted to all but slaves and women? In what ways does Douglass demonstrate his courage? … effectively point out their hypocrisy? A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History From Courage to …
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… Lesson 1: Factory vs. Plantation in the North and South … yes … Using an economics-focused approach to examining U.S. history prior to the civil war, students examine the role of … be a slave . — Liberty Rhetoric and Nineteenth Century Women , a link from the EDSITEment resource History Matters …
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… Lesson 3: Emulating Emily Dickinson: Poetry Writing … yes The … about Emily Dickinson was produced as part of the American Women of Achievement series, highlighting influential women throughout American history. The documentary features information about how her …
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… Native American Cultures Across the U.S. … yes Sioux Indian woman in ceremonial … Indian peoples, and is necessary to understanding the history of this country. Background By the time children in … town. The Tinglit used to wear hats made of roots. Men and women wore ear and nose rings. Some had tattoos and disks …
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… Lesson 4: Life Before the Civil War … yes African American … Preparation The Civil War erupted after a long history of compromises and sectional debates over … store exclusively for ladies in Staunton. This will allow women, who may now, without being exposed to prying …