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… Asian American & Pacific Islander Perspectives within … in inquiry-based teaching and learning, this lesson brings history, civics, and the arts together to learn about the … are not relegated to the past or limited to only certain months of the school year? Reference Websites “ Citizens if …
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… Understanding the Salem Witch Trials … yes Witchcraft trial at … confession ignited a hunt for witches that left 19 men and women hanged, one man pressed to death, and over 150 more … the size of the population than any other war in American history. A decade later, in 1685, King James II's government …
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… Lesson 3: A Debate Against Slavery … yes "The Old Plantation" … Wikimedia Commons One of the great tragedies of American history was the treatment of African-Americans. African … through a link from Documents of African-American Women ) … 1859 * … The Child's Anti-Slavery Book : …
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… Lesson 4: FDR and the Lend-Lease Act … yes A lend-lease tank … Great Britain, the Lend-Lease program was expanded within months to include China and the Soviet Union. Nazi Germany's … of Documentary Photography , from the EDSITEment-reviewed History Matters site, is worth reviewing, particularly if …
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… Lesson 2: The Spanish–American War … yes The Spanish–American … battleship Maine Wikimedia Commons On April 11, 1898, two months after the battleship U.S.S. Maine was destroyed by an … to supplement movie. … Selected EDSITEment Resources … History Matters Page of International Politics, Mt. Holyoke …
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… Lesson 3: U.S. Neutrality and the War in Europe, 1939–1940 … … by the Roosevelt administration during the first fifteen months of World War II, culminating in the decision to … Analyze the ways in which the perspectives of those writing history shaped the history that they produced. Preparation …
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… Lesson 1: Trekking to Timbuktu: The Geography of Mali (Teacher … sense of the “lay of the land.” … Go to Mali: Geography and History : Read the first paragraph and then find Timbuktu ( … time of year? Would the temperature vary very much from month to month? … Activity 3. The Niger River … Did you …
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… Perspective on the Slave Narrative … yes Narrative of William … ", available via the EDSITEment-reviewed website Digital History. Have students compare these thoughts to those they … Images of 19th Century African-Americans African-American Women On-line Archival Collections (specifically the slave …
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… Homer's Civil War Veteran: Battlefield to Wheat Field … yes … ended. However, it would take days for the news to spread, months before troops returned home (on either side of the … War Building Community: Medieval Technology and American History The Getty A Harvest of Death Library of Congress …
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… "Si, se puede!": Chávez, Huerta, and the UFW … yes Photo of … in California, ca. 1970. National Museum of American History The United Farm Workers organized to bring attention … those in positions of moral authority and for all men and women activists who know what is right and just, who know …
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… Jack London's The Call of the Wild: "Nature Faker"? … yes Jack London's … Wild Animals I Have Known , in "Real and Sham Natural History," Atlantic Monthly , vol. 91, no. 545 (March 1903), p. 299 "True it is …
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… Portrait of a Hero … yes Benjamin Franklin Photo caption Benjamin Franklin . The … Students will then view portraits of heroes from American history, and glean a bit of background information on each … so that she could communicate with other people. In six months Helen learned 625 words. Helen wanted to learn as …
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… The Statue of Liberty: Bringing “The New Colossus” to America … … activities for students in grades 6–8 who are studying U.S. history through 1877. It also provides guided explorations … analysis of the poem, " The New Colossus ," from the Jewish Women's Archive a link on the EDSITEment-reviewed Internet …
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… Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird: Profiles in Courage … yes To Kill a … a continuation of the first trial in which two young white women wrongfully accused nine African-American youths of … examine Remembering Jim Crow from the Edsitement approved History Matters website History Matters . Particularly good …
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… Lesson 1: Trekking to Timbuktu: The Geography of Mali (Student … sense of the “lay of the land.” … Go to Mali: Geography and History : Read the first paragraph and then find Timbuktu ( … time of year? Would the temperature vary very much from month to month? … Activity 3. The Niger River … Did you …
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… Chronicling America: Uncovering a World at War … yes “War!” The Daybook (Chicago, IL), April 17, 1914. Photo … task of providing every week a first rough draft of history that will never really be completed about a world we … First Draft Lesson Plan … Chronicling and Mapping the Women's Suffrage Movement … Chronicling and Mapping the …
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… Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad … yes Photograph of Harriet Tubman by Horatio Seymour Squyer, c. … from this era, visit EDSITEment's Music in African American History lesson. Similarly, the EDSITEment lesson entitled … states in the route Climate in each state during the winter months Terrain (mountains, hills, lakes, rivers, etc.) How …
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… Scottsboro Boys and To Kill a Mockingbird: Two Trials for … 1930s Scottsboro Boys case in which two young white women wrongfully accused nine African American youths of … “ People’s Lawyers: Crusaders for Justice in American History, Samuel S. Leibowitz” (173–180) People and Events: …
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… Revolutionary Tea Parties and the Reasons for Revolution … yes Portrait depicting … 1764–1775 , a timeline available on American Memory . Tax History Project , a comprehensive article on the events … attempt to resolve the conflict during the final peacetime months. This proposal was presented to the House of Commons …
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… Lesson 1: From Courage to Freedom: The Reality behind the Song … "The slaves selected to go to the Great House Farm, for the monthly allowance for themselves and their fellow-slaves, … explores how spirituals play a role in African-American history, from the Underground Railroad to the Civil Rights …
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… Animals of the Chinese Zodiac … yes Chinese dragon in a … EDSITEment-reviewed Asia Source . Click on "Haskell by the Month," then on "February," then on "Chinese New Year." Call … animals of the Chinese zodiac - Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Chinese Zodiac Mosaic Lesson Plan … Lions, Dragons, …
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… The Meaning Behind the Mask … yes A mask from the Kuba Kingdom, Africa. Photo caption … … Activity 2. Africa--a continent of cultures with a rich history of masks … Next, present Africa as a continent of … from the main page, and then click on "Men Who Dance as Women.") You may share these online resources by having …
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… A Raisin in the Sun: Whose "American Dream"? … yes Photo of a … has been constructed as "The American Dream" in U.S. history and culture. This interdisciplinary lesson includes … added scene, address what happens to the Younger family six months after the original play concludes. Was the American …
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… Lesson 2: People and Places in the North and South … yes … significant. Preparation The Civil War erupted after a long history of compromises and sectional debates over … Lesson 4: Life Before the Civil War Lesson Plan … Lesson 5: Women's Lives Before the Civil War … Lesson 5: Women's Lives …
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… Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": Bringing a Great City Alive … yes Carl … as part of a survey of American poetry. For students of history, it might be used to illustrate one perspective on … in 1925 with railroad tracks Skyline with River, 1925 Women waving a "Chicago" pennant, 1905 Freight cars lined up …
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… Frederick Douglass’s Narrative: Myth of the Happy Slave … yes Frontispiece … are expected to have some knowledge of slavery in U.S. history in the pre- Civil War period. Background Slave … who were selected to go to the home plantation to get the monthly food allowance for the slaves on their farm. …
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… Afro Atlantic: Mapping Journeys … yes Contemporary painting shows human figures in small … of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Women’s Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art), … events often omitted from European and North American art history. Symbolism plays a significant role in many of his …
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… Picturing Freedom: Selma-to-Montgomery in March, 1965 … yes A long line of … critics called it a pictorial anthem with "the weight of history and the grace of art." As African Americans … the Great Society" Media Resource … Voices of Democracy: Women Leaders of the Civil Rights Struggle … Voices of …
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… Japanese American Internment Camps during WWII … yes Watercolor … Whereas, the 120,000 Japanese and Japanese American men, women, and children in the WRA camps had no due process of … through the California State University Japanese American History Digitization Project (CSUJAD) . Use the CSUJAD …
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… Portraits: I've Just Seen a Face … yes Portrait of a Boy with a … unit or a study of a particular period of American history. Many examples of portraits are offered, but you can … Revolution, Presidents, First Ladies, Famous American Women, Civil War, Native Americans, Black History, The …