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… Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: The Novel as Historical Source … … a novel as a "primary" source—a way to learn about social history, students can gain valuable insights. Fictional … information. This lesson examines two themes—the status of women and the nature of class—in Jane Austen's masterpiece …
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… Lesson 3: United States Entry into World War I: A Documentary … I Chronology on The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed website … of Great Britain in relying on passengers including men, women and children of the United States to give immunity to …
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… Lesson 1: Kate Chopin's The Awakening: No Choice but Under? … … available through Domestic Goddesses: AKA Scribbling Women (a link from EDSITEment-reviewed Kate Chopin: A … of the article (which deals predominantly with the history of Louisiana Creole culture). The article extends …
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… Lesson 2. “Read All About It”: Primary Source Reading in … changed the dynamic in Washington D.C. Within a few months of publication of The Jungle , Congress passed two … when covering the U.S. government? A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History The Jungle, …
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… The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Realism … yes Civil War-era portrait of a Federal soldier. Photo … by General Alfred Pleasonton, from "The Century Illustrated Monthly" Magazine, May 1886 to October 1886, located in The … Homer on the Smithsonian National Museum of American History , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed website …
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… Hawai'i's Annexation and Statehood: How the Island Nation Became an … false pretenses. A petition assembled by the native-led Women's Hawaiian Patriotic League in 1897 was sent to speak … … Everything Your Students Need to Know About Immigration History … Everything Your Students Need to Know About …
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… Lesson 2: The "To Do List" of the Continental Congress … yes … American Memory .) On November 5, 1781, less than three months after the “To Do List” was brought to Congress, and … regarding the role of the President? A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies Civics U.S. History Who Was Really …
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… Places and People of the Civil Rights Movement … yes Central High … citizens. This lesson will focus on the individual men and women who embraced King’s message and advanced the Civil … territories have produced encyclopedias focused on local history and culture. EDSITEment's Teacher's Guide " …
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… "Common Sense": The Rhetoric of Popular Democracy … yes Thomas … One hundred twenty thousand copies sold in the first three months in a nation of three million people, making Common … best-selling printed work by a single author in American history up to that time. Never before had a pamphlet been …
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… Having Fun: Leisure and Entertainment at the Turn of the Twentieth Century … people in the American workforce. This included men, women, and children. Americans worked an average of 59 hours … research and create a brief report on their topic's history and significance, its associated costs, and who …
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… If You Were a Pioneer on the Oregon Trail … yes Oregon National Historic Trail in Wyoming. Photo caption … know about pioneers. Who were they? With what period in history are they associated? Where did they come from? Where … that they are going to move to this distant state one month from now. Have students brainstorm a list of questions …
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… Lesson 6: On the Road with Marco Polo: Sea Voyage to India … … and into the islands of Indonesia. They spent five months on the island of Sumatra, waiting for the monsoon … change the economies and cultures of the places he visited? History & Social Studies World History 6-8 1-2 Suzanne Art …
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… Frontiers on the Big Screen … yes Movie poster for "The Searchers" … characterized as a place where heroic, hard-working men and women faced danger and the unknown daily. New skills were … Analyze the ways in which the perspectives of those writing history shaped the history that they produced. …
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… Critical Ways of Seeing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in Context … … Ad*Access site, a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed History Matters site, provides an excellent look at popular … of Congress American Memory Collection. b. The National Women's History Project's A Timeline of the Women's Rights …
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… Life in the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints and the Rise of the Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan … … as primary documents to help them gain insight on Japanese history. Preparation The Edo Period (1603-1868) in Japan is … is also a significant lack of information on the lives of women other than geisha artists—they do not address domestic …
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… Evaluating Eyewitness Reports … yes Chicago in Ruins after the Fire of 1871. … website Digital Classroom . Background information on the history of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 , as well as … literature of recollections written by Confederate women after the Civil War. For additional examples, go to …
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… Pioneer Values in Willa Cather's My Antonia … yes Portrait of Willa … paid for their modest successes. Combining the study of history and literature, the goal of these activities is to … context of My Antonia , begin with the EDSITEment resource Women of the West Museum , which can also be used by …
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… Sophocles' Antigone: Ancient Greek Theatre, Live From … drawing life from that distant time when the study of history, philosophy, arts, literature, and language itself … of the drama, the interlocking conflicts between men and women, age and youth, society and the individual, human …
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… Lesson 3: Victory and the New Order in Europe … yes Conference … could continue to coexist as allies. Throughout modern history, former Grand Alliances—including the ones that … pushed the Germans back. On June 6, 1944 (D-Day), only a month behind the original schedule, British and American …
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… Edith Wharton: War Correspondent … yes American author Edith Wharton, shown here … and Manuscript Library "Dazed and slowly moving—men and women with sordid bundles on their backs, shuffling along … Students may wish to attend a sports event, a living history event, or a historic reenactment to recapture a …
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… Lesson 4: On the Road with Marco Polo: Crossing the Deserts of … set out across the Gobi, Asia's largest desert. For over a month they trekked through this harsh wasteland. Marco … transport goods through the Taklimakan and Gobi deserts? History & Social Studies World History 6-8 1-2 Suzanne Art …
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… Lesson 2: NAACP's Anti-Lynching Campaign in the 1930s … yes … limited support this way, "There has been for some months, especially since the filibuster, a growing feeling … bill in the 1930s is complex but unraveling that history has a collateral benefit for secondary students. By …
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… Building Suburbia: Highways and Housing in Postwar America … yes … Act of 1956. They will also examine documents about the history of Levittown, the most famous and most important of … William Chafe and Alice Kessler-Harris on the role of women in postwar life. The National Museum of American …
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… Lesson 4: The Great Debate: Internationalists vs. … interested in reading more about U.S. foreign policy in the months before Pearl Harbor are encouraged to consult Hypertext History , the online U.S. history textbook available at the …
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… Shakespeare's Othello and the Power of Language … yes Painting of … porter of heaven. He opens the year and January. the first month, is named in honor of him. In this way, Janus is the … looks two ways. Learn more about the god, Janus and his month of January from the Internet Sacred Texts Archive . …
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… Lesson 1: 1828 Campaign of Andrew Jackson: Expansion of the … from voting.) According to the EDSITEment-reviewed website Women of the West Museum , in the period from 1792-1844, the … affect the voting population? A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History The 1828 Campaign of …
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… Sor Juana the Nun and Writer: Las Redondillas and The Reply … defended her right to be an intellectual, suggesting that women should be educated and educators and accusing men of … has historically affected literary creation, particularly women’s writing Identify and effectively analyze poetry of … 03/28/11 … Editor … EDSITEment Team 01/09/20 Poetry Women’s History …
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… Lesson 2: The Social Security Act … yes Franklin D. Roosevelt … direct federal or state pensions for the poor had a limited history. In Europe, however, there was a long tradition of … comment on the state role, small business owners, workers, women, and African-Americans who might have a variety of …
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… Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find”: Who's the Real Misfit? … yes … grace of God in the grotesqueries of the world," ( Georgia Women of Achievement , via Internet Public Library) continue … Southern "binaries" of black and white and Southern history and progress. In this lesson, students will explore …
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… Stories in Quilts … yes A quilting party in an Alvin, … Quilting continues to be largely a home-based form of women's artistic expression. Quilts can be works of art as … of the people who create them, and that record the cultural history of a particular place and time. Preparation Review …