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… Jewish American Keywords for Chronicling America … Website History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … … America Closer Reading … Jewish American Heritage Month … Jewish American Heritage Month Lesson Plan … The …
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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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… The Long Road to Freedom: Biddy Mason’s Remarkable Journey … Website History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … … Closer Reading … Activist Constellations: Recovering Black Women's Labor and Leadership … Activist Constellations: …
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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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Women actively participated in shaping the nascent film industry of the early twentieth century, both as screen stars and behind the camera. But why is this history missing from our understanding…
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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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… The Growing Crisis of Sectionalism in Antebellum America: A House Dividing … and the preservation of the nation. A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History 9-12 11/13/09 … Editor … 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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… 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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… The Great Society and the Case for the Humanities … yes President … October is designated as National Arts and Humanities month in the United States. But, what is meant by the … as the study and interpretation of languages, history, literature, jurisprudence, philosophy, comparative …
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… White American Keywords for Chronicling America … Website History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … Lesson Plan … Women's Suffrage: Why the West First? … Women's Suffrage: …
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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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… 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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… 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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… 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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… 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 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 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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… 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 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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… Civil Rights Movements of the Late 20th Century … yes An Equal Rights … housing discrimination, and ensure that all Black men and women no longer faced voter suppression. Begin by … on the relationship between Mexican American history and identity, head over to the "Lessons from …
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… BackStory: Shock of the New: The Legacy of the 1893 World’s Fair … Audio History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … … the Bylines - Advocacy Journalism in America Lesson Plan … Women's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs … Women's …
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… Building A More Perfect Union … Website A More Perfect Union … Formatted Title … Building A … More Perfect Union Teacher's Guide … Preparing for National History Day … Preparing for National History Day Teacher's … That Tell America’s Story The Spanish-American War Women and the Abolition Movement Erik Peterson's (Santa Ana, …
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… BackStory: Hidden Figures - The People Behind the Story You Know … Audio History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … … Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Women … Grassroots Perspectives on the Civil Rights …