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… Lesson 2: Man and Superman yes Photo caption Portrait of the … intellectual like Raskolnikov, someone with no criminal history, to commit murder with an axe? Discussion of this … journal; someone, it would seem, unlikely to murder two women with an axe. Why did he do it? At times even he seems …
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… Flannery O'Connor's South yes Photo caption Flannery O'Connor (right) at Amana … Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's virtual exhibition America on the Move . Explore … also in terms of gender, as roles for and stereotypes of women are evolving at this time as well. Go to the …
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… Lesson 4: The Monroe Doctrine: Whose Doctrine Was It? yes … of each man by studying his role in American diplomatic history and his statements. Preparation NOTES TO THE … Luis de Onís demonstrates Adams's negotiating style in the months before the Adams–Onís Treaty (the Adams–Onís Treaty …
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… Arthur Miller’s The Crucible: Witch Hunting for the Classroom October 28, … and the Salem witch trials EDSITEment lesson Dramatizing History in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible , offers an engaging … as respectable people from all walks of life—landowners, women of independent means, neighbors, even clergy—were …
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… Having Fun: The Economics of Leisure yes Photo caption Bicycle advertisement for E. … 29 million people in the American workforce including men, women, and children. Americans worked an average of 59 hours … list of Web resources below. Create a brief report on its history and significance, its associated costs, and who …
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… Depression-Era Photographs: Worth a Thousand Words yes Photo … Have them make observations and inferences about the women and children, their clothing, the room they are in, … and briefly discuss what is left out of this documentary history of a day in the life of one person living through …
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… Lesson 1: How Did Surnames Come to Be? yes Photo caption A … Historic Dockyard offering information on surname history. Wikimedia Commons During the Middle Ages, the … Bartholomew), and Hewitt (little Hugh). And what about women's names? In the male-dominated society of medieval …
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… The Industrial Age in America: Sweatshops, Steel Mills, and … Shirtwaist Fire from Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820 to the Present on the … Triangle Factory Fire , a link from the EDSITEment resource Women and Social Movements Introduction Sweatshops and …
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… Flowers from Emily yes Photo caption Emily Dickinson. Library of … in her signature white dress . Dickinson, like many women of her day, even communicated through the 19th-century …
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… Six Hispanic Literary Giants March 21, 2012 yes Photo … of her time, but also an important figure in the cultural history of the Americas as a defender of women’s rights in Chile. More of Gabriela Mistral’s …
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… Sarah Orne Jewett’s “A White Heron” yes Photo caption Sarah … financially by writing, an option that had opened up for women by the late nineteenth-century. She became kindred … insisted that this was the best supper he had eaten for a month, and afterward the new-made friends sat down in the …
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… Presidential Inaugurations: I Do Solemnly Swear yes Photo … a Bible) or "affirm" their oath (on some other book). Two months before Franklin Pierce became President, his family — … ("On the Pulse of Morning") and Miller Williams ("Of History and Hope") read poetry at Bill Clinton's …
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… Lesson 3: The Campaign of 1840: The Campaign yes Photo caption … "Log Cabin."]." —Glyndon G. Van Deusen ("The Whig Party," History of U.S. Political Parties, Volume 1 . Arthur M. … and sons" of the country. What beliefs about the role of women are implicit in her remarks? Compare and contrast …
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… A Day for the Constitution yes Photo caption Image of the U.S. flag and the … would eventually lead to deadlock during the first two months of the Convention. September 17th is Constitution Day … its work in June. The following resources offer more on the history of the institution, its rulings, those who have …
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… Lesson 2: How to Win a World War yes Photo caption General … in extensive World War I land conflict for only a few months; they tended to remember only advance and victory. … available at the EDSITEment-reviewed site Teaching American History and at the U.S. Military Academy's collection of …
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… Emanuel Leutze’s Symbolic Scene of Washington Crossing the Delaware … it in his huge painting that has been reproduced in history textbooks and hung in American classrooms for the … A hatless figure in a man’s red shirt is rowing. There were women on Washington’s ration list and some historians guess …
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… The President's Roles and Responsibilities: Communicating with the … participants in a democracy, students must learn about the women and men who make decisions concerning their lives, … the president has communicated with the public throughout history. You should also consult the "Children Write to the …
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… Not Everyone Lived in Castles During the Middle Ages yes Photo caption Detail from … the constellations appearing in the heavens relate to the months of the year depicted in the images (April and May). … Europe with the realities of life during that period in history List elements of the daily lives of various classes …
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… FDR’s “Four Freedoms” Speech yes Photo caption Engraving of the … among the most gifted orators in American Presidential history. A large part of his reputation for eloquence comes … to note that the speech was delivered almost exactly 11 months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, at a time …
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… Tale as Old as Time: Archetypes in Beauty and the Beast yes Photo … from all over the world, and from many, many periods of history." —Joseph Campbell, in The Power of Myth The idea of … does the original French story reflect the expectations of women at the time? In what ways could Belle be considered a …
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… African-American Soldiers After World War I: Had Race Relations Changed? yes … work.” —General John J. Pershing, in Scott’s Official History of the American Negro in the World War (Preface) . … and the work of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs for the community and against voting …
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… African-American Soldiers in World War I: The 92nd and 93rd Divisions yes … work." —General John J. Pershing, in Scott’s Official History of the American Negro in the World War (Preface) . … account of the war work organizations of colored men and women.’" His work was published in 1919 and is filled with …
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… Lesson 1: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nonviolent Resistance … Albany in August 1962 when the protest movement stalled for months and when the city reneged on its promise to … arguments, as well as reflections on American and world history, King defended the legitimacy of his intervention to …
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… Afro Atlantic Art: Enslavements and Emancipations yes Photo caption Aaron … 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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… Lesson 4: James Madison: Internal Improvements Balancing Act: … steam warships, and he also engineered canal systems." — History of Hydraulics , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed … value of a toll road to a community came during the winter months. During drier times of the year, many people used …
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… The Beauty of Anglo-Saxon Poetry: A Prelude to Beowulf yes Photo caption The … Beowulf with a more general discussion about Anglo-Saxon history, culture, and beliefs. The Anglo Saxon Chronicles , … same website, read in Peace-Weaving about the position of women and tribal relationships (notice the kenning!) …
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… On the Oregon Trail yes Photo caption Oregon Trail by Albert Bierstadt. Wikimedia Commons In this lesson, students work with … the Oregon Trail traveled in family groups, including many women and children. Though many emigrants used mules like …
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… The President's Roles and Responsibilities: Understanding the … participants in a democracy, students must learn about the women and men who make decisions concerning their lives, … the president has communicated with the public throughout history. You should also consult the " Children Write to the …
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… Lesson 4: Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury: Narration, Voice, … vs. slow horse/buggies), and social changes (new roles for women and African Americans in the South). Alongside this … Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's virtual exhibition " America on the Move ." …