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… Lesson 2: The First Inaugural Address (1861)—Defending the … how he would keep that Union together. Exactly one month before Lincoln delivered his First Inaugural Address … (located at the EDSITEment-reviewed site Teaching American History), and answer in their groups the questions that …
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… Frederick Douglass's, “What To the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” … yes … Cabin: Or Life among the Lowly had been published a few months before and unexpectedly became a national bestseller. … in an episode of the podcast BackStory with the American History Guys (scroll down to the episode "What to the Slave …
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… Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground … yes Fyodor … psychological writers of all time, given his own dramatic history of suffering. After being spared from the Tsar’s … she is able to transform quite a few other poor women into educated entrepreneurs. The novel directly …
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… Schisms and Divisions in Crime and Punishment … yes Portrait of … Dostoyevsky’s mid-nineteenth century Russia offered women narrowly circumscribed roles, most often resulting in …
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… The Royal Art of Benin … yes Queen Mother Pendant Mask - Iyoba. Photo caption Queen Mother Pendant Mask - Iyoba. … refused. This kind of omen might scare ordinary men and women, but not the oba of Benin. He killed the bird and went …
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… William Penn's Peaceable Kingdom … yes William Penn, Founder of the … and spiritual hierarchies, believing that all men and women share an “inner light... He turned an old debt (from … the Free Society of Traders (found on EDSITEment reviewed History Matters ) , published in 1683, has been recognized …
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… Lesson 1: Understanding the Context of Modernist Poetry … yes … panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history.’.. rejecting nineteenth-century optimism, … Triangle Fire caused the deaths of several young working women and prompted reforms. Ask students to consider the …
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… Being in the Noh: An Introduction to Japanese Noh Plays … yes Three pictures of the same Noh "hawk … and appreciation for the genre endures, and both men and women study its conventions. There are today approximately … began to flourish again. You can learn more about the history of Noh Theater by reading this background …
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… Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing Fact and Fiction … yes Portrait … Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper"—Writing Women … Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow …
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… Images of the New World … yes Sebastian Munster's "Map of … for emigration, from EDSITEment-reviewed site, Digital History. The EDSITEment-reviewed American Memory Project … about these people based on this image i.e. men and women interact socially, corn hominy may indicate a settled …
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… Martin Puryear's Ladder for Booker T. Washington … yes Martin Puryear … his sculpture and a brief chronology of African American history . Content Standards NCAS.VA:Cr.3.1.2a. Discuss and … ladder” to achieve success and recognition in U.S. History (women, Native Americans, disabled Americans, immigrants, …
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… Lesson 2: President Madison's 1812 War Message: A Documentary … were perceived as more than slights. In March 1812, just months before the declaration of war, President Madison … … According to Morris and Morris's Encyclopedia of American History (New York: Harper Collins, 1996): "The British …
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… Lesson 3: Navigating Modernism with J. Alfred Prufrock … yes T.S. Eliot, author of The … paralysis, his fear of aging, his self-doubt, his fear of women, and so forth. Assessment Collect each student’s copy …
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… Images of the New World … yes St. Luke's Church, Smithfield vic., … almost in forme of mattockes or hoes with long handles; the women with short peckers or parers, because they use them … at the Landscape of New England A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History World History K-5 …
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… In Old Pompeii … yes Vesuvius from Portici, c. 1774–1776. Joseph Wright … Have students comment on the way Pliny characterizes the women in his story -- Rectina, who begs Pliny's uncle to … learn about life in Roman times from the ruins of Pompeii? History & Social Studies World History Art & Culture History …
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… Twelve Angry Men: Trial by Jury as a Right and as a Political Institution … yes Moviescene … Commons "Those who wrote our constitutions knew from history and experience that it was necessary to protect … peers. With a few notable exceptions, African-Americans and women had been systematically excluded from jury duty since …
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… “Their Eyes Were Watching God”: Folk Speech and Figurative Language … … mocked to death by Time. That is the life of men. Now, women forget all those things they don’t want to remember … by Zora Neale Hurston , available from EDSITEment-reviewed History Matters Refer to EDSITEment’s Literary Glossary for …
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… Whitman’s Echoes in the Inaugural Poem “Praise Song for the Day” by … each student in your class to quickly identify what men and women do as work in this century, both in the workplace and … connections to a larger community? A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies Civics Literature & Language Arts …
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… Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series: Removing the Mask … yes Jacob Lawrence … artist represents the lives of migrant and/or migrating women. Finally, Romare Bearden’s The Dove (1964), a collage … Renaissance and The Great Migration? A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Literature & Language …
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… On This Day With Lewis and Clark … yes Lewis and Clark Photo … It's about teamwork and failure and success. It brims with history and science. Looking at historic maps of the West, … Reading level: Ages 9-12 … Recommended readings from Women of the West Museum … Rowland, Della. The Story of …
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… Ask an NEH Expert: About Editing … Video History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … …
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… Ask an NEH Expert: Historical Significance … Video History & Social Studies U.S. History Literature & Language …
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… Ask an NEH Expert: Multiple Perspectives … Video History & Social Studies U.S. History Literature & Language …
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… Reimagining Sitting Bull, Tatanka Iyotake … Image History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … …
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… Ask an NEH Expert: Wide Research … Video History & Social Studies U.S. History Literature & Language …
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… Quick Digital Research Tip: Using Chronicling America for NHD Research … Video History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … …
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… Quick Digital Research Tip: Using Chronicling America's Advanced Search … Video History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … …
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… Why Here?: Eatonville, Florida and Zora Neale Hurston … Video Literature & Language Arts Fiction History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … …
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… Ask an NEH Expert: Using Digital Archives … Video History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … …
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… Lessons of the Indian Epics: Following the Dharma … yes Bathing in … actions Rama and his wife Sita offer examples of what men, women, boys and girls are meant to aspire to in their own …