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… Eleanor Roosevelt yes Photo caption Eleanor Roosevelt. Library of … Roosevelt's civil rights agenda? Activity One, Group D: Women in Politics Reading a short biography of Eleanor … a Thousand Words Teacher's Guide Advanced Placement U.S. History Lessons A More Perfect Union History & Social …
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… Go West: Imagining the Oregon Trail yes Photo caption "The Oregon … know about pioneers. Who were they? With what period in history are they associated? Where did they come from? Where … 7." Students may also wish to visit the EDSITEment-reviewed Women of the West website for accounts of the lives of women …
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… The Meaning Behind the Mask yes Photo caption A mask from the Kuba Kingdom, Africa. … 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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… American Literature Lessons — Nineteenth Century September 05, 2012 yes Photo … happened to Ichabod Crane? Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History —Using the life of Davy Crockett as a model, … Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper": Writing Women —Charlotte Perkins Gilman's story "The Yellow …
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… Lesson 1: Factory vs. Plantation in the North and South yes … Using an economics-focused approach to examining U.S. history prior to the civil war, students examine the role of … be a slave . — Liberty Rhetoric and Nineteenth Century Women , a link from the EDSITEment resource History Matters …
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… Salem Witch Trials: Understanding the Hysteria yes Photo … New England? What were some of the responsibilities of women? Explain how the story of Adam and Eve was used to … with on your own. Pay close attention to your individual's history and personality, as you will follow him or her …
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… Lesson 3: Emulating Emily Dickinson: Poetry Writing yes Photo … about Emily Dickinson was produced as part of the American Women of Achievement series, highlighting influential women throughout American history. The documentary features information about how her …
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… Lesson 4: Life Before the Civil War yes Photo caption African … Preparation The Civil War erupted after a long history of compromises and sectional debates over … store exclusively for ladies in Staunton. This will allow women, who may now, without being exposed to prying …
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… The Papers of the War Department Video A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies Civics U.S. History Related Content … What can the Papers of the War Department tell us about women in the Early Republic? (3:56-4:22) How does this …
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… Lesson 3: A Debate Against Slavery yes Photo caption "The Old … 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 : Containing a …
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… Competing Voices of the Civil Rights Movement yes Photo caption Civil … violence as a means toward change. A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History 9-12 11/13/09 Editor … Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Women Civil Rights (1945-1970) African American Civics Civil …
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… Understanding the Salem Witch Trials yes Photo caption Engraving … 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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… Portraits: I've Just Seen a Face yes Photo caption Portrait of a Boy … 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 …
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… BackStory: Blackstory Audio History & Social Studies U.S. History Related Content … Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Women Media Resource W.E.B. Du Bois Papers Featured Image …
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… Technology in the Making of America July 23, 2020 Jason Harshman, Rebecca Hill, and James Moran yes Photo … papers (July, 1910). Wikimedia Commons The National History Day® (NHD) 2021 theme, Communication in History: The … and burnt their houses! nor could the tears of defenseless women, some of whom were in the pains of childbirth, the …
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… I Remember: Japanese Incarceration During WWII Video A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Related Content Lesson … Japanese internment camps where more than 127,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry were imprisoned …
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… Why Here?: Heart Mountain, Wyoming and Japanese Incarceration Video History & Social Studies U.S. History A More Perfect Union … Mountain incarceration camp held over ten thousand men, women, and children between 1942 and 1945. The camp was …
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… Chronicling America: Uncovering a World at War yes Photo caption “War!” The Daybook (Chicago, IL), April 17, … 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 Lesson Plan African-American …
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… Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad yes Photo caption Photograph of Harriet Tubman by Horatio … 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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… Democracy in America: Alexis de Tocqueville's Introduction March 06, 2012 yes Photo … but his real interest was America herself. He spent nine months criss-crossing the young country, traveling mostly by … understand what specific developments and events in history contribute to the advancement of greater equality in …
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… A Raisin in the Sun: Whose "American Dream"? yes Photo caption … 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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… What is History? Timelines and Oral Histories yes Photo caption The Smithsonian's National …
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… Afro Atlantic: Mapping Journeys yes Photo caption Kerry James Marshall, Voyager , 1992 … 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 2: People and Places in the North and South yes Photo … 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 List three differences …
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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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… 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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… Alexis de Tocqueville on the Tyranny of the Majority yes Photo … but his real interest was America herself. He spent nine months criss-crossing the young country, traveling mostly by … understand what specific developments and events in history contribute to the advancement of greater equality in …
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… The Diplomacy Challenge yes Photo caption Sultan Mehmed IV Wikimedia Commons "One must … that the mid-15th century was a key turning point in World History. European exploration and settlement of the Americas … influence of the Ottomans in Humanities magazine feature " Women's Trousers and Such: The Ottoman Influence on Early …
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… Metaphorical Gold: Mining the Gold Rush for Stories yes Photo caption Bound for the Klondike gold … 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 Autumn of the Middle Ages: Chaucer and Dante April 20, 2012 yes Photo caption … 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 …