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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 Eyre …
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… The Preamble to the Constitution: A Close Reading Lesson yes Photo caption The … 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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… Empire and Identity in the American Colonies yes Photo caption Benjamin Franklin’s Join or Die cartoon, … 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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… Frontiers on the Big Screen yes Photo caption "The Searchers" Movie … 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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… The "Secret Society" and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby yes Photo … and Language Arts Closer Reading Jazz Appreciation Month: Women in Jazz Lesson Plan Jazz and World War II: A …
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… Evaluating Eyewitness Reports yes Photo caption Chicago in Ruins after the Fire … 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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… Building Suburbia: Highways and Housing in Postwar America yes Photo … 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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… The Mexican Revolution yes Photo caption General Emiliano Zapata sits with members of … into a reasoned argument about the past. AP World History: Modern Topic 7.1 Shifting Power After 1900 Learning … following are prohibited: unhealthful or dangerous work by women and by minors under sixteen years of age; industrial …
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… Lincoln’s Enduring Legacy April 13, 2018 Julia Nguyen yes Photo … 1861–1865, were among the most momentous in America’s history. A month after his election, South Carolina seceded from the …
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… Lesson 3: From Courage to Freedom yes Photo caption … Declaration of Independence granted to all but slaves and women? In what ways does Douglass demonstrate his courage? … effectively point out their hypocrisy? A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History From Courage to …
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… The Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional? yes Photo caption Poem … about the Boston Tea Party, an editor at The Bay State Monthly remarked, "This account of the Boston Tea-Party … … a link from The American President . An Outline of American History (1994), Chapter Three: Boston "Tea Party" , on From …
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… Genre in the Visual Arts: Portraits, Pears, and Perfect Landscapes yes … the genres of painting were ordered hierarchically, with history painting seen as the most important—'and thus most …
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… Following the Great Wall of China yes Photo caption Sightseers walking on a section of the Great … a tool for introducing students to one period in the rich history of China. Content Standards NCSS.D2.Geo.1.6-8. …
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… The Freedom Riders and the Popular Music of the Civil Rights Movement yes … in an interview-based activity to develop skills in oral history and relate the past to the present. In the remaining …
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… Holocaust and Resistance yes Photo caption View of unidentified … who actively resisted Nazi persecution. After reviewing the history of the Holocaust, in order to understand the legal …
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… Stars and Stripes Forever: Flag Facts for Flag Day yes Photo … an important part of our everyday lives. Learning the history of the flag will help instill in students respect …
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… Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: Leadership and a Global Stage … " ( New York Times, 1970) Lesson Activities Activity One. History of Rome Develop the necessary background for Rome as …
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… We the People Bookshelf: A More Perfect Union August 16, 2019 yes Photo … 1930s Related Websites American Experience: Marian Anderson History Matters Penn Library Exhibitions; Marian Anderson, A … Son: Presidential Families Who were the Foremothers of the Women's Suffrage Movement? Remembering the Ladies: The First …
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… W.E.B. Du Bois Papers Website A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History World History Related … and sociologist. He co-founded the NAACP and edited its monthly magazine, The Crisis , which Du Bois used to draw …
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… The Constitutional Convention of 1787 yes Photo caption Washington … a setting sun." Franklin's optimism came only after many months of debate and argumentation over the form of … the powers and responsibilities today. A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Civics 9-12 11/13/09 …
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… Folklore in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God yes Photo caption Zora … . Students will read the novel, explore Hurston's own life history and collection methods, listen to her WPA recordings … from American Studies is the etiological folktale " Why Women Always Take Advantage of Men " which not only contains …
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… Introduction to Modernist Poetry yes Photo caption "Lady Reading Poetry" by … context of modernism and its significance beyond that era. History & Social Studies U.S. History Literature & Language … 05/21/19 Related Content Closer Reading National Poetry Month: Celebrating World Poetry Lesson Plan Walt Whitman's …
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… Smarthistory: Art, History, Conversation Website A More Perfect … across cultures. We believe that the brilliant histories of art belong to everyone, no matter their …
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… Lesson 4: FDR and the Lend-Lease Act yes Photo caption A … Great Britain, the Lend-Lease program was expanded within months to include China and the Soviet Union. Nazi Germany's … of Documentary Photography , from the EDSITEment-reviewed History Matters site, is worth reviewing, particularly if …
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The National Endowment for the Humanities has invited National History Day (NHD) and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) to work together to promote better understanding among…
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This collection of free, authoritative source information about the history, politics, geography, and culture of many states and jurisdictions has been funded by the National Endowment for the…
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… Lesson 1: Trekking to Timbuktu: The Geography of Mali (Teacher … a sense of the “lay of the land.” Go to Mali: Geography and History : Read the first paragraph and then find Timbuktu ( … time of year? Would the temperature vary very much from month to month? Activity 3. The Niger River Did you notice …
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… Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird: Profiles in Courage yes Photo … a continuation of the first trial in which two young white women wrongfully accused nine African-American youths of … examine Remembering Jim Crow from the Edsitement approved History Matters website History Matters . Particularly good …
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… Jack London's The Call of the Wild: "Nature Faker"? yes Photo caption … Wild Animals I Have Known , in "Real and Sham Natural History," Atlantic Monthly , vol. 91, no. 545 (March 1903), p. 299 "True it is …