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… Lesson 1: Trekking to Timbuktu: The Geography of Mali (Teacher … 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 …
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… Perspective on the Slave Narrative … yes Narrative of William … ", available via the EDSITEment-reviewed website Digital History. Have students compare these thoughts to those they … Images of 19th Century African-Americans African-American Women On-line Archival Collections (specifically the slave …
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… Homer's Civil War Veteran: Battlefield to Wheat Field … yes … ended. However, it would take days for the news to spread, months before troops returned home (on either side of the … War Building Community: Medieval Technology and American History The Getty A Harvest of Death Library of Congress …
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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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… Jack London's The Call of the Wild: "Nature Faker"? … yes Jack London's … Wild Animals I Have Known , in "Real and Sham Natural History," Atlantic Monthly , vol. 91, no. 545 (March 1903), p. 299 "True it is …
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… "Si, se puede!": Chávez, Huerta, and the UFW … yes Photo of … in California, ca. 1970. National Museum of American History The United Farm Workers organized to bring attention … those in positions of moral authority and for all men and women activists who know what is right and just, who know …
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… Portrait of a Hero … yes Benjamin Franklin Photo caption Benjamin Franklin . The … Students will then view portraits of heroes from American history, and glean a bit of background information on each … so that she could communicate with other people. In six months Helen learned 625 words. Helen wanted to learn as …
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… The Statue of Liberty: Bringing “The New Colossus” to America … … activities for students in grades 6–8 who are studying U.S. history through 1877. It also provides guided explorations … analysis of the poem, " The New Colossus ," from the Jewish Women's Archive a link on the EDSITEment-reviewed Internet …
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… Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird: Profiles in Courage … yes To Kill a … 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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… Origins of Halloween and the Day of the Dead … February 16, 2012 … an analogy between human death and the dark, cold winter months that loom ahead. While trick or treating in princess … with students as a framework for discussing the origins and history of the Halloween festival and introducing them to …
Teacher's Guide
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 territories has been funded by the National Endowment for the…
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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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… I Remember: Japanese Incarceration During WWII … Video A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History … Related Content … … Japanese internment camps where more than 127,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry were imprisoned …
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… Lesson 1: Trekking to Timbuktu: The Geography of Mali (Student … 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 …
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… Chronicling America: Uncovering a World at War … yes “War!” The Daybook (Chicago, IL), April 17, 1914. Photo … 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 … Chronicling and Mapping the …
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… Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad … yes Photograph of Harriet Tubman by Horatio Seymour Squyer, c. … 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 Alexis … 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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… Scottsboro Boys and To Kill a Mockingbird: Two Trials for … 1930s Scottsboro Boys case in which two young white women wrongfully accused nine African American youths of … “ People’s Lawyers: Crusaders for Justice in American History, Samuel S. Leibowitz” (173–180) People and Events: …
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… Revolutionary Tea Parties and the Reasons for Revolution … yes Portrait depicting … 1764–1775 , a timeline available on American Memory . Tax History Project , a comprehensive article on the events … attempt to resolve the conflict during the final peacetime months. This proposal was presented to the House of Commons …
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… Lesson 1: From Courage to Freedom: The Reality behind the Song … "The slaves selected to go to the Great House Farm, for the monthly allowance for themselves and their fellow-slaves, … explores how spirituals play a role in African-American history, from the Underground Railroad to the Civil Rights …
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… Animals of the Chinese Zodiac … yes Chinese dragon in a … EDSITEment-reviewed Asia Source . Click on "Haskell by the Month," then on "February," then on "Chinese New Year." Call … animals of the Chinese zodiac - Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Chinese Zodiac Mosaic Lesson Plan … Lions, Dragons, …
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… The Meaning Behind the Mask … yes A mask from the Kuba Kingdom, Africa. Photo caption … … 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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… A Raisin in the Sun: Whose "American Dream"? … yes Photo of a … 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 …
Teacher's Guide
This Teacher's Guide includes place-based history resources and activity ideas to help students recognize the value of studying historic and cultural sites across the United States.
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This Teacher's Guide will introduce you to the cultures and explore the histories of some groups within the over 5 million people who identify as American Indian in the United States, with…
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Our collection of resources is designed to assist students and teachers as they prepare their NHD projects and highlights the long partnership that has existed between the National Endowment for…
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Based on this model oral history experience, the toolkit includes instructional concepts, ideas, and strategies for use by educators to design a curriculum that reflects their instructional goals…
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LGBTQ+ Histories of the United States is a two-week summer institute for middle and high school teachers that introduces participants to the rich body of recent scholarship covering the span of U.…
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… Lesson 2: People and Places in the North and South … yes … 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 … Lesson 5: Women's Lives …