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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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… Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: The Novel as Historical Source … a novel as a "primary" source—a way to learn about social history, students can gain valuable insights. Fictional … information. This lesson examines two themes—the status of women and the nature of class—in Jane Austen's masterpiece …
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… Alexis de Tocqueville’s Warning: The Tyranny of the Majority … Alexis de Tocqueville, visited the United States. His nine-month sojourn led to the writing of Democracy in America , … mitigate the tyranny of the majority. A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies Civics U.S. History Revolutionary …
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… Lesson 3: United States Entry into World War I: A Documentary … I Chronology on The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed website … of Great Britain in relying on passengers including men, women and children of the United States to give immunity to …
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Since 1988, the U.S. Government has set aside the period from September 15 to October 15 as National Hispanic Heritage Month to honor the many contributions Hispanic Americans have made and…
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EDSITEment brings online humanities resources directly to the classroom through exemplary lesson plans and student activities. EDSITEment develops AP level lessons based on primary source…
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Created through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress, Chronicling America offers visitors the ability to search and view newspaper…
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…
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This workshop will focus on the twin themes of history and memory, and how together they reinforce the perception of Gettysburg as “hallowed ground.” Led by specialists in Civil War history,…
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… Lesson 1: Kate Chopin's The Awakening: No Choice but Under? … available through Domestic Goddesses: AKA Scribbling Women (a link from EDSITEment-reviewed Kate Chopin: A … of the article (which deals predominantly with the history of Louisiana Creole culture). The article extends …
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… Chaucer's "Wife of Bath" yes Photo caption Geoffrey Chaucer. … of St. Paul and St. Jerome, two men whose opinions about women the Wife specifically alludes to in her Prologue. In … Geoffrey Chaucer Website Sex, Society, and Medieval Women Women in Medieval Society As one possible exercise, … & Language Arts Reading 9-12 01/16/11 11/21/19 Women’s History …
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… Lesson 2. “Read All About It”: Primary Source Reading in … changed the dynamic in Washington D.C. Within a few months of publication of The Jungle , Congress passed two … when covering the U.S. government? A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History The Jungle, …
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… The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Realism yes Photo caption Civil War-era portrait of a Federal … by General Alfred Pleasonton, from "The Century Illustrated Monthly" Magazine, May 1886 to October 1886, located in The … Homer on the Smithsonian National Museum of American History , a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed website …
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… Life in the North and South 1847–1861: Before Brother Fought Brother yes Photo … Preparation Instructions The Civil War erupted after a long history of compromises and sectional debates over … on differences between the North and South. Lesson 5: Women's Lives Before the Civil War What was life like for …
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… Hawai'i's Annexation and Statehood: How the Island Nation Became an … false pretenses. A petition assembled by the native-led Women's Hawaiian Patriotic League in 1897 was sent to speak … Everything Your Students Need to Know About Immigration History Teacher's Guide Asian American and Pacific Islander …
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… Lesson 2: The "To Do List" of the Continental Congress yes … American Memory .) On November 5, 1781, less than three months after the “To Do List” was brought to Congress, and … regarding the role of the President? A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies Civics U.S. History Who Was Really …
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… Places and People of the Civil Rights Movement yes Photo caption … citizens. This lesson will focus on the individual men and women who embraced King’s message and advanced the Civil … territories have produced encyclopedias focused on local history and culture. EDSITEment's Teacher's Guide " …
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… "Common Sense": The Rhetoric of Popular Democracy yes Photo caption … One hundred twenty thousand copies sold in the first three months in a nation of three million people, making Common … best-selling printed work by a single author in American history up to that time. Never before had a pamphlet been …
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… Having Fun: Leisure and Entertainment at the Turn of the Twentieth Century … people in the American workforce. This included men, women, and children. Americans worked an average of 59 hours … research and create a brief report on their topic's history and significance, its associated costs, and who …
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… Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: The First Great Latin American … and knowledge were entirely reserved for men, the education women could have was very basic, furthermore, women were not … how to think, read, and write critically about literature History & Social Studies World History Literature & Language …
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… If You Were a Pioneer on the Oregon Trail yes Photo caption Oregon National Historic Trail in Wyoming. … know about pioneers. Who were they? With what period in history are they associated? Where did they come from? Where … that they are going to move to this distant state one month from now. Have students brainstorm a list of questions …
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… Lesson 6: On the Road with Marco Polo: Sea Voyage to India yes … and into the islands of Indonesia. They spent five months on the island of Sumatra, waiting for the monsoon … change the economies and cultures of the places he visited? History & Social Studies World History 6-8 1-2 11/13/09 …
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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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… BackStory: Another Burden to Bear Audio History & Social Studies U.S. History Related Content Lesson … . The segment delves into the efforts of a group of Latina women who were sterilized under coercion or without being …
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… Critical Ways of Seeing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in Context … Ad*Access site, a link from the EDSITEment-reviewed History Matters site, provides an excellent look at popular … of Congress American Memory Collection. b. The National Women's History Project's A Timeline of the Women's Rights …
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… Life in the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints and the Rise of the Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan yes … as primary documents to help them gain insight on Japanese history. Preparation The Edo Period (1603-1868) in Japan is … is also a significant lack of information on the lives of women other than geisha artists—they do not address domestic …
Teacher's Guide
Our Teacher's Guide offers a collection of lessons and resources for K-12 social studies, literature, and arts classrooms that center around the achievements, perspectives, and experiences of…
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… War Literature: Being There or Not April 23, 2018 Steve Moyer yes Photo caption Word and Pen or, Ventures and … of many genres: epic, tragedy, comedy, narrative poetry, history play, novel, short story, memoir, and lyric poetry. … far as we know, never experienced war himself, based Trojan Women and other plays on myth and epic. Both Iliad and …