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… Can You Haiku? yes Photo caption Print shows three women and a man having a small tea party beneath …
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… The World of Haiku yes Photo caption Print shows three women and a man having a … haiku by Basho. Haiku for People! A website celebrating the history of haiku and its development into a form of poetry …
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… Exploring Arthurian Legend yes Photo caption Title page of The Boy's King Arthur. … war? What does your version tell us about the position of women in the culture? What does your version tell us about … Plan Not Everyone Lived in Castles During the Middle Ages History & Social Studies World History K-5 08/27/10 Middle …
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… Lesson 4: The Monroe Doctrine: Whose Doctrine Was It? yes … of each man by studying his role in American diplomatic history and his statements. Preparation NOTES TO THE … Luis de Onís demonstrates Adams's negotiating style in the months before the Adams–Onís Treaty (the Adams–Onís Treaty …
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… Voices of the American Revolution yes Photo caption "Molly … are available from The Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History , a link on the EDSITEment-reviewed History Matters … question Who was Molly Pitcher? and understand the role of women during the American Revolution. D. African American …
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… Flowers from Emily yes Photo caption Emily Dickinson. Library of … in her signature white dress . Dickinson, like many women of her day, even communicated through the 19th-century …
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… Steinbeck’s Use of Nonfiction Sources in The Grapes of Wrath yes Photo caption Women washing clothes. Tulare migrant camp. Visalia, … of Wrath is available in The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture . A detailed discussion of The Reception …
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… Lesson 1: United States Entry into World War I: Two … wholesale destruction of the lives of noncombatants, men, women, and children, engaged in pursuits which have always, even in the darkest periods of modern history, been deemed innocent and legitimate. Property can …
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… I and American Art: Part One January 10, 2017 Joe Phelan yes Photo caption Joseph Pennell, “That liberty shall not … in the armed forces to help prevent further outrages to women and children! Equally powerful is Joseph Pennell’s … also look at the legacy of the war. A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Art & Culture Painting …
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… Sarah Orne Jewett’s “A White Heron” yes Photo caption Sarah … financially by writing, an option that had opened up for women by the late nineteenth-century. She became kindred … insisted that this was the best supper he had eaten for a month, and afterward the new-made friends sat down in the …
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… Lesson 2: Man and Superman yes Photo caption Portrait of the … intellectual like Raskolnikov, someone with no criminal history, to commit murder with an axe? Discussion of this … journal; someone, it would seem, unlikely to murder two women with an axe. Why did he do it? At times even he seems …
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… Flannery O'Connor's South yes Photo caption Flannery O'Connor (right) at Amana … Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's virtual exhibition America on the Move . Explore … also in terms of gender, as roles for and stereotypes of women are evolving at this time as well. Go to the …
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… Presidential Inaugurations: I Do Solemnly Swear yes Photo … a Bible) or "affirm" their oath (on some other book). Two months before Franklin Pierce became President, his family — … ("On the Pulse of Morning") and Miller Williams ("Of History and Hope") read poetry at Bill Clinton's …
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… Arthur Miller’s The Crucible: Witch Hunting for the Classroom October 28, … and the Salem witch trials EDSITEment lesson Dramatizing History in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible , offers an engaging … as respectable people from all walks of life—landowners, women of independent means, neighbors, even clergy—were …
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… Depression-Era Photographs: Worth a Thousand Words yes Photo … Have them make observations and inferences about the women and children, their clothing, the room they are in, … and briefly discuss what is left out of this documentary history of a day in the life of one person living through …
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… The Industrial Age in America: Sweatshops, Steel Mills, and … Shirtwaist Fire from Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820 to the Present on the … Triangle Factory Fire , a link from the EDSITEment resource Women and Social Movements Introduction Sweatshops and …
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… A Day for the Constitution yes Photo caption Image of the U.S. flag and the … would eventually lead to deadlock during the first two months of the Convention. September 17th is Constitution Day … its work in June. The following resources offer more on the history of the institution, its rulings, those who have …
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… Lesson 1: How Did Surnames Come to Be? yes Photo caption A … Historic Dockyard offering information on surname history. Wikimedia Commons During the Middle Ages, the … Bartholomew), and Hewitt (little Hugh). And what about women's names? In the male-dominated society of medieval …
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… Having Fun: The Economics of Leisure yes Photo caption Bicycle advertisement for E. … 29 million people in the American workforce including men, women, and children. Americans worked an average of 59 hours … list of Web resources below. Create a brief report on its history and significance, its associated costs, and who …
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… FDR’s “Four Freedoms” Speech yes Photo caption Engraving of the … among the most gifted orators in American Presidential history. A large part of his reputation for eloquence comes … to note that the speech was delivered almost exactly 11 months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, at a time …
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… Not Everyone Lived in Castles During the Middle Ages yes Photo caption Detail from … the constellations appearing in the heavens relate to the months of the year depicted in the images (April and May). … Europe with the realities of life during that period in history List elements of the daily lives of various classes …
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… Six Hispanic Literary Giants March 21, 2012 yes Photo … of her time, but also an important figure in the cultural history of the Americas as a defender of women’s rights in Chile. More of Gabriela Mistral’s …
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… Lesson 3: The Campaign of 1840: The Campaign yes Photo caption … "Log Cabin."]." —Glyndon G. Van Deusen ("The Whig Party," History of U.S. Political Parties, Volume 1 . Arthur M. … and sons" of the country. What beliefs about the role of women are implicit in her remarks? Compare and contrast …
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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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… Lesson 2: How to Win a World War yes Photo caption General … in extensive World War I land conflict for only a few months; they tended to remember only advance and victory. … available at the EDSITEment-reviewed site Teaching American History and at the U.S. Military Academy's collection of …
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… Tale as Old as Time: Archetypes in Beauty and the Beast yes Photo … from all over the world, and from many, many periods of history." —Joseph Campbell, in The Power of Myth The idea of … does the original French story reflect the expectations of women at the time? In what ways could Belle be considered a …