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… the American people, "This whole nation of 130 million men, women and children is becoming one great fighting force." … You Do In the War, Grandma? It Was Everybody's War: An Oral History A Teenage Volunteer Too Young to Join the WACS …
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… 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 … Roosevelt Interwar Period (1920-1939) Great Depression Women’s History
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… 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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… Media Arts Media Arts Film/Movie Media Resource BackStory: Women at Work Lesson Plan Scripting the Past: Exploring Women's History Through Film Lesson Plan Shakespeare's Julius …
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… The Jazz Ambassadors Video A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Art & Culture Music … Month 2019 Closer Reading Jazz Appreciation Month: Women in Jazz Lesson Plan The Music of African American …
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… 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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… with on your own. Pay close attention to your individual's history and personality, as you will follow him or her … History 6-12 08/27/10 Colonial America (1620-1765) Religion Women’s History
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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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… violence as a means toward change.  A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History 9-12 11/13/09 Editor EDSITEment team 07/11/19 …
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… 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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… 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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… ride is the most famous event of its kind in American history. But other Americans made similar rides during the American Revolution. Who were these men and women? Why were their rides important? Do they deserve to be … of Tench Tilghman The Internet Public Library About.Com: Women's History Sybil Ludington: Female Paul Revere American …
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… BackStory: Blackstory Audio History & Social Studies U.S. History Related Content Teacher's Guide African American …
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… the prominent centers of blues activities, and explore the history of the blues in the work of W. C. Handy and a … of "Grey Horse Blues," for example, is a man surrounded by women (mother, sister, lover, even his trusty mare), while …
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… 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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… American activism against segregation and oppression; women’s rights and suffrage; and colonialism, imperialism, … and the Gilded Age will be helpful, but they will learn the history of the fair and the broader history of the era …
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… Historical markers, monuments, plaques—every so often, the history of a landscape and the people who have inhabited it … irrupts into the present. More often than not, however, the history of a place lies hidden from view.  Clio , a free … organization, discussing all of the local sites related to women's history, African American history, military history, …
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… 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 … ordered and others to serve in other ways, such as the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps . As a follow-up, Question 28 …
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… 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 … What is Heart Mountain’s historical significance? Whose histories are connected to Heart Mountain? How did the U.S. …
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… of the U.S., and engages students in research on its history, location, and past and present culture. By focusing … America, in addition to recognizing elements of a common history of conquest and displacement by Europeans that …
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… Using Art to Teach the Holocaust and Combat Hate Website History & Social Studies World History U.S. History Related … the profound and unique story of the 550,000 Jewish men and women who served in World War II. These brave men and women
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… Early America Although Americans often think of their early history in terms of the Pilgrims, Puritans, and other … The United Order of True Sisters, the first national Jewish women’s organization conceived as a female counterpart to …
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… What is History? Timelines and Oral Histories yes Photo caption The Smithsonian's National …
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… of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Women’s Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art), … resource is drawn from the content of the  Afro-Atlantic Histories  exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, … events often omitted from European and North American art history. Symbolism plays a significant role in many of his …
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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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… 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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… 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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… website Digital Classroom . Background information on the history of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 , as well as … explaining what they might contribute to three different histories of the event. This should include: A factual … literature of recollections written by Confederate women after the Civil War. For additional examples, go to …
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… 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 Holocaust is one of the greatest tragedies in modern history. Its enormity can be difficult for students to comprehend, considering the long history of anti-Semitism across history, the geographic …