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… about Emily Dickinson was produced as part of the American Women of Achievement series, highlighting influential women throughout American history. The documentary features information about how her …
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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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… literary strategies are used to present one’s own story and history through … England. This lesson, focusing on class and the status of women, teaches students how to use a work of fiction as a primary source in the study of history. Jane Austen from Victorian Web Charlotte Brontë: …
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This Teacher’s Guide offers a collection of lessons and resources for K-12 social studies, literature, and arts classrooms that center around the experiences, achievements, and…
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On July 9, 1860, the Clotilda arrived in Mobile, Alabama. On board were 110 enslaved Africans transported directly from West Africa. They were the last enslaved persons imported to the United…
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… from "LBJ and the Great Society" Audio A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Related Content Lesson … Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Women Media Resource BackStory: Legislation Impossible - The …
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… Preparation The Civil War erupted after a long history of compromises and sectional debates over … Lesson 3: A Debate Against Slavery Lesson Plan Lesson 5: Women's Lives Before the Civil War Demonstrate knowledge of …
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… from voting.) According to the EDSITEment-reviewed website Women of the West Museum , in the period from 1792-1844, the … affect the voting population? A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History The 1828 Campaign of …
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… Wikimedia Commons One of the great tragedies of American history was the treatment of African-Americans. African … Lesson 4: Life Before the Civil War Lesson Plan Lesson 5: Women's Lives Before the Civil War Understand the conflict …
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… defended her right to be an intellectual, suggesting that women should be educated and educators and accusing men of … has historically affected literary creation, particularly women’s writing Identify and effectively analyze poetry of … File (PDF) 03/28/11 Editor EDSITEment Team 01/09/20 Poetry Women’s History …
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… Trust for Historic Preservation. “Visiting the places where history happened and hearing from people who lived it is … Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Women Lesson Plan The Freedom Riders and the Popular Music …
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… grace of God in the grotesqueries of the world," ( Georgia Women of Achievement , via Internet Public Library) continue … Southern "binaries" of black and white and Southern history and progress. In this lesson, students will explore …
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… direct federal or state pensions for the poor had a limited history. In Europe, however, there was a long tradition of … as a Study Activity . Step One: Have students read Digital History's short overviews of Social Security and African …
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… Quilting continues to be largely a home-based form of women's artistic expression. Quilts can be works of art as … of the people who create them, and that record the cultural history of a particular place and time. Preparation Review …
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… to the region, such as specific roles or assumptions for women or children (see the first passage in "Selected … reconciled "with a lofty chastity which in the Creole women seems to be inborn and unmistakable." In Chapter V , …
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… significance of Dickinson's poetry at the time and today. History & Social Studies U.S. History Literature & Language … AP English Literature and Composition Lesson Plan Lesson 5: Women's Lives Before the Civil War AP Literature Poetry …
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… handouts of your own: Victorian Web A Timeline of British History The Gentleman Victorian Women — Social and Economic Status: Class and Occupation The …
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… 2011 Jefferson Lecture: Drew Gilpin Faust Video History & Social Studies U.S. History Related Content Lesson … Southern intellectual history and proslavery ideology, women and gender in the antebellum South, and the social and …
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… it is an occasion to pay tribute to those men and women who have died in defense of the homeland. There is a … experiences to bear on these discussions. Teachers of world history on the lookout for complex informational texts that …
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Little Tokyo: How History Shapes a Community Across Generations” will examine history through the neighborhood of Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, California. Joined by scholars, educators, curators,…
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… and culture. Patricia Tuohy, Head, Exhibition Program, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, … be cold and dry. Men as a sex were hotter and drier than women. With this near universal understanding, the … understood medicine of their times. Understanding their histories can help us see more clearly our present and …
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… attempt to avert the looming disaster … thoughtful men and women were asking the most basic questions about the social … and what he feels like when he does it. This is new in the history of Western thought. Directions The following version … a statement of his own feelings with examples from ancient history. Why is this effective? In [2], what does the author …
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… paragraph summary and four images of important documents. History of the Union Pacific Railroad — Four brief essays on … from the EDSITEment-reviewed website Documents of Civil War Women. The railroad was creating a national market for goods …
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… stand-alone sections from this lesson that deal with the history of the Gold Rush era. While the emphasis of this … in categories including White Pass, Chilkoot Pass, Women, and Transportation. Click on the thumbnails for …
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… Dostoyevsky’s mid-nineteenth century Russia offered women narrowly circumscribed roles, most often resulting in … schisms Dostoyevsky sets up within society: Men and Women Wealth and Poverty Religion and Skepticism Connection …
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… go about finding out what life was like at other points in history? Which objects from the past have remained part of … Latta Plantation , a link from the EDSITEment resource Women of the West Museum . Activity 11. An Early American …
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… he was part of a community of twenty-three enslaved men, women, and children who lived together at Philipsburg Manor. … students engage with this subject. A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History Early Republic …
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… . 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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… on major slaveholding estates. Children throughout human history have always found moments where they could enjoy the … Review “‘ I was Born a Slave:’ Two African American Women Relate their Childhood Years and the Growing Awareness … determine what happened in the past so that they can write history. This information can be stored in various formats …