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… Can You Haiku? yes Photo caption Print shows three women and a man having a small tea party beneath blossoming …
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… 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 List three differences …
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… are available from The Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History , a link on the EDSITEment-reviewed History Matters … Era (1765-1790) African American American Revolution Women’s History …
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… 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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… 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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… 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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… intellectual like Raskolnikov, someone with no criminal history, to commit murder with an axe? Discussion of this … his belief that the great movers and shakers of history committed many crimes that were necessary and … 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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… 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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… 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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… 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 … take place? What is its significance? Include a brief history. What types of visitors engaged in this leisure …
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… 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 … Writers Project interviews available in the " American Life Histories " collection at the American Memory website. …
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… 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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… 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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… in her signature white dress . Dickinson, like many women of her day, even communicated through the 19th-century “language of flowers.” Women in the Victorian age used flowers to send messages and …
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… 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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… his clarions and many other minstrels. And if these men and women be a month out in their pilgrimage, many of them shall … Metropolitan Museum of Art's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History offers additional context in their essay and …
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… "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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… it in his huge painting that has been reproduced in history textbooks and hung in American classrooms for the … A hatless figure in a man’s red shirt is rowing. There were women on Washington’s ration list and some historians guess …
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… participants in a democracy, students must learn about the women and men who make decisions concerning their lives, … the president has communicated with the public throughout history. You should also consult the "Children Write to the …
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… 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 …
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… work.” —General John J. Pershing, in Scott’s Official History of the American Negro in the World War (Preface) . … and the work of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs for the community and against voting …
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… work." —General John J. Pershing, in Scott’s Official History of the American Negro in the World War (Preface) . … account of the war work organizations of colored men and women.’" His work was published in 1919 and is filled with …
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… of Art, Washington, Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Women’s Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art), … events often omitted from European and North American art history. Symbolism plays a significant role in many of his … resource is drawn from the content of the Afro-Atlantic Histories exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, …
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… Declaration of Independence granted to all but slaves and women? In what ways does Douglass demonstrate his courage? … the Great Depression. These interviews include personal histories and songs and can be found at the American Memory … effectively point out their hypocrisy? A More Perfect Union History & Social Studies U.S. History From Courage to …
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… Beowulf with a more general discussion about Anglo-Saxon history, culture, and beliefs. The Anglo Saxon Chronicles , … same website, read in Peace-Weaving about the position of women and tribal relationships (notice the kenning!) …
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… 1930s Related Websites American Experience: Marian Anderson History Matters Penn Library Exhibitions; Marian Anderson, A … Son: Presidential Families Who were the Foremothers of the Women's Suffrage Movement? Remembering the Ladies: The First …
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… the Oregon Trail traveled in family groups, including many women and children. Though many emigrants used mules like …
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… participants in a democracy, students must learn about the women and men who make decisions concerning their lives, … the president has communicated with the public throughout history. You should also consult the " Children Write to the …
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… vs. slow horse/buggies), and social changes (new roles for women and African Americans in the South). Alongside this … Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's virtual exhibition " America on the Move ." …