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Building Vietnam War Scavenger Hunts through Web-Based Inquiry
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Students research the effects of the Vietnam war on a specific group of people who were involved. They then create Internet scavenger hunts to share with the class.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:
ReadWriteThink
Date Added:
09/28/2013
Burke Marshall
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As an assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, Burke Marshall played a key role in the federal government's efforts to desegregate the South. Representing the presidential administrations of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, Marshall mediated conflicts between civil rights protesters and southern white officials. In this interview, Marshall recalls the 1961 Freedom Rides and the 1962 desegregation of the University of Mississippi.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
Teachers' Domain
Date Added:
02/16/2011
Causes of the American Revolution
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This kit provides teachers and other educators with the materials and guidance to help fourth grade students understand the reasons that the British colonists elected to declare their independence from King George III between the years 1763-1776. As a part of these lessons students will be encouraged to consider the intent and impact of media documents from a variety of points of view including those of the colonists, King George, patriots, loyalists, slaves and Native Americans.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Languages
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Diagram/Illustration
Homework/Assignment
Lesson Plan
Primary Source
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Unit of Study
Provider:
Ithaca College
Provider Set:
Project Look Sharp
Author:
Amy Eckley
Andrea Volckmar
Chris Sperry
Karen Griffin
Lynn VanDeWeert
Rachel Coates
Sox Sperry
Whitney Bong
Date Added:
05/08/2013
A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation, U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1873
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This site includes documents from the Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention and ratification debates, and the first two federal congresses. These documents record American history in the words of those who built our government.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Library of Congress
Provider Set:
American Memory
Date Added:
07/18/2000
Children in Urban America
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Designed for use by teachers, students, historians, and general users, the site features hundreds of documents and images about children in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, drawn from newspapers, government and other official records, oral histories and memoirs, and many other sources.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Primary Source
Reading
Provider:
Marquette University
Date Added:
07/10/2003
Chronicling and Picturing America
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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 pages from 1690-1963 and to find information about American newspapers published between 1690"“present using the National Digital Newspaper Program.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Literature
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Provider Set:
EDSITEment!
Date Added:
09/06/2019
The Church in the Southern Black Community, 1780-1925
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The collection of documents brought together in this project begins to tell the story of the growth of Protestant religion among African Americans during the nineteenth century, and of the birth of what came to be known as the "Black Church" in the United States. This development continues to have enormous political, spiritual, and economic consequences. But perhaps what is most apparent in these texts is the diversity of ways in which that religious tradition was envisioned, experienced, and implemented. From the white Baptist and Methodist missionaries sent to convert enslaved Africans, to the earliest pioneers of the independent black denominations, to black missionaries in Africa, to the eloquent rhetoric of W.E.B. DuBois, the story of the black church is a tale of variety and struggle in the midst of constant racism and oppression. It is also a story of constant change, and of the coincidence of cultural cohesion among enslaved Africans and the introduction of Protestant evangelicalism to their communities.

Subject:
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Reading
Provider:
Library of Congress
Provider Set:
American Memory
Date Added:
07/11/2003
The Cold War and Red Scare in Washington State
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The most important part of this packet is Section VII, which contains roughly 50 documents—mostly drawn from primary sources—about the Cold War and Red Scare in Washington state. The other sections of this packet seek to place the documents in historical perspective and to offer some suggestions for how to use the documents in the classroom.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Reading
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Textbook
Provider:
University of Washington
Provider Set:
Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest
Date Added:
02/16/2011
Collections :: From 1619 to the American Civil Rights Movement to Today
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"This collection brings together the New York Times Podcast 1619 (Episode 1, "The Fight for a True Democracy") and Smithsonian resources to support my 7th graders as we begin our unit on the American Civil Rights Movement. Later in the unit, the students will read March, a graphic novel based on the experience of former Congressman John Lewis during the Civil Rights Movement. In order for the students to understand why the Civil Rights Movement was necessary, they must first understand the history that led to it. This collection does not, by any means, provide a complete or comprehensive history. The podcast provides an historical overview and will serve as a jumping off point for further research. The visual artwork, poetry, articles, and films included at the end serve to provide additional perspectives and opportunities for exploration. The students will develop their own research questions inspired by the thinking they've done throughout this collection and may use the additional resources provided to begin their independent research. A PowerPoint lesson on developing research questions is included."

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Marissa McCauley
Smithsonian Education
Date Added:
01/25/2023
Collections: Learning History Through Objects: The Paradox of Liberty
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"The paradox of the American Revolution―the fight for liberty in an era of widespread slavery―is embedded in the foundations of the United States. The tension between slavery and freedom—who belongs and who is excluded—resonates through the nation’s history and spurs the American people to wrestle constantly with building “a more perfect Union.” This paradox was embedded in national institutions that are still vital in the nation to this day." - intro to learning activity

The exercise has students reflect on the words of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Banneker, Phillis Wheatley, Elizabeth Freeman (Mum Bett), and Toussaint Louverture and apply their learning in evaluating this paradox.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
NMAAHC Education
Smithsonian
Date Added:
01/25/2023
Comparing Electronic and Print Texts About the Civil War Soldier
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Which side will win as students investigate both sides of the battle of using print versus online text for research as they learn about the lives of Civil War soldiers?

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:
ReadWriteThink
Date Added:
09/28/2013
Comparing Portrayals of Slavery in Nineteenth-Century Photography and Literature
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In this lesson, students analyze similarities and differences among depictions of slavery in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", Frederick Douglass' "Narrative", and nineteenth century photographs of slaves. Students formulate their analysis of the role of art and fiction, as they attempt to reliably reflect social ills, in a final essay.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Literature
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Lesson Plan
Provider:
ReadWriteThink
Provider Set:
ReadWriteThink
Date Added:
09/28/2013
Conversations with History: Alliance Lost, The U.S. and Europe in a Unipolar World, with Joseph Joffe
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Conversations with History host Harry Kreisler interviews Joseph Joffe, editor/publisher of Die Zeit, about the implications of the Bush Doctrine for U.S-European relations. (58 min)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Political Science
Social Science
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
01/06/2008
Conversations with History: Democracy, Disarmament and Public Education with Alan Cranston
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Alan Cranston was a four term Senator from California and president and founder of the Global Security Institute and director of its nuclear weapons elimination initiative. This discussion on democracy, disarmament and public education with UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler was taped in April 2000. (53 min)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
03/13/2005
Conversations with History: Domestic Politics and International Behavior: The Case of China and the U.S.
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Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Susan Shirk, Professor of Political Science at UC San Diego, for a discussion of her new book, China: Fragile Superpower. A former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Clinton administration, Professor Shirk analyzes how Chinese domestic politics affects its international behavior and how U.S. foreign policy responds to and influences China's international behavior. She also discusses how her work as a scholar of Chinese politics and society informed her work in Washington. (55 minutes)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Political Science
Social Science
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
09/03/2007
Conversations with History: Legislating for the People, with Ronald V. Dellums
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UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler in conversation with the honorable Ronald V. Dellums, former congressman from California's Ninth Congressional District. Congressman Dellums not only brought to Washington the spirit and ideas of the sixties, but also earned the admiration and respect of his Washington colleagues. (59 min)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
09/12/2004
Conversations with History: Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement, with Thelton Henderson, Jr.
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Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Judge Thelton Henderson for a discussion of the U.S. civil rights movement and its implications for international law. (43 min)

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
General Law
History
Law
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
UCTV Teacher's Pet
Date Added:
06/07/2009