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Everything Your Students Need to Know About Immigration History
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Teach Immigration History from the University of Texas at Austin explains the important and complicated history of immigration to the United States for general audiences and high school teachers of U.S. history and civics courses.  The backbone of the website is an 80-item chronology of key events, laws, and court rulings that are further explained by a dozen thematic lesson plans on topics such as citizenship, an overview of major laws, gender and immigration, and migration within the Americas.

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History
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
Examining Utopia & Dystopia in The Giver
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This lesson explores how The Giver addresses issues of personal identity, memory, and the value of reading and education. It also examines how this newer read relates to other famous classics in this genre and books that students may have read on their own.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEments
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12/11/2019
FDR's "Four Freedoms" Speech
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One of the most famous political speeches on freedom in the twentieth century was delivered by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union message to Congress. This lesson examines the rhetorical use of "freedom" with the objective of encouraging students to glimpse the broad range of hopes and aspirations that are expressed in the call of and for freedom.

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Arts and Humanities
History
Literature
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
Fairy Tales Around the World
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As some of the foundational texts for beginning readers, fairy tales are a staple of many classrooms. This lesson allows students to engage with fairy tales from different regions around the world and compare important cultural elements of these stories.

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Arts and Humanities
History
Literature
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Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
Faulkner's As I Lay Dying: Form of a Funeral
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William Faulkner's self-proclaimed masterpiece, As I Lay Dying, originally published in 1930, is a fascinating exploration of the many voices found in a Southern family and community. The following curriculum unit examines the novel's use of multiple voices in its narrative.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
The Federalist Debates: Balancing Power Between State and Federal Governments
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This lesson focuses on the debates among the U.S. Founders surrounding the distribution of power between states and the federal government. Students learn about the pros and cons of state sovereignty vs. federalism and have the opportunity to argue different sides of the issue.

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History
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Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
The First Amendment: What's Fair in a Free Country?
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After completing the lessons in this unit, students will be able to summarize the contents of the First Amendment and give examples of speech that is protected by the Constitution and speech that is not protected by the Constitution.

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History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
The First American Party System: Events, Issues, and Positions
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Fear of factionalism and political parties was deeply rooted in Anglo-American political culture before the American Revolution. Leaders such as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson hoped their new government, founded on the Constitution, would be motivated instead by a common intent, a unity. But political parties did form in the United States, with their beginnings in Washington's cabinet.

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History
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Lesson
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find": Who's the Real Misfit?
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Known as both a Southern and a Catholic writer, Flannery O'Connor wrote stories that explore the complexities of these two identities. In this lesson, students will challengethese dichotomieswhile closely reading and analyzing "A Good Man is Hard to Find."

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
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Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
Folklore in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Learn how writer Zora Neale Hurston incorporated and transformed black folklife in her novel Their Eyes Were Watching God. By exploring Hurston's own life history and collection methods, listening to her WPA recordings of folksongs and folktales, and comparing transcribed folk narrative texts with the plot and themes of the novel, students will learn about the crucial role of oral folklore in Hurston's written work.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
Frederick Douglass's "Narrative:" Myth of the Happy Slave
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In 1845, the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, and Written by Himself was published. In it, Douglass criticizes directly often with withering irony those who defend slavery and those who prefer a romanticized version of it.

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Arts and Humanities
History
Literature
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Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
The Freedom Riders and the Popular Music of the Civil Rights Movement
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The American civil rights movement incorporated a variety of cultural elements in their pursuit of political and legal equality under law. This lesson will highlight the role of music as a major influence through the use of audio recordings, photographs, and primary documents. Students will participate in their own oral history, examine lyrics, and work with case studies such as the Freedom Rides to gain an appreciation of how music influenced the early 1960s.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
From Courage to Freedom: Frederick Douglass's 1845 Autobiography
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In 1845 Frederick Douglass published what was to be the first of his three autobiographies: the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself.  As the title suggests, Douglass wished not only to highlight the irony that a land founded on freedom would permit slavery to exist within its midst, but also to establish that he, an American slave with no formal education, was the sole author of the work.

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History
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Lesson
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
From Neutrality to War: The United States and Europe, 1921-1941
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In the years after World War I Americans quickly reached the conclusion that their country's participation in that war had been a disastrous mistake, one which should never be repeated again. During the 1920s and 1930s"”recognized as the Interwar Period (1921-1939)"”U.S. officials pursued a number of strategies aimed at preventing war.

Subject:
History
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
Grassroots Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement: Focus on Women
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It is hard to imagine any movement more important for understanding the meaning of freedom and equal rights in the U.S. than the civil rights struggle in the post-World War II era. Yet, as Julian Bond succinctly argued, in most textbooks and the media, the popular understanding of that movement is reduced to: "Rosa sat down, Martin stood up, and the white kids came down and saved the day."

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History
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Reading
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
The Great War: Evaluating the Treaty of Versailles
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Was the Treaty of Versailles, which formally concluded World War I, a legitimate attempt by the victorious powers to prevent further conflict, or did it place an unfair burden on Germany? This lesson helps students respond to the question in an informed manner. Activities involve primary sources, maps, and other supporting documents related to the peace process and its reception by the German public and German politicians.

Subject:
History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
The Green Book: African American Experiences of Travel and Place in the U.S.
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Release of the film Green Book (2018) inspired renewed interest in the experiences of African Americans when traveling in the United States during the 20th century. This inquiry-based lesson combines individual investigations with whole or small group analysis of primary sources and visual media to investigate the compelling question: How have the intersections of race and place impacted U.S. history and culture?

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
History
Literature
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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12/11/2019
The Growing Crisis of Sectionalism in Antebellum America: A House Dividing
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In this unit, students will trace the development of sectionalism in the United States as it was driven by the growing dependence upon, and defense of, black slavery in the southern states.

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History
Material Type:
Lesson
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEments
Date Added:
12/11/2019