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Jefferson vs. Franklin: Revolutionary Philosophers
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Explore the philosophical contributions that Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson made to the movement for American independence. The lesson introduces students to some of the important precursor documents, such as Franklin's Albany Plan of 1754 and Jefferson's Draft of the Virginia Constitution, that led to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

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History
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Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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11/06/2019
Jewish American Heritage Month
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The month of May is an opportunity for reflection on and commemoration of all that Jewish Americans have accomplished and contributed to U.S. history and culture. This piece highlights NEH projects and classroom resources for teaching about these experiences in America.

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History
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Reading
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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11/06/2019
John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, and Judicial Review
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If James Madison was the "father" of the Constitution," John Marshall was the "father of the Supreme Court""”almost single-handedly clarifying its powers. This new lesson is designed to help students understand Marshall's brilliant strategy in issuing his decision on Marbury v. Madison, the significance of the concept of judicial review, and the language of this watershed case.

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History
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Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEments
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11/06/2019
John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath: Verbal Pictures
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Students align original FSA photographs from the 1930s and the author's own journal entries, to trace parallel elements John Steinbeck then incorporated into passages in The Grapes of Wrath.

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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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11/06/2019
The Jungle, Muckrakers, and Teddy Roosevelt
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Curriculum unit on the historical  context of Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle and how the book helped reform efforts in Congress to pass the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.

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History
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Lesson
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEments
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11/06/2019
The Korean War (1950-1953)
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In 1950, North Korean forces, armed mainly with Soviet weapons, invaded South Korea in an effort to reunite the peninsula under communist rule. This lesson will introduce students to the conflict by having them read the most important administration documents related to it.

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History
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Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEments
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11/06/2019
Language of Place: Hopi Place Names, Poetry, Traditional Dance and Song
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A curriculum unit of three lessons in which students explore Hopi place names, poetry, song, and traditional dance to better understand the ways Hopi people connect with the land and environment through language. The unit is centered on the practice of growing corn. Students make inferences about language, place, and culture and also look closely at their own home environment and landscape to understand the places, language, and songs that give meaning to cultures and communities

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History
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Lesson
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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11/06/2019
Leonardo da Vinci: Creative Genius
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Students discover why Leonardo is considered the ultimate Renaissance man. They will learn about his famous notebooks, focusing upon his machines of motion, then zooming in on the flying machines.

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Arts and Humanities
History
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Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEments
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11/06/2019
Lesson 1: 1828 Campaign of Andrew Jackson: Expansion of the Voting Base
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Did changes in state constitutions tend to affect the voting population? In this lesson, students discuss the general trend in the first half of the 19th century to extend the right to vote to more white males.

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History
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Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEments
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11/06/2019
Lesson 1: An Early Threat of Secession: The Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Nullification Crisis
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Americans affirmed their independence with the ringing declaration that "all men are created equal." Some of them owned slaves, however,and were unwilling to give them up as they gave speeches and wrote pamphlets championing freedom, liberty, and equality. So "to form a more perfect union" in 1787, certain compromises were made in the Constitution regarding slavery. This settled the slavery controversy for the first few decades of the American republic, but this situation changed with the application of Missouri for statehood in 1819.

Subject:
History
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Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEments
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11/06/2019
Lesson 1: Characterization in Lord of the Flies
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This lesson focuses on character analysis throughout William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies. While contemplating both direct and indirect characterization techniques, students will be able to consider how characterization builds relationships among the boys in the novel.

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Arts and Humanities
Literature
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEments
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11/06/2019
Lesson 1: FDR's Fireside Chats: The Power of Words
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In this lesson, students gain a sense of the dramatic effect of FDR's voice on his audience, see the scope of what he was proposing in these first two "Fireside Chats," and make an overall analysis of why the series of speeches were so successful.

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History
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Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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11/06/2019
Lesson 1: Factory vs. Plantation in the North and South
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This lesson focuses on the shift toward mass production in northern factories and on southern plantations that occurred during the first half of the 19th century. Using an economics-focused approach to examining U.S. history prior to the civil war, students examine the role of slavery, industrialization, regionalism, and political responses that ultimately led to the start of a war.

Subject:
History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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11/06/2019
Lesson 1: Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury: Introduction
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Published in 1929, "The Sound and the Fury" is often referred to as William Faulkner's first work of genius. Faulkner's style is characterized by frequent time shifts, narrator shifts, unconventional punctuation and sentence structure, as well as a stream-of-consciousness technique that reveals the inner thoughts of characters to the reader. This curriculum unit will examine narrative structure and time, narrative voice/point of view, and symbolism throughout "The Sound and the Fury."

Subject:
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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11/06/2019
Lesson 1: Fragment on the Constitution and Union (1861): The Purpose of the American Union
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How did Abraham Lincoln understand the relationship between principles of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution?

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History
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Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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11/06/2019
Lesson 1: From Courage to Freedom: The Reality behind the Song
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Students examine the Autobiography of Frederick Douglass to discover how his skilled use of language painted a realistic portrait of slavery and removed some common misconceptions about slaves and their situation.

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History
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Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEments
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11/06/2019
Lesson 1: From the President's Lips: The Concerns that Led to the Sedition (and Alien) Act
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What conditions provided the impetus for the Sedition Act? Partisan animosity was strong during Adams's presidency. The first two political parties in the U.S. were in their infancy"”the Federalists, to which the majority of members of Congress belonged, and the Democratic-Republicans, led by former vice-president Thomas Jefferson and four-term Congressman James Madison, who had left the House in 1796.

Subject:
History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEments
Date Added:
11/06/2019