In 2021, a team of middle school and high school students spent …
In 2021, a team of middle school and high school students spent the summer researching the rich history of Americans of Chinese descent. They compiled their research findings in a simple, easy-to-understand flashcard format with the intention of helping the public learn and recognize the achievements, contributions, and struggles of Americans of Chinese descent in the United States.
In this learning experience, the students will complete a primary source inquiry …
In this learning experience, the students will complete a primary source inquiry into the impacts of Reconstruction on Black experiences in Virginia and the South. The students will use the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning structure to defend one of two claims.Students will analyze sources that depict/detail Black experiences and perspectives before, during, and after the Reconstruction. This learning experience will be most effective after students have been introduced to the what and when of Reconstruction.
Poster showing text only. Title continues: We have promised to feed the …
Poster showing text only. Title continues: We have promised to feed the hungry millions of Europe-the Allies and liberated nations. Save food, two-thirds more than last year from stocks no larger. United States Food Administration.
Have you ever stopped to think about the incredible risks the Founding …
Have you ever stopped to think about the incredible risks the Founding Founders took when they rebelled against British authority? They were starting a war with the greatest military power of the time even though they did not have a mighty fighting force themselves. And they were fighting for a type of government that most people thought was impossible. In this video mini-course, Professor Sarah Burns of the Rochester Institute of Technology explains the historical and philosophical context of the American Revolution from the changing role of the British army in the colonies to Radical Whig theory.
This module takes its name from The Other America by Michael Harrington, …
This module takes its name from The Other America by Michael Harrington, a study of 1950s U. S. poverty. From the 1700s, many American white people of European heritage have lacked the land, education, skills, or opportunities for advancement. White identity movements have drawn on regionalism, clannishness, racism, xenophobia, fear, and class resentments. With economic distress, movements have coalesced around feelings that the country is not working for them. Poor and working class whites gave impetus to Populism and insurgent “white identity” movements supporting Huey Long, George Wallace, and recently Donald Trump.Another important element is “race” -- a word and concept developed to justify the colonization and control (and enslavement) of black Africans by white Europeans and Americans. They used fake “race” science to justify colonization, the slave trade and subordination of Blacks.A complete, objective history requires an understanding of Americans who join in such identity politics.
Poster showing a stern Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer. Title continues: …
Poster showing a stern Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer. Title continues: As a consumer you are a shareholder in the industrial system of the United States. Every dollar spent for anything you need goes into the General Stock Company of American Industry and pays back in dividends of wages and profits. Do your bit for Democracy by co-operating with the business men of your community. It will keep production costs down and save you money by doing away with industrial war. Issued by the National Industrial Conservation Movement, 30 Church Street, New York City. Copies supplied on request. No. E-4.
The US has a long history of political differences and protest arising …
The US has a long history of political differences and protest arising from economic inequality, racism, ethnicity, religion, & “cultural” conflict. All too often our democratic processes have failed to adequately address our challenges. Civil unrest and violence have resulted. Expressions of extremism are becoming increasingly prominent and threatening. Please use the links provided to explore these issues.
Red Cross nurse with wounded and needy people, including a soldier and …
Red Cross nurse with wounded and needy people, including a soldier and a mother holding a child, all gesturing toward the quote from Whittier. United States Food Administration.
Red Cross nurse with wounded and needy people, including a soldier and …
Red Cross nurse with wounded and needy people, including a soldier and a mother holding a child, all gesturing toward the quote from Whittier. United States Food Administration.
This resource provides three modules on Black history in the United States. …
This resource provides three modules on Black history in the United States. The modules discuss three historical eras, including the "plantation to ghetto, Civil Rights Era, and The Future and the Present." Each module includes text, images, and video.
This short activity helps students analyze a political cartoon about U.S. imperialism …
This short activity helps students analyze a political cartoon about U.S. imperialism in the Philippines. To complete the activity, the teacher will need either a map or a globe to show students the relative distance between the United States and Philippines.
Students create graphs comparing the stock market crashes and recoveries from 1929 …
Students create graphs comparing the stock market crashes and recoveries from 1929 and 2008. Students analyze the graphs to make conclusions about the risks and benefits of stock investment. Students use the decision making dimensions and their analysis of the data to decide on an investment strategy for the future. This lesson plan was created by a participant of the 2020-21 Decision Education Fellowship, hosted by the Alliance for Decision Education.
This inquiry provides students the opportunity to analyze the attitudes and beliefs …
This inquiry provides students the opportunity to analyze the attitudes and beliefs of different time periods using Treaties made between the Territory of Washington and Native American tribes. Students will investigate the intentions behind the treaties of 1854-1855 to determine if the ideals were met or not. Then they will look into how Native Americans used the treaties in 1960-70’s to establish themselves as different from Washington State citizens and as a way to remain “Indian.” This inquiry is meant to challenge students to analyze the intentions of documents and to predict how they could be seen or used in the future. Students will need to have a solid background on native American cultures and traditions as well as an understanding of manifest destiny to accurately comprehend the results of the treaties recommendations are written below on how this might be done and focusses. The unit will come to a close when students write an argumentative essay using evidence and counterargument to address how documents can be used differently throughout time.
These primary source excerpts are broken into 2 groups: Cuban perspectives and …
These primary source excerpts are broken into 2 groups: Cuban perspectives and American perspectives of the Bay of Pigs invasion. Consider having students work in pairs or small groups to read, discussion and answer the questions for their perspective. Then have students from both perspectives share observations. Consider using a guided question such as "Why are views so different for the same event, especially of those who fought at the Bay of Pigs?"
In this activity, students will focus on a letter written to Congress …
In this activity, students will focus on a letter written to Congress about Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama. Students will see that, due to television coverage, the author, Mrs. Jackson, was very aware of the events that day even though she was in a different part of the country: Brooklyn, New York. Students will also look at the author's tone and word choice to discern the kinds of images shown on television.
In Spring 2019, students at The State University of New York College …
In Spring 2019, students at The State University of New York College at Plattsburgh (SUNY Plattsburgh) researched, designed, and built And Still We Rise: Celebrating Plattsburgh’s (Re)Discovery of Iconic Black Visitors (ASWR), an exhibit in the Feinberg Library on prominent Black political and cultural figures who had visited the college since the 1960s. The thirteen students in African-American Political Thought (Political Science 371), taught by Dr. John McMahon, researched in the college’s archives and secondary sources to curate photos, text and multimedia for physical and virtual exhibits.
Carnegie, Andrew. "The Gospel of Wealth" Carnegie Corporation of New York. 2017,p.11-14, …
Carnegie, Andrew. "The Gospel of Wealth" Carnegie Corporation of New York. 2017,p.11-14, https://media.carnegie.org/filer_public/0a/e1/0ae166c5-fca3-4adf-82a7-74c0534cd8de/gospel_of_wealth_2017.pdfDescription: A millionaire industrialist addresses his philosophy of philanthropy
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