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JFK, LBJ, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960s
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This lesson provides students with an opportunity to study and analyze the innovative legislative efforts of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson in the social and economic context of the 1960s.

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History
Social Studies
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Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEment!
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11/19/2020
Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series: Removing the Mask
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In this lesson, students analyze Jacob Lawrence'sThe Migration of the Negro Panel no. 57(1940-41), Helene Johnson's Harlem Renaissance poem"Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem"(1927), and Paul Laurence Dunbar's late-nineteenth-century poem"We Wear the Mask"(1896), considering how each work represents the life and changing roles of African Americans from the late nineteenth century to the Harlem Renaissance and The Great Migration.

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Arts
History
Social Studies
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Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEment!
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11/19/2020
James Madison: From Father of the Constitution to President
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Even in its first 30 years of existence, the U.S. Constitution had to prove its durability and flexibility in a variety of disputes. More often than not, James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution," took part in the discussion.

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History
Social Studies
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Lesson
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEment!
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11/19/2020
Japanese Poetry - Tanka? You're Welcome
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A poem "which expresses a personal response to nature," the tanka is a form of Japanese writing very similar to the haiku. This lesson plan is a great extension to any study or exploration of Japanese art, culture, and writing. Included are examples of tanka poems and links to further information on this form of writing.

Subject:
Arts
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEment!
Date Added:
10/03/2023
Jazz and World War II: A Rally to Resistance, A Catalyst for Victory
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Learn about the effects that the Second World War had on jazz music as well as the contributions that jazz musicians made to the war effort. This lesson will help students explore the role of jazz in American society and the ways that jazz functioned as an export of American culture and a means of resistance to the Nazis.

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Arts
History
Social Studies
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Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEment!
Date Added:
11/19/2020
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.

Subject:
History
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEment!
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11/19/2020
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.

Subject:
History
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEment!
Date Added:
11/19/2020
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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English Language Arts
History
Literature
Social Studies
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Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEment!
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11/19/2020
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
Social Studies
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Lesson
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEment!
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11/19/2020
Kennewick Man: Science and Sacred Rights
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Excellent, thought-provoking lesson plan on the controversy over the remains of what is known as the Kennewick Man. Should they be considered as remains of a Native American ancestor and thus be buried or should scientists be allowed to study them. Lesson plan includes great web resources.

Subject:
Mathematics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEment!
Date Added:
10/03/2023
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
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEment!
Date Added:
11/19/2020
Language of Place: Hopi Place Names, Poetry, Traditional Dance and Song
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Grades K-5. 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

Subject:
History
Social Studies
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Lesson
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEment!
Date Added:
11/19/2020
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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"In this unit, students explore the artistry that helped make Irving our nation's first literary master and ponder the mystery that now haunts every Halloween -- What happened to Ichabod Crane?"

Subject:
Arts
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Module
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Provider Set:
EDSITEment!
Date Added:
10/03/2023
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
History
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEment!
Date Added:
11/19/2020
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.

Subject:
History
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Provider Set:
EDSITEment!
Date Added:
11/19/2020
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
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
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EDSITEment!
Date Added:
11/19/2020
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.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Literature
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Provider Set:
EDSITEment!
Date Added:
11/19/2020