This art history video discussion examines Fra Angelico's "The Annunciation and Life of the Virgin" (in the predella), c. 1426, tempera on wood, 194 x 194 cm (Museo del Prado, Madrid).

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This art history video discussion examines Fra Filippo Lippi's "Madonna and Child with two Angels", c. 1460-1465, tempera on panel, 95 x 63.5 cm (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence).

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This art history video discussion examines Fra Filippo Lippi's "Madonna and Child", c. 1440, tempera on panel, 79 x 51.1 cm / 31-1/8 x 20-1/8 inches (National Gallery of Art, Washington).

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This art history video discussion examines Jean-Honore Fragonard's "The Progress of Love: The Meeting", 1771-1773, oil on canvas, 317.5 x 243.8 cm (The Frick Collection, New York).

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This art history video discussion examines Jean-Honore Fragonard's "The Swing", oil on canvas, 1767 (Wallace Collection, London).

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This art history video discussion examines Frank Lloyd Wright's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, 1942-1959.

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This art history video discussion examines the Painting Techniques of Franz Kline: The Chief Abstract Expressionist New York The Museum of Modern Art, October 3, 2--April 11, 2011.

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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.

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.

This tenth grade annotated inquiry leads students through an investigation of the French Revolution. Adolescent students are quite concerned with challenging authority and establishing their independence within the world; the concept of revolution brings those two concerns to their most world-altering levels. This inquiry gives students an entry point into thinking like historians about the French Revolution. The question of success invites students into the intellectual space that historians occupy. By investigating the question of the French Revolution’s success, students will need to make decisions about what the problems of the Revolution were, how to give weight to the events of three different periods of the Revolution, and what distance, if any, was between intentions and effects.

This art history video discussion examines Frida Kahlo's "Frieda and Diego Rivera"‚ 1931, oil on canvas, 39-3/8 x 31 inches or 100.01 x 78.74 cm (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art). Painted in San Francisco during the artist's first trip outside of Mexico. She accompanied her husband Diego Rivera who was painting in the United States and would, at the end of the year, be the subject of a retrospecive at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

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This art history video discussion examines Caspar David Friedrich's "Abbey among Oak Trees", 1809 or 1810, oil on canvas, 110.4 x 171 cm (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin).

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This art history video discussion examines Caspar David Friedrich's "Monk by the Sea", 1808 or 1810, oil on canvas, 110 x 171.5 cm (Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).

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This art history video discussion examines Caspar David Friedrich's "Solitary Tree (or Lone Tree)", 1822, oil on canvas, 55 x 71 cm (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin).

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This art history video discussion examines Caspar David Friedrich's "Woman at a Window", 1822, oil on canvas, 44 x 73 cm (Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin).

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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.

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.

This guide includes a flexible collection of activities, readings, lessons, and strategies that teachers can use to develop a civic action experience that meets their classroom’s specific curriculum objectives, grade level, and available time.

Resources support these essential practices:
Civic education begins in learner-centered classrooms that value students’ identities.
Civic education must confront bias and develop a sense of the common good.
Civic education must engage with the complexities of history.
Civic education must introduce current events and controversial issues.

This guide also contains sample projects and assignments that illustrate how teachers can structure their unit to meet the growing requirement for civic action projects in a way that leads to meaningful and long-lasting experiences for students.

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World War II ration memorabilia collection, 1942-1947.

The Office of Price Administration and Civilian Supply was established by Presidential Executive Order 8734 on April 11, 1941, in an effort to control inflation. The civilian supply function of the agency was transferred to the Office of Production Management in August of 1941 and the name was shortened to the Office of Price Administration (OPA). The Emergency Price Control Act (January 30, 1942) established the purposes of the agency as follows: to stabilize prices and rents and prevent unwarranted increases in them; to prevent profiteering, hoarding and speculation; to assure that defense appropriations were not dissipated by excessive prices; to protect those with fixed incomes from undue impairment of their living standards; to assist in securing adequate production; and to prevent a post-emergency collapse of values." The OPA fixed price ceilings on all commodities except farm products and controlled rents in defense areas. The first rationing program, for automobile tires, was initiated December 27, 1941. There were two types of rationing programs. The first was a certificate program, where an applicant had to meet eligibility standards and show need to a local ration board before receiving a certificate permitting purchase of the rationed item. This type of program was applied to ties, automobiles, typewriters, bicycles, rubber footwear and stoves. The second program was a coupon or stamp type for which all civilians were eligible. These programs were administered through local banks and covered foods, fuel oil, gasoline and shoes. Rationing continued throughout World War II and by the end of November 1945 only the sugar and rubber tire rationing programs remained. Tire rationing ceased on December 31, 1945. Sugar rationing continued until June 11, 1947. The Office of Price Administration was dissolved April 1, 1947.

This art history video discussion examines Henry Fuseli's "Titania and Bottom", c. 1790, oil on canvas, 2172 x 2756 mm (Tate Britain, London).

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