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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Progressive Era

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders utilize the SOAP method to analyze a work of art and relate it to what they know about the Progressive Era and the reasons why cities changed and the ways in which cities changed during the end of the 19th century. They...
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Other

Salvation Army International

For Students 9th - 10th
International Christian organization that helps meet the human needs of people who are impoverished.
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: The Battle Lost and Won: Patriotic Rally at Fort Brown

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is an example of the patriotism that flourished in the United States (this site's example is taken from Texas' history), during the Great War (World War I). See a photo from a rally at Fort Brown, showing both women and men...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Religious Revival: The "Social Gospel"

For Students 5th - 8th
Social reform and teaching in the church which reflected social reform joined forces in latter part of the 19th century. Read about how an urban revivalist movement addressed such problems as poverty, child labor, and working conditions.