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PBS

Pbs: They Drew Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Companion website to the PBS documentary on the military and civilian artists who captured WW II in art at their personal peril.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: I Am American!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson that helps students understand the importance of the United States flag. Students discuss The Flag We Love by Pam Munoz Ryan and then work together to create a paper chain flag for display.
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Article
CNN

Cnn: Goldwater Remembered 'A Great Patriot'

For Students 9th - 10th
This article remembering the political career of former Senator Barry Goldwater offers words of praise from members of both political parties.
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Poster Art From World War Ii

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) explores how words and posters waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the American citizenry during World War II.
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Handout
University of Arizona

International Studies Association: Mobilizing Public Support for War

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly look at the use of propaganda to influence American support for World War I once the country entered the fray. Read about the Committee on Public Information, examples of harassment of those not deemed sufficiently patriotic,...
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PBS

Wgbh/pbs: Frontline: The Blurred Racial Lines of Famous Families: Cheswell

For Students 9th - 10th
Celebrated similar to Paul Revere, Wentworth Cheswell's biography highlights his contributions during the American Revolution. Cheswell, from New Hampshire, was a local politician who is considered to be the first black American elected...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Stephen Girard

For Students 9th - 10th
A well-detailed biography of Girard-- a merchant, mariner, banker, philanthropist, humanitarian, and patriot.
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Activity
The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Historic Maps: Revolutionary Boston: Old North Church

For Students 9th - 10th
"One if by land, two if by sea." This famous quote was the direction Sexton Robert Newman was to follow by shining a lantern from the Old North Church steeple to warn the patriots that the British were coming. The church is the oldest in...
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Unit Plan
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: Zoom School: United States of America

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Use this resource to explore each state to get facts, maps and symbols; learn about the presidents; read about bald eagles and dinosaur fossils found in the U.S., find fun and exciting patriotic crafts and more.
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Primary
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Alexander Hamilton Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent biography of Alexander Hamilton is part of the University of Missouri's "Famous Trials" site. With text links to personal letters and other documents written by Hamilton.
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Library of Congress

Loc: September 11th Documentary Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A site that captures the heartfelt reactions, eyewitness accounts, and diverse opinions of Americans and others in the months that followed the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and United Airlines Flight 93.
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Handout
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary: Heading to War

For Students 3rd - 7th
This general overview of the events leading to the American Revolution includes images from the time period.
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Handout
Bill of Rights Institute

Bill of Rights Institute: John Dickinson

For Students 9th - 10th
John Dickinson was called "The Penman of the American Revolution." During the 1760s and 1770s, he authored numerous important essays in defense of American rights, including The Late Regulations Respecting the British Colonies, the...
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Other

The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This museum resource provides images, education resources, and a wonderful biography of artist Norman Rockwell.
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Other

School Choices: Thoughts Upon the Mode of Education Proper in a Republic

For Students 9th - 10th
Written in 1786 by famous Philadelphia physician, Benjamin Rush, this article outlines some of the goals of education in the time of the new republic.
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Other

Parlor Songs Academy: Music as Propaganda in World War I

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll through the history of the use of popular music as propaganda until reaching the lengthy section about how music was used, not just in the United States, but throughout the world as propaganda in World War I. Find the lyrics and...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Growing Global Power

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive teaching unit on the emergence of the United States as a global power after World War I. Learn about America's drive for expansion, first by the military, then by businesses. Contains video and text materials, web...
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Family and Friendship in Quilts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Quilts, in addition to being a great thing to have to cuddle up on the couch with, have historically been used to tell stories and bring friends and families together. This lesson plan leads students through a series of activities on...
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A&E Television

History.com: 7 Famous Loyalists of the Revolutionary War Era

For Students 9th - 10th
From a son of Benjamin Franklin to a Mohawk leader to the governor of Massachusetts, these men chose to side with the British. In a way, the American Revolution was also a civil war. By 1774, American colonists were divided into two...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: Why This Pioneering Hopi Soldier Has a Mountain Named After Her

For Students 9th - 10th
Lori Ann Piestewa was the first woman to die on the front lines in Iraq and the first American Indian woman to die serving the U.S. Armed Forces. Piestewa has became synonymous with patriotic Native American sacrifice. In 2008, a...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Crispus Attucks

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Crispus Attucks, the black man who became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was shot and killed during the Boston Massacre.
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Handout
Bill of Rights Institute

Bill of Rights Institute: James Otis

For Students 9th - 10th
James Otis was called the most important American of the 1760s by John Adams. A trained lawyer and master of argument, James Otis was a leader of the Patriot movement in Boston in those years. Initially a prosecutor for the British...
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Handout
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Sybil Ludington

For Students 9th - 10th
Sybil Ludington was just 16 years old when she made a night-time ride rallying Patriot soldiers During the American Revolution.
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Handout
Bill of Rights Institute

Bill of Rights Institute: Samuel Adams

For Students 9th - 10th
Samuel Adams was born on September 22, 1722, in Quincy, Massachusetts. He entered Harvard College at the age of 14. During the 1760s, Adams became a leader of the Patriot resistance to the British government's attempt to tax the American...