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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Civil Liberties in War

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides extensive information for students and teachers examining the issue of civil liberty during wartime and in the fight against terrorism in the U.S. following September 11. Resources include news articles, legal...
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: The Jazz Age: Redefining the Nation 1919 1929: A New Generation

For Students 11th - 12th
Looks at the new morality that emerged in the 1920s. It changed the role of women and the perception of African Americans, the latter facilitated by the Harlem Renaissance and its impact on the music and dance of the Jazz Age. Also...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Antebellum Reform

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Nineteenth century United States saw the creation of reform movements: temperance, abolition, school and prison reform, as well as others. This unit traces the emergence of reform movements instigated by the Second Great Awakening and...
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Primary
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Prairie Diaries

For Students 6th - 8th
This site from NPR is an excellent example of personal narratives from the heartland. Read and listen to excerpts from Kansans about a day in their life. What were they doing, what were they thinking, what was going on in their lives.
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Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Nkrumah

For Students 9th - 10th
Kwame Nkrumah, a former leader in Ghana, writes his concept of a freedom in Africa following years of European rule on the continent.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Religion: Frederick Douglass

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Religion: Henry David Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: America in 1850: John C. Calhoun

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of primary resources on Nationalism, John C. Calhoun on the Clay Compromise Measures, and U.S. Senate, March 4, 1850. Thematically organized with notes and discussion questions.
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Website
Curated OER

Cbc.ca: Years of Hope & Anger Nationalist Passions

For Students 6th - 8th
An overview of Canada in the 1960's, a 100th birthday for Canada, new flag debate, Quebec nationalism and separatists, and the rise of Trudeaumania.
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Expansion: Elias Boudinot

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: America in 1850: Frederick Douglass

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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Graphic
US National Archives

Nara: A New Deal for the Arts: Rediscovering America

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the artistic nationalism that took place during the Great Depression, this website from the National Archives and Records Administration focuses on many American scenes. Lots of focus on small-town life and various regions.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Becoming American: The Chinese Experience (Educator's Guide)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A 48-page guide designed for teachers who are using "Becoming American," a PBS series on Chinese immigration to the United States in their classrooms. The guide examines the historical events and significance of Chinese migration to...
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Website
Other

Rebellion in Upper Canada, 1837

For Students 9th - 10th
This advanced discussion will provide insight to the class conflicts percolating through Upper Canada prior to the Rebellions of 1837. These class conflicts were just not based on socio-economic factors, often nationalism,...
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PPT
Tom Richey

Tom richey.net: The Trials of the Jeffersonians [Ppt]

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents key ideas for examining the impact of westward expansion on concepts of nationalism and democracy. Covers the Louisiana Purchase, conflict with native peoples, the War of 1812, and other events.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Early National Arts and Cultural Independence

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the national identity developed in the early 19th century in art and literature. See how both landscape paintings and literature emphasized wilderness themes.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The American Spirit: Defending and Building Our Nation

For Students 9th - 10th
Given background information about selected historical figures, students will be able to analyze the importance and contributions of women and people of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups to the national identity and the...
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Unit Plan
Other

Usc: The Life of Giuseppe Garibaldi

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit on Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian liberator and hero-figure of nineteenth-century liberal nationalism, and on the Risorgimento, the 1860 reunification of Italy.
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Website
Other

Tom Thomson Biography

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical sketch of Tom Thomson who's "landscape paintings in oil created an enduring image of the Ontario North. His art both reflected and reinforced developing Canadian nationalism". He was an engraver, commercial artist, and...
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages a Literary Survey

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A series of 16 Instructional Units on American Literature with texts, videos, instructor guides, and more. Topics include: Native Voices, Exploring Borderlands, Utopian Promise, Spirit of Nationalism, Masculine Heroes, Gothic...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Velasco, the Valley of Mexico

For Students 9th - 10th
"The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel" by Velasco represents an important period in the development of Mexico's national identity and an important chapter in the history of Mexican art. Velasco's landscapes became...
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Modern Civilization 1750 Present

For Students 9th - 10th
In this course, Professor Lynn Hunt gives 12 video lectures on Modern Civilization 1750-Present. She covers a broad, historical study of major elements in Western heritage from the world of the Greeks to that of the 20th century.
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Handout
Northern Illinois University

Crossroads: Southeast Asia During World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview of Southeast Asia under Japanese control during WWII, including Asian responses to Japanese occupation.
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Handout
US Navy

Nhhc: Oceanic Period (1890 1945)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the build-up of the U.S. Navy after the Spanish-American War and how it was used to protech the country in World Wars I and II.

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