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Howard County Public School System: Are All Men Created Equal? [Pdf]
Using primary sources and contextualizing, this lesson attempts to answer the question "Did the ideals of the American Revolution affect the condition of enslaved people?"
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Howard County History Labs: The Iran Hostage Crisis [Pdf]
Using primary source material, students will analyze how foreign policy decisions affect the public's opinion of U.S. Presidents.
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Voices of Democracy: Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address (19 November 1863)
Resource features the full text of the Gettysburg address along with an essay offering critical analyses, lesson plans for high school teachers, and many other learning materials.
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Voices of Democracy: John Fitzgerald Kennedy, "Inaugural Address" January 1961
John F. Kennedy's inaugural speech is one of the most famous speeches in American history. Teachers can use this lesson to teach Language Arts standards, as well as Social Studies standards. This lesson plan includes pre-reading ideas,...
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Voices of Democracy: Sojourner Truth "Address at the Woman's Rights Convention "
In a speech given before the Women's Rights Convention in Akron Ohio in 1851, Sojourner Truth argued forcefully for the rights of women, drawing particular attention to the position of women of color in the social and legal hierarchy of...
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Voices of Democracy: Abraham Lincoln, "A House Divided" (16 June 1858)
Read the full text of the "House Divided" speech that Lincoln delivered on June 16, 1858, as he accepted the Republican nomination for the U.S.Senate seat from Illinois that was held by Stephen A. Douglas. This speech exemplifies...
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Voices of Democracy: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "How Long? Not Long" 1965
On March 25, 1965, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on a flatbed truck and delivered his "How Long? Not Long?" speech. The speech was delivered at the conclusion of the Selma-to-Montgomery march. Included are the full text...
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Voices of Democracy: John F. Kennedy, "Address: "The President and Press" 1961
Read President John F. Kennedy's speech, "The President and the Press," which he delivered before the American Newspaper Publishers Association (ANPA) on April 27, 1961. In this speech, he attempted to explain and justify the Bay of Pigs...
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Howard County History Labs: Westward Expansion
Lesson plan assesses historical thinking skills by providing two primary sources on Thomas Jefferson's views on the constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase.
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Umbc Center for History Education: Reshaping American Society
Using this history lab, students will examine the impact immigration had on urbanization and the reform movements of the time, as well as the addressing the backlash to immigration by understanding nativism.
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University of Maryland: Romantic Circles
Extensive site dedicated to Romantic Studies. Best to use the search function. Includes modern poets reading Romantic poetry.
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Voices of Democracy: Susan B. Anthony, Is It a Crime for a u.s. Citizen to Vote
Resource features the full text of Susan B. Anthony's speech along with an essay offering critical analyses, lesson plans for high school teachers, classroom activities, and suggested reading materials.
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Voices of Democracy: George W. Bush, Second Inaugural Address (20 January 2005)
Complete text of the Second Inaugural Address by George W. Bush in 2005 along with an interpretive essay that examines the ways that President George W.Bush's Second Inaugural Address reflected the assumptions of the Bush Doctrine, ideas...
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University of Maryland: Clarence Birdseye
Read this article for information on the life and accomplishments of Clarence Birdseye.
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The Tablet Mylar Slides Classroom Presentation System
This free, downloadable software is made for use with tablet PCs and offers a flexible alternative to using PowerPoint or its equivalent. The examples shown are in mathematics, but the application can be used for any subject area.
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University of Maryland: Ancient Dynasties
This site from the University of Maryland is a brief overview of Shang culture it mentions both nobility and commoners.
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University of Maryland: Imperial Era Ii
This site that has good general information on the Song dynasty, along with an explanation of how the dynasty used civil service exams to center power around the emperor.
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University of Maryland: The Imperial Era: Mongolian Interlude
Read about the interlude of Mongol rule in China with Kublai Khan establishing the Yuan dynasty. This introduced vast cultural changes in China.
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University of Maryland: The Emergence of Modern China
Provides information about the Opium Wars, Unequal Treaties, and other actions by Western powers that hastened the fall of Imperial China, and the emergence of modern China.
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University of Maryland: China's Transition to Socialism
A history of China's transition to Socialism and the first five year plan.
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University of Maryland: The Great Leap Forward 1958 60
A history of the "Great Leap Forward". Characterized by China's attempt to accomplish economic and technical development from 1958-1960, causing the greatest famine in history.
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University of Maryland: The Cultural Revolution Decade
A history of another great failure, the Cultural Revolution. It set China back for years because under it most of China's Universities were closed.
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University of Maryland: Republican China (1915 1928)
The history of China during the time just before and just after World War I.
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University of Maryland: Republican China, 1928 1937
Discusses the rise of Communism in China during the period from 1928-1938.