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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIda B. Wells-Barnett and Her Passion for Justice
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis resource, from Professor Lee D. Baker at Duke University, features a brief biography of Ida B. Wells-Barnett. Born in 1862,...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, United States, United States History1897 Petition Against the Annexation of Hawaii recounts the struggle for control of Hawaii between nativeHawaiians and American ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0![Thumb image for "To Negro Writers" [1935] - - by Langston Hughes](/cognoti/content/file/resources/weblink/20/208b257c/208b257c40996e25c92763e4bed3cf4bbb337bb6/c77badd3ed246191_thumbnail_medium.jpg)
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"To Negro Writers" [1935] - - by Langston Hughes
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Literary Analysis, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryThis resource, from the University of Illinois Modern Poetry Web site, provides an online text of Langston Hughes 1935 essay t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkOn the Front Lines With the Little Rock 9
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryThis resource, from the PBS Kids WayBack feature, provides information about The Little Rock Nine. The page features informati...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink200,000 March for Civil Rights in Orderly Washington Rally; President Sees Gain for Negro
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how 200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Industrial Age in America: Sweatshops, Steel Mills, and Factories
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, American Democracy, World History and 2 additional..In this lesson from EDSITEment, students research working conditions in the Age of Industrialization and examine worker response...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfrican Americans After World War I: Had Race Relations Changed?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Literature, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from EDSITEment, explores the state of race relations in the U.S. before, during, and after World War I. Students c...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Industrial Age in America: Robber Barons and Captains of Industry
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, American Democracy, World History and 2 additional..In this EDSITEment lesson, students research several industrialists and financiers to attempt to establish a distinction between...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNorth Africa and Southern Europe Map
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryWith this interactive map, students learning about World War II can trace the progress of the Allied troops in North Africa and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Panic of 1837 and the Presidency of Martin Van Buren
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, United States HistoryIn this EDSITEment lesson, students analyze period political cartoons as they study the causes of the economic downturn that beg...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkInteractive Tour of Ellis Island
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryIn this interactive tour, from Scholastic, Ellis Island comes to life. Ellis Island is the site where millions of immigrants fir...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPolitical Cartoons Illustrating Progressivism and the Election of 1912
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Visual Arts, Branches of Government and 2 additional..Political Cartoons Illustrating Progressivism and the Election of 1912 offers teaching activities, four political cartoons, and ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink400 U.S. Marshals Sent to Alabama as Montgomery Bus Riots Hurt 20; President Bids State Keep Order
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, describes how a white mob attacked a busload of Freedom Ride...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAn American Hero: The Biography of Cesar E. Chavez
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryThis Web page, from the California Department of Education, features a biography of civil rights activist Cesar Chavez. The biog...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnnie Moore -- The First Immigrant to Enter Ellis Island
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryThis ReadWriteThink resource features information about Annie Moore, a 15-year-old Irish girl who became the first immigrant to ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVietnam Scavenger Hunts
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, World History, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryThis page, from Mrs. Schulze s English Site, provides a series of online Vietnam War scavenger hunts that explore the effect of ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAfrican American Photographs Assembled for 1900 Paris Exposition
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Photos gathered for use in the American Negro Exhibit at the Paris Exposition, consisting of portraits and scenes of education, ...Contributor: Library of CongressViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkNew Deal Network - Political Cartoons and the TVA
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Career & Technical Ed, Visual Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson plan, from the New Deal Network, students learn to deconstruct a political cartoon in order to understand its mes...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAnsel Adams's Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: No subjects selected.Portraits, views of daily life, agricultural scenes, and sports and leisure activities.Contributor: Library of CongressViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Memory: The Learning Page Lesson Plans - What Is an American?
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryIn this lesson, students read and analyse Jean de Crèvecoeur s definition of an American, written in 1782. They go on to look at...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0