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Read Works: Eyewitness to History: Grandma Was a Protester

For Teachers 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage shares information about a young girl's grandmother who protested the Vietnam War. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Sonoma State University

Sonoma State University: Alfred Adler's Individual Psychology

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives biographical overview and explanations of Adler's theories.
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International Civil Rights Center: Explore History: Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1960, four students at North Carolina A&T University decided to protest segregation laws by staging a sit-in at the Woolworth store lunch counter. Their action sparked a nation-wide protest by students that spread from just...
Article
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Holy Tradition: The Road That Leads to Home

For Students 9th - 10th
This Orthodox Christian Information Center site gives the reader a perspective in Christianity as seen and practiced by a devoted United Methodist Pastor/Official. The issue at hand here and being addressed is that Christianity, in...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Institutionalizing Religious Belief: The Benevolent Empire

For Students 5th - 8th
Many social movements in the early 19th century had a religious foundation. Read about the Benevolent Empire, a loose coalition of Protestant denominations that addressed social issues of the time.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Library: I Will Be Heard: Prominent Abolitionists

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the impetus behind the anti-slavery movement and the philosophy that united all abolitionists even though they followed different routes. Included are links to individual biographies of prominent abolitionists.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Religious Revival

For Students 5th - 8th
The Second Great Awakening was transformative in ways beyond religion. Read about the new ideas about religion and see how they emphasized individual dignity and worth. This then reflected on the early ideas of women's suffrage, and the...
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iCivics

I Civics: Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that extended First Amendment protections to students in the classroom. Students learn about the concept of symbolic speech and how students gained the right to engage in...
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Tribal Court Clearinghouse: Text of Indian Civil Rights Act

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of the Indian Civil Rights Act, passed in 1968. Tells what the act is, what individual rights are protected by the act, and how the act differs from the Bill of Rights.
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Baptism

For Students 9th - 10th
Extremely thorough site exploring the history and rituals of baptism in the Christian Church. Content includes a focus on what the Church says about baptism, what it means to be baptized, the various forms of baptism, where and when...
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Arizona State University

Art Lesson: Should Art Be for Art's Sake?

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson plan where the teacher presents the five traditional theories of art (formalism, instrumentalism, imitationalism expressionism and institutionalism.) Students review Chicana/o and earlier protest art from an instrumental point...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: The Great Depression 1929 1932: President Hoover's Response

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines how Herbert Hubert responded to the crisis of the Great Depression and his personal belief system that caused him to respond that way. Also looks at how governments at other levels addressed the Great Depression, and why most...
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Civic's Resources: Texas v. Gregory Lee Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
In August 1984, the Republican National Convention was held in Dallas, Texas. On August 22, a group of about 100 demonstrators marched through the streets of Dallas to dramatize the consequences of nuclear war and protest certain...