National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Women's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Women's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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National Humanities Center: America in Class: The Radio: Blessing or Curse? A 1929 Debate
Lesson on how the debate over commercial radio reflected American attitudes toward technological change in the 1920s. Includes teacher notes, background, strategies for text analysis and close reading questions as well as follow-up and...
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Coming to America: The Era of Mass Immigration
From 1865 to 1914, up to 25 million people immigrated to the United States. This tutorial examines their reasons for coming, where they came from, the Ellis Island processing center, and how they adapted to their new country. The...
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National Humanities Center: America in Class: Lexington and Concord: Tipping Point of Revolution
Lesson where students examine primary texts from 1775 and 1776 to explore the impact of the Battles of Lexington and Concord on people's attitudes towards the British. Up to that point, protests against the British had not been violent,...