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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: History of Us: Safe for Democracy?: Wilson's 14 Points [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that directs young scholars to examine Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points. They will discuss how Wilson's plan and the establishment of the League of...
Lesson Plan
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Marching, Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource by the National Humanities Center discusses the role of physical protest in the civil rights movement. Its primary focus, the print "Freedom Now," by Reginald Gammon (1921-2005), depicts the massing of bodies in the name of...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Buying Freedom, Making of African American Identity: V. 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Narratives from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries depicting the struggle by blacks to purchase their own freedom and the impediments they faced.
Article
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Divining America: Puritanism and Predestination

For Students 9th - 10th
The Puritans came to the New World in search of religious freedom. This National Humanities Center article tells what they did with that freedom. Site also offers topics for discussion with students.
Primary
US National Archives

White House: President Discusses Beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom

For Students 9th - 10th
In this transcript of President George W. Bush's radio announcement to the country concerning the invasion of Iraq, he explains the nation's reasons for entering into war. (March 22, 2003)
Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: "The Four Freedoms"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of President Franklin Roosevelt's speech to the 77th Congress entitled "The Four Freedoms" on January 6, 1941.
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US National Archives

Nara: Charter of Freedom: United States as a Beacon of Liberty: Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
National Archives exhibit of the primary source document, Deed of Gift, Statue of Liberty, July 4, 1884.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Working for Freedom: Labor Reform and the Triangle Factory Fire [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the conditions American workers faced in the late 1800s. Students will understand the factors that precipitated the birth and growth...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Down and Out

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read about the response of Herbert Hoover to the suffering of those who were hurting during the Great Depression. From the PBS series, Freedom: A History of US, based on the books by Joy Hakim.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: What Is Freedom?: Politics and Reconstruction [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that guides students through an examination of the outcomes of the Civil War. Includes discussion prompts related to the effectiveness of...
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Curated OER

National Park Service: National Underground Railroad: Network to Freedom

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Park System has preserved many buildings that were used as Underground Railroad stations. See the sites as they stand today and learn about the network that existed.
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9/11 Memorial & Museum

National September 11 Memorial & Museum: The Freedom Quilt [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has partnered with the New York City Department of Education and the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education to develop a robust set of 9/11 lessons for K-12 classrooms. Each lesson...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Price of Freedom: George Washington's Uniform

For Students 9th - 10th
View a photo and read a brief description of George Washington's uniform. Also includes an explanation of Washington's attention to the symbol of the uniform. Displayed in the National Museum of American History.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Making of African American Identity: w.e.b. Du Bois, Souls of Black Folk

For Students 9th - 10th
A chapter that explores how white perceptions influence African American identity. Although granted freedom, citizenship, and suffrage by the Civil War amendments, W. E. B. Du Bois explains how the emancipated black person had yet to be...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: The Making of African American Identity: Volume Ii 1865 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Uses primary resources-historical documents, literary texts, visual images, audio, and video material-to explore how African Americans created group and individual identities in the late-nineteenth century. Topics include freedom,...
Primary
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Separate Is Not Equal: Jim Crow Laws

For Students 9th - 10th
Find Jim Crow laws, see signs, and read restrictive covenants that restricted freedom of movement, housing, and use of public facilities by African Americans in the late 19th and 20 centuries.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Freedom's Story: The Civil Rights Movement: 1968 2008

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent essay from the National Humanities Center that explores the civil rights movement after the groundbreaking legislation in the 1960s. It looks at how the civil rights movement has transitioned in the last part of the 20th and...
Activity
National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Anne Hutchinson

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame honors Anne Hutchinson for her early advocation for religious freedom in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
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Other

Article 19: Promoting Freedom of Expression

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses right to information and freedom of expression issues. Bright, colorful, nicely designed with many resources.
Handout
Association of Religion Data Archives

Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Religious Data

For Students 9th - 10th
A huge collection of religious data sorted by countries around the world. Includes maps and data related to religious freedom, the religions practiced by citizens and more. You can search by country or region.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Lesson Plan: Freedom Quilt

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Lesson that reinforces the state and national symbols learners have learned. Students draw pictures of state and United States symbols and combine them to form a quilt.
Article
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Freedom's Story: Pigmentocracy

For Students 9th - 10th
Trudier Harris, Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, takes a look at pigmentocracy, the distinctions that people of African descent in America make in their various skin tones. She suggests that there is a...
Unit Plan
C3 Teachers

C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 8th
A comprehensive learning module on the WWII internment of Japanese Americans that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and primary source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Students learn...
Unit Plan
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Citizens: African American Identity: 1865 1917

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the efforts of African Americans to be recognized as equal citizens after the Civil War, and the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. Includes links to supplemental information.

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