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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: City of Immigrants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Players navigate New York's Lower East Side as Lena, a young Jewish immigrant from Russia who is trying to save money to bring her parents to America. She works long hours in a factory for little money and gets caught up in the growing...
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PBS

Pbs: Independent Lens: Strange Fruit: Protest Music Past and Present

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to audio clips of songs of protest from eight eras of U.S. history. Explore the lyrics, learn about the songwriters, and gather background information on the music that served and continues to serve as a catalyst for thought,...
Interactive
BBC

Bbc Earth: Your Life on Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the story of your life on Earth. Unique interactive lets you find out how, since the date of your birth, your life has progressed. At the same time, investigate how the world around you has changed since you've been alive and how...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Stories: Legacies of Who We Are

For Students 9th - 10th
Storyteller and educator Awele Makeba combines performing arts and history to tell a powerful story from the American Civil Rights Movement. Free registration is required for full access to the lesson.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Spirit of Nationalism: Margaret Fuller

For Students 9th - 10th
Margaret Fuller is featured for her writings during the transcendentalist movement of the nineteenth century, considered progressive for her times as women of the era were not taught to think. Click "Margaret Fuller Activities" for...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Phase Changes

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity reviews of states of matter, then relates them to atomic movement as it is affected by attractions between atoms and the addition of energy. Latent heat and evaporative cooling are also topics covered. Multiple-choice and...
Handout
National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Jane Addams

For Students 9th - 10th
A progressive social reformer and activist, Jane Addams was on the frontline of the settlement house movement and was the first American woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Born in Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Library of Congress American Memory project, this extensive online archive contains first-person narratives of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves that were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal...
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Library of Congress

Loc: World War Ii Military Situation Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
World War II Military Situation Maps contains maps showing troop positions beginning on June 6, 1944 to July 26, 1945. Starting with the D-Day Invasion, the maps give daily details on the military campaigns in Western Europe, showing the...
eBook
Other

America Dept. Of State: Outline of American Literature [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online book presents an overview of American literature chronologically. Eras and movements are explained and biographies of significant authors are provided. This is a good way to understand the background and influences of...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Cultural Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Exciting lesson plan teaching students about the social change in women's role in society that allowed women the right to vote. Students will learn about the process women went through to gain the right to vote by exploring various...
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Fannie Lou Hamer and Social Activism

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson provides an insight into the rhetoric and social action of Fannie Lou Hamer. By focusing on three speeches through her career, students will better be able to understand how she was able to influence social change.
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Digital Public Library of America

Dpla: Battle on the Ballot: Political Outsiders in Us Presidential Elections

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition explores the rich history of select individuals, parties, events, and movements that have influenced US presidential elections from the outside-outside Washington politics, outside the two-party system, and outside the...
Handout
Social Studies Help Center

Social Studies Help Center: Turn of the Century African American Reformers

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief outline of information about African Americans & reform during the Progressive Era. Links to more information on Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Marcus Garvey.
Handout
Country Studies US

Country Studies: Roosevelt's Reforms

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses how during Theodore Roosevelt's presidency, the Progressive movement gained momentum throughout the United States. Known for his "Square deal," and his role as a "Trustbuster", under Roosevelt's guidance Progressive...
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Curated OER

Etc: Movement of the Center of Population, 1790 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of the eastern United States showing the westward progression of the centers of population from 1790 to 1920.
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US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Political Cartoons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Offers teaching activities, four political cartoons, and a narrative about reforms proposed by three major presidential candidates in 1912: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.
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Other

Naacp: How the Naacp Began

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Collection: Unladylike2020

For Students 9th - 10th
These digital resources present the rich history of 26 little-known Progressive Era women, diverse in profession, race, ethnicity, geographical and class backgrounds, sexual orientation and gender expression, who broke barriers in...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Roosevelt's Reforms

For Students 9th - 10th
Article outlines the sweeping social, economic, and environmental reforms imposed by President Theodore Roosevelt during the early 20th Centruy Progressive Era.
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Chronology of the Mississippi Burning Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a colorful chart detailing the date by date progression of the Mississippi Burning Trial.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Tumultous 1960's

For Students 9th - 10th
The decade of the 1960s was a time of protest about the Vietnam War and civil rights, and progressive legislation addressing many problems. Find primary source material, charts, and statistics that cover these topics. Included are...
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New York Public Library

Aame: Runaway Journeys: The Underground Railroad in the 19th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
A great map showing the pathways of escape on the Underground Railroad throughout the United States. From the Schomburg Center for Research. You can also find a map of routes in the 18th century. Students can see the progression of...

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