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Children’s Attitudes about Slavery and Women’s Abolitionism as Seen through Anti-slavery Fairs
Overview Over two days, students will examine the attitudes that children from northern states had about slavery during the 1830s to 1860s and how abolitionists tried to change their way of thinking. They will also explore how woman...
Who was president during World War I?
Who was president during World War I? Explained by Chad Williams Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Brandeis University Question 79
Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II?
Who was president during the Great Depression and World War II? Explained by Chad Williams Samuel J. and Augusta Spector Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Brandeis University Question 80
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What movement tried to end racial discrimination?
What movement tried to end racial discrimination? Explained by Hasan Kwame Jeffries Associate Professor of History, The Ohio State University Question 84
What did Martin Luther King Jr. do?
What did Martin Luther King Jr. do? Explained by Hasan Kwame Jeffries Associate Professor of History, The Ohio State University Question 85
William Sturkey - "The Ballad of Roy Benavidez: The Life and Times of America's Most Famous Hispanic War Hero"
William Sturkey is an associate professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania. Order The Ballad of Roy Benavidez at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link...
"Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreno Played the Piano for President Lincoln"
As a little girl, Teresa Carreño loved to let her hands dance across the beautiful keys of the piano. If she felt sad, music cheered her up, and when she was happy, the piano helped her share that joy. Soon she was writing her own...
Latino and Latina Civil Rights, 1930-1970
About This Lesson Plan Unit The objective of the unit is to have students recognize the economic, social, and political challenges faced by Latinas and Latinos throughout the United States from the 1930s through the 1960s, as...
Prominent Latinos and Latinas in the Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century United States
About This Lesson Plan Unit The objective of the unit is to have students recognize the economic, social, and political challenges faced by Latinas and Latinos throughout the United States from the 1930s through the 1960s, as...
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