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Historical Context: The Human Meaning of Migration

World History

13+

For more than two centuries novelists and autobiographers have explored the human meaning of migration. In hundreds of stories, novels, and autobiographies, these writers have examined what it means to be uprooted, voluntarily or...

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Study Aid: The Language of Cultural Mixture and Persistence

World History

9, 10, 11, 12

The study of migration encourages us to think about the process of cultural adjustment and adaptation that takes place after migrants move from one environment to another. In the early twentieth century, Americans commonly thought of...

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Historical Context: The Survival of the US Constitution

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The United States has the oldest written national framework of government in the world. At the end of the twentieth century, there were about 159 other national constitutions in the world, and 101 had been adopted since 1970. While...

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Historical Context: The Post-World War I Red Scare

Economics, Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The end of World War I was accompanied by a panic over political radicalism. Fear of bombs, Communism, and labor unrest produced a “Red Scare.” In Hammond, Indiana, a jury took two minutes to acquit the killer of an immigrant who had...

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Historical Context: Why Do People Migrate?

Economics, World History

13+

In trying to understand why people migrate, some scholars emphasize individual decision-making, while others stress broader structural forces. Many early scholars of migration emphasized the importance of "push" and "pull" factors....

Essay

Revolutionary in America

Art, Economics, Geography, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The image is so clear in our minds, seen first in elementary school and reinforced countless times since: a few dozen gentlemen with powdered wigs and period suits (coats, waistcoats, and knee-length breeches) gathered in a large...

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Reporting on the Spanish Influenza, 1918

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

These newspaper articles illustrate the impact on American society of Spanish Influenza (H1N1), which first appeared in the United States in March 1918. [1] There were periodic, minor outbreaks for six months, but in September a...

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Diary of World War I nurse Ella Osborn, 1918–1919

World History

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

At the outbreak of World War I, Ella Jane Osborn was a surgical nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. In January 1918, she volunteered to serve with the American Expeditionary Forces as a member of the Red Cross’s nursing...

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Why Black men fought in World War I, 1919

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

During World War I, approximately 370,000 black men in the US military served in segregated regiments and were often relegated to support duties such as digging trenches, transporting supplies, cleaning latrines, and burying the dead....

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Selling World War I: "Buy Liberty Bonds!" 1917-1919

Government and Civics

When the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, it needed funds to support the war effort. The Civil War had demonstrated that simply printing more currency would lead to inflation and economic trouble. During World War...

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1,584 items

Historical Context: The Human Meaning of Migration

Study Aid: The Language of Cultural Mixture and Persistence

Historical Context: The Survival of the US Constitution

Historical Context: The Post-World War I Red Scare

Historical Context: Why Do People Migrate?

Revolutionary in America

Reporting on the Spanish Influenza, 1918

Diary of World War I nurse Ella Osborn, 1918–1919

Why Black men fought in World War I, 1919

Selling World War I: "Buy Liberty Bonds!" 1917-1919

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