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American Heritage Themes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore American freedom, unity, progress, and responsibility. In this American history lesson, students discuss what it means to be an American as they reflect on contributions of noteworthy Americans and write a composition...
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Introduction to American Literature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the topic of freedom and what the National Anthem means to them and to our country. They create a new and original verse for the National Anthem.
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Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Learners honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the principles he stood for: justice, equality, freedom, and peace.
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Worksheet
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Anthem Theme of Freedom and Confinement

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 5 short answer and essay questions based on the theme of freedom and confinement in Anthem. Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested.
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Lesson 1:Effects of a Character's Past

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders look at how a character's past affects their life. In this character lesson, 5th graders read Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan. They look at the main characters and see how their past affects their feelings, thoughts, and...
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Minty

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate, read, and discuss about other famous Afro-American leaders. Students compare/contrast slaves home, activities, etc. with that of Afro- Americans today. Students create a time line to post on the wall of Harriet's...
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Jump Ship to Freedom

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders engage in a variety of activities in order to complete a layered unit in Social Studies. The class completes a literature study for the book Jump Ship To Freedom. The activities are graded and built into a portfolio.
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Number the Stars Lost Freedoms

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this reading worksheet, pupils examine the theme of lost freedoms in Lois Lowry's novel Number the Stars. Students answer 10 essay questions about this theme in the book. Note: There is one typographical error on the page.
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Freedom's Children

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners role play a story from from Freedom's Children: Young Civil Rights Activists Tell Their Own Stories. In this segregation activity, young scholars work in a literary circle to create a role play to present to the class. Each...
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Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt

For Students 2nd - 8th
In this Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt worksheet, students read the book Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Crafting Freedom

George Moses Horton: Slavery from a Poet's Perspective

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Pupils have the unique opportunity to learn about the institution of slavery by reading first-hand experiences as described by George Moses Horton, the first slave to publish anti-slavery poetry.
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Pace University

The Harlem Renaissance - The Journey to Freedom: An Interdisciplinary

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The Harlem Renaissance if the focus of a carefully crafted, interdisciplinary unit designed to introduce middle schoolers to the contributions key figures made to American art and culture during the period. Class members select...
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The Sound of Music and Passage to Freedom

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine music examples to investigate a conflict in history about Hitler's invasions during WWII. In this music analysis lesson, 7th graders discuss vocabulary and the history for the Holocaust and Hitler's invasions....
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Free To Speak And Free To Post?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research online and in books city statutes regarding posting signs on utility poles, interview appropriate officials about ordinances and how completely it is enforced, explore what has happened elsewhere when citizens...
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World can't wait, students say

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students create a lesson to present to the rest of the class about current laws, including expressing killing the president as a joke. Students research past events and current laws. Students present to the class using mult-media, oral...
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Module 11--Rules and Freedom

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this verb usage worksheet, students determine if ten rules are true or false and if false change the underlined verb so that they are true. Students match five laws that were put into practice with the time period that they were...
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Marching to Freedom: PowerPoint Presentation debating for or against going to war

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders present research on war. In this debate lesson, 4th graders create a power point presentation debating for or against the American Revolution. Students share their presentations with the class.
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Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights

Vaclav Havel: Free Expression

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Develop an understanding of universal human rights, particularly the freedom of expression, with the questions and activities that analyze the conflicts of Vaclav Havel. Learners define, interpret and rephrase the human rights article in...
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Anonymous Sources in the Media

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
When do people ask for anonymity? Why? After reading the New York Times article "For a Reporter and a Source, Echoes of Broken Promise," young readers participate in a roundtable discussion focusing on freedom of the press and the use of...
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PBS

The Goals of the March on Washington

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Who else had a dream other than Martin Luther King, Jr.? Pupils explore civil rights leaders in a fourth lesson out of a series of five about people who paved the way to freedom for African Americans. The inquiry-based unit has your...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

From Courage to Freedom: Frederick Douglass's 1845 Autobiography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study slavery from the perspctive of an American slave. In this Frederick Douglass lesson, students complete the suggested pre-reading and post-reading activities included for Douglass's autobiography, Narrative of the Life of...
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Independent - To Be or Not Top Be - Day 2, Lesson C: Freedom of Speech

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the following questions: What is it? What is it like? What is an example?
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National Endowment for the Humanities

From Courage to Freedom: The Reality behind the Song

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study how Frederick Douglass uses language to describe a realistic picture of slavery in his writings which are primary source documents. They examine his use of word choice, imagery, irony, and rhetorical appeals and use slave...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

From Courage to Freedom: Slavery's Dehumanizing Effects

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners analyze slavery and its effects on humanity using Frederick Douglass' autobiography. For this slavery instructional activity, students analyze instances of reality and romanticized myth using a slave narrative. Learners explore...

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