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Marketing a Bad Idea: Why So Many People Joined the Klan in the 1920s

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
How did the Klu Klux Klan manage to gain so many members during the 1920s? Class members examine Klan documents and promotional materials to gain an understanding of the propaganda techniques used to attract members.
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JAPAN, IMAGES A PEOPLE

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students interpret Japanese and American paintings; evaluate paintings as sources of cultural and historical information
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They Were All Stars: An Introduction to Leagues Baseball

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the basic knowledge of Negro Leagues baseball. Students identify and analyze the important individuals and events associated with Negro Leagues baseball history. Students identify key vocabulary related to this period...
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Unsung Military Heroes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this lesson, students are introduced to the contributions made by African-American soldiers that have been excluded from traditional textbooks. To gain an appreciation for these unsung heroes, students engage in research to ultimately...
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The Pledge of Allegiance

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students memorize the Pledge of Allegiance. In this American history activity, students identify the meaning of words in the Pledge of Allegiance. Students put together a Pledge of Allegiance puzzle.
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Segregated America

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate Jim Crow laws. In this segregation lesson, students analyze images that display American segregation. Students use the provided questions to aid them in their evaluation of the images.
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Myths of the Wild West

For Teachers K - 12th
Students examine the Wild West as it was depicted in films and books. In groups, they compare this information to what it was really like as they find out in books. They also discover the role of the Native Americans in the Wild West...
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President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt

For Students 5th - 6th
In this biography comprehension worksheet, learners read a 3 page selection on President Roosevelt and answer 8 multiple choice question about the selection. The selection is a
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Realism in Music, The Underground Railroad

For Teachers 5th
Students complete a unit of 9 lessons to learn about realism in music during the time of the Underground Railroad. In this music realism lesson, students learn about coded lyrics in the slave songs. Students complete 9 lessons using...
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Crane, London, and Literary Naturalism

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students identify the key characteristics that comprise American literary naturalism in Jack London's "To Build a Fire" and Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat." In this naturalism analysis activity, students identify characteristics of the...
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Clara Barton

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the social change during the nineteenth sand early twentieth centuries. The founding of the American Red Cross by Clara Barton and the role it played in organizing help for those in need is examined in this lesson.
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Nineteenth- Century America in Art and Literature

For Students 5th - 6th
In this historical letter writing worksheet, learners choose an aspect of 19th century American life that is of interest. Students write a letter from the point of view of a person in this time. Learners exchange letters with a partner...
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This Great Enterprise”: Theodore Roosevelt and the Panama Canal

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the implications of the "Great Enterprise." In this Panama Canal lesson plan, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding President Teddy Roosevelt and Panama Canal. Students respond to discussion...
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What Does This Song Really Say?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students investigate communication by analyzing lyrics from a song. In this music arts lesson, students discuss slavery, the Underground Railroad and African American traditions while listening to a song called "This Train." Students...
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That's Not Fair!! Human Rights Violations during the 1800s

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners explore the migration of African Americans into the Hoosier area. They develop a time line showing migration patterns in Indiana and explore reasons for African Americans to settle and/or travel through Indiana.
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Women’s History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the "Cult of Domesticity." In this women's history lesson plan, students visit the specified Web sites to engage in research related to the characteristics that were thought to represent true womanhood as well as...

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