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Historyteacher.net: Intellectual/social/cultural Movements 1870's 1914 (5)

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this 12 question matching quiz on the intellectual, social and cultural movements from the 1870's to 1914.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Social Darwinism and American Laissez Faire Capitalism

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity-based resource in which students apply Constitutional ideas to evaluate the Federal State Tax Law as they make a case for or against abolishing the tax. Site contains comprehensive resources on the topic.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Old Values vs. New Values

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the clash between the old way of life of the Victorian Age and the new, the Jazz Age.
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Other

Unc Charlotte: History of Scientific Racism [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly article by Anthropology Professor Jonathan Marks on the history of scientific racism. Published in the Encyclopedia of Race and Racism.
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: Notes on the State of Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read the complete text of Thomas Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia" and highlight rhetoric in blue, orientalism in red, and social Darwinism in green. When finished, click save to see how...
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Progressivsim Sweeps the Nation

For Students 5th - 8th
The government that supported laissez-faire policies and Social Darwinism was finally considered corrupt and immoral. Read about the ideas of the Progressive Era and see how these ideas were put into activist government policy.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Herbert Spencer

For Students 9th - 10th
An English philosopher most prominently known as the father of Social Darwinism, a school of thought that applied the evolutionist theory of survival of the fittest to sociological concerns of educatioon and class struggle.