Date: Jun 27 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9307" align="alignright" width="300"] Youngest parader in New York City suffragist parade (c.1912).[/caption]
In the context of our current society and the quest for equal rights, students will be intrigued by the following lesson on the progression of women’s rights throughout United States history. Some students may be unaware that women did not gain the right to vote un…
Date: Jun 13 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9298" align="alignright" width="300"] FDR Inaugural Program[/caption]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address is one of the most important speeches in United States History. Faced with the turmoil of the Great Depression, FDR laid out a plan for resurrecting the failing economy and the alleviating the suffering of the American people. FDR’s programs focused on…
Date: Jun 6 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9281" align="alignright" width="300"] Destitute pea picker illustrates migrant workers in California during the 1930s. Such images shed like on the so-called "Forgotten People" in the American media.[/caption]
In an age when the media dictates and manipulates the public perception of essentially everything, the following lesson plans explores how media bias shaped historic…