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The major categories under which the lessons are organized include:
High School Lesson Plans
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United States History
Era 6: Development of Industrial, Urban and Global United States (1870-1930)
Tragedy, Triumph, or Trespass?
An Evaluation of Westward Expansion (1860s-1870s)
By: Greg Schreur
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TR (Teddy Roosevelt) Redefines American (1870-1920)
By: Russ Norris
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How Theodore Roosevelt Saved Football
Inpsired by the book, The Big Scrum, by John J. Miller
By: Anthony Salciccioli
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Urban Growth and Child Labor (1870-1930)
By: Michelle Serafin
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Muckrakers to Progressives: A Congressional Testimony Roleplay (1895-1930)
By: Chuck Jager
Primary Source Lesson Plan
Who were the Progressive Organizations?
By: Lindsay Flynn
Framework for Library of Congress Lesson
Handouts LOC Lesson
Primary Resources from the LOC
The Power of Peace: Protests, Public Policy, and Civil Disobedience (1900's)
By: Kathy Bennett
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In Search of the Promised Land: African American Migration Patterns (1910-1950)
By: Lynn M. Kelley
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The Woman's Suffrage Movement
By: Deidrah Scott
The Woman's Suffrage Movement Unit
Women and the Right to Vote (1910-1920)
By: Gretchen Storey
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"Over There"
Explore the US Entrance into World War I (1913-1917)
By: Senia Kuntze
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The Newlands Reclamation Debate: Water for Sale (1920)
By: Mary Helen Diegel
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Consumer Tastes and Advertising-The 1920's vs. Today (1920)
By: Amy Seguin
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Advertising, Yesterday and Today: Emergence of Advertising in America (1850-1920)
By: Emily Smith
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Connecting the Great Gatsby to the Jazz Age (1920)
By: Scott Fitzgerald
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"Their Eyes Were Watching God," A Novel By Zora Neale Hurston
By: Amy Cote
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Sources of Urbanization in the U.S. 1870-1920, Rural Migration Patterns
By: Andrew Miller
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Era 7: Great Depression and World War II (1920-1945)
The Harlem Renaissance: The Age of Vouge
By: Lynn Kelley
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The Dustbowl and the New Deal (1920's)
By: Karen Villegas
Setting the Stage for the New Deal ver.2.wmv
The Dust Bowl and the New Deal Lesson Plan
The Great Depression: Labor Relations
By: Jeremiah May
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Photographs of Migrant or Displaced Workers & Life Events
Used to Compare to Descriptions of Characters in “The Grapes of Wrath” by: John Steinbeck (1929-1945)
By: Jennifer Simula
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Constructing Narrative From the Migrant Experience in Literature (1920-1945)
By: Thomas Suchenek
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The Experiences of African Americans During the Great Depression (1930's)
By: Deborah Wood
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WWII Perspectives Through American Print Media (1925-1945)
By: Jennifer Livingston
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“The Magna Carta”
The importance of the Magna Carta & The Story of Storing it at the Library of
Congress from 1939-1946
By: Toni Simovski
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The Navajo Code Talkers (1942-1945)
By: Kathy Swanger
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Introduction to Japanese Internment (1943)
By: Brandon Currin
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America at War: The Experiences of Children in World War II and Today
By: Mike Gervasi & Gail Ashburn
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Cryptography: Oral History of WWII Veteran Lawrence E. Arnett
By: Jacqueline Crandall & Laura Edge
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US Involvement in WWII and the Liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp
By: Shannon D'Agostino & Kathryn Munoz
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Bombs Away!! The Role of Strategic Bombing in Changing Warfare in World War II
By: Bryan Richards & Joe Maci
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World War II Turning Points in the Pacific: Philippine Campaign-Battle of Leyte Gulf
By: Janice Warju & Carol Osborne
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Era 8: Post World War II United States (1945-1989)
Coca-Cola Advertising With Primary Source Documents (1949-1999)
By: Theresa McCrumb
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Exploring the Marshall Plan Through Primary Resources (1947-1950)
By: Ruth Duling
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Supplemental Pictures and Documents
Segregation Documents From the Library of Congress (1945-1989)
By: Michael Jones
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Primary Resource Documents
“To Pass, or not to Pass” The Equal Rights Amendment Dilemma
By: Toni Simovski
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The Tuskegee Airmen:
We Fight, We Fight! A Look at the Tuskegee Airmen Bomber Pilots in WWII
By: Marsha Lewis
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Protest and Pride: The Entertainment Industry Response to the Vietnam War ( 1965-1970)
By: Rick Jackson
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Era 9: America in a New Global Age
What Are Civil Rights?
By: Nicola Turner
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Foreign Relations of the United States During the Post WWII Era
By: Kimberly Hudson-Holland
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks and Their Impact On Our Freedom (2001)
By: Sandy Glenn
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9-11 and Beyond (2001)
By: Mary Johnson
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United States Govenernment
Teaching American Government Using Primary Documents
By: Ray Walker
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