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Lincoln’s Fragment on the Constitution and Union

Teaching American History

(c1903 from photo taken on May 16, 1861) Library of Congress. There is something back of these, entwining itself more closely about the human heart. The post Lincoln’s Fragment on the Constitution and Union appeared first on Teaching American History. All this is not the result of accident.

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Cuts at the NEH

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Last week, the ASHP was one of many organizations and individuals suddenly notified about the termination of grants funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Its state humanities councils bring reading programs, traveling exhibits, and authors to some of the country’s most rural corners.

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Implementing Brown v. Board of Education: One Southern Town’s Story

Teaching American History

This act required integration in employment, retail businesses and restaurants, and public facilities like libraries, parks and museumsas well as schools. I was only dimly aware that my father served on the local Human Relations Committee. Might those white parents whose children drew black teachers complain?

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Conflicted Policies? Civil Rights and the War in Vietnam

Teaching American History

We recall the numerous persons who have been murdered in the South because of their efforts to secure their civil and human rights, and whose murderers have been allowed to escape penalty for their crimes. Civil Rights and the War in Vietnam appeared first on Teaching American History. The post Conflicted Policies?

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Parents, Flappers and Women’s History Month

Teaching American History

I never learned from either parent whether I was male or female, or that there was such a division in the human species. The Changing Role and Status of Women Courting vs. Dating The post Parents, Flappers and Womens History Month appeared first on Teaching American History.

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Joshua Dunn, Teachers Discuss Judiciary’s Involvement in Education

Teaching American History

Little wonder that Dunn’s course in this year’s summer residential Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG ) program, “From Courthouse to Schoolhouse,” drew teachers from urban and rural areas across the country. If students wanted to read books outside this collection, they might find them in the local public library.

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Juneteenth: Teaching Outside the Textbook

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Source: Library of Congress Juneteenth — June 19th, also known as Emancipation Day — is one of the commemorations of people seizing their freedom in the United States. African American History Monument by Ed Dwight, State Capitol Grounds, Columbia, South Carolina. Dancer at Juneteenth celebration in Washington, D.C. The Brown v.

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