HISTORY
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Parents, Flappers and Women’s History Month
In honor of women’s history month, we bring you a reading selection that highlights the upheaval American society experienced in…
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Vietnam Veterans in American Historical Memory
Early in his first term, President Donald Trump signed the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017, establishing March 29…
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Margaret Sanger: The Woman Rebel
The letters are heartbreaking. Women who had borne three, four, five, or more children in as many years of marriage…
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Why Government Teacher Amy Messick Ran For School Board
Teaching government at Hilliard Darby High School in Ohio (a suburb of Columbus), Amy Messick helps students understand how our…
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Applications open March 10th for Fall Multi Day Seminars!
Discussion of primary documents. A supportive and engaged group of educators. Historic locations. Free professional development. What more could you…
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Implementing Brown v. Board of Education: One Southern Town’s Story; Part 2
Part II: Teenaged Integration Pioneers Endure a Lonely Spotlight Gloria Sloan Gloria Reeves Sloan was the oldest of the first three…
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Lincoln’s Fragment on the Constitution and Union
Why is Lincoln’s Fragment on the Constitution and Union one of our favorite documents? This document is short enough to be used…
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Bayard Rustin and Nonviolent Resistance: Shaping the Modern Civil Rights Movement
Rosa Parks wasn’t the first African American to publicly protest segregation in regional and local transportation systems in the modern…
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Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation: Sorting the Real from the Myth
One of the many letters Abraham Lincoln received after being elected president in November 1860 was from Alexander Stephens, a…
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Implementing Brown v. Board of Education: One Southern Town’s Story
In May of 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education, finding segregated schools “inherently unequal.” One year…
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