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  • Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Skills Lesson

Skills Lesson: Political Cartoons

A black-and-white line drawing of a giant, wheeled machine fronted with two outstretched hands pushes crowds of people off a cliff into a valley labeled "Unemployment Dump." The machine is labeled "Modern Machinery."
  • newberry
  • March 7, 2022
  • Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Skills Lesson

Skills Lesson: Bias

Print of a hand-drawn image. A wagon train of pioneer wagons move westward across a plain. In the background is a mountain range with the sun rising over it. In the upper left is a small circular image of white explorers standing on the edge of a cliff and pointing to a river valley below. In the lower right is a circular image of men two men on a road by a tent. In the background is a body of water with a boat. The image’s title “The March of Destiny” hangs across the top of the main image on a banner.
  • newberry
  • March 1, 2022
  • 20th Century, Activities, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Visual Literacy

World War II and US Visual Culture

Painting of a white woman wearing blue work overalls and goggles on her forehead. She sits on a box while eating a sandwich. A riveter tool lays across her lap, and her feet rest on a copy of Mein Kampf. The background is in American flag.
  • newberry
  • February 28, 2022
  • 19th Century, Activities, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Lesson Plans

Civil War Letters

  • newberry
  • February 28, 2022
  • 14th Century, 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century

Learning from Premodern Plagues

  • DCCAuthor
  • October 13, 2021
  • 14th Century, 15th Century, 16th Century, 17th Century

Renaissance Humanism

  • DCCAuthor
  • October 4, 2021
  • 18th Century, 19th Century, Collection Essays

Latin American Independence in the Age of Revolutions

  • DCCAuthor
  • August 25, 2021
  • 19th Century, Activities, Classroom Materials, Grades 4 and Up, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Visual Literacy

Immigration and Universal Suffrage

  • DCCAuthor
  • July 12, 2021
  • 20th Century, Classroom Materials, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Lesson Plans, Visual Literacy

All Together in World War I

  • DCCAuthor
  • July 7, 2021
  • 20th Century, Classroom Materials, Grades 6 and Up, Grades 8 and Up, Lesson Plans

Pullman Porters

  • DCCAuthor
  • July 7, 2021
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