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…
Date: May 30 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9272" align="alignright" width="300"] Print showcasing immigrants arriving from many nations using a variety of transportation methods (c.1882).[/caption]
Developed as part of the America Comes to Age Workshop, the following lesson plan was prepared for elementary students and focuses on establishing a clear understanding of the difference a primary and secondary source.
Date: May 9 2016
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The Emerging America program at the Educational Collaborative in collaboration with the Library of Congress and Special Education in Institutional Settings (SEIS) is pleased to announce a new primary source set on the the Cold War Era! The following set makes available a wide range of primary source resources from the Library of Congress on a number of topics from the years between 1945 and 1980.…
Date: May 3 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9228" align="alignright" width="300"] Fourteen year older spinner working at the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill in West, Texas (1913).[/caption]
Developed as a result of participating in the History in Motion program, a collaboration between Emerging America and the Library of Congress, the following primary source set contains materials focused on the American Industrial Revol…
Date: Apr 25 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9219" align="alignright" width="300"] Excelsior Iron Works[/caption]
The Emerging America program at the Educational Collaborative, in collaboration with the Library of Congress and Special Education in Institutional Settings (SEIS), is pleased to announce a new primary source set on Economic Growth between 1800 and 1860 including the Industrial, Market and Transportation…
Date: Apr 21 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9186" align="alignright" width="300"] Springfield, Massachusetts in 1850[/caption]
The following lesson on the industrial growth of Springfield, Massachusetts during the 19th century was created during the National Endowment for Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop – Forge of Innovation: The Springfield Armory and the Genesis of American Industry,…
Date: Apr 11 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9184" align="alignright" width="300"] Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1632[/caption]
Produced during the National Endowment for Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop – Forge of Innovation: The Springfield Armory and the Genesis of American Industry, in the summer of 2015, the following 4 day lesson plan weaves together both local and medieval history to…
Date: Apr 3 2016
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[caption id="attachment_9182" align="alignright" width="300"] Bird's Eye View of Holyoke, Massachusetts (1877)[/caption]
A research unit and project developed during the National Endowment for Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop – Forge of Innovation: The Springfield Armory and the Genesis of American Industry, in the summer of 2015, the following five-day lesson plan an…