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Alexander Hamilton: Most Likely to Succeed?Explore the conditions and circumstances of Alexander Hamilton’s youth and the strengths he carried with him into his adult life. |
5-8 |
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Campaigns for Economic FreedomThis lesson plan explores the economic impact of racial discrimination and campaigns for jobs and justice. |
9-12 |
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The Colonization of the United StatesUsing video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots, this lesson explores Spanish colonialism in the Southwest; the lesson also expands the discussion to include other countries that colonized in North America. |
9-12 |
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Discovering Alexander HamiltonIn this lesson inspired by the PBS program Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton students learn about Hamilton's contributions to the United States when it was a young nation. |
4-6 |
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Domestic Terror: Understanding Lynching During the Jim Crow EraThis lesson exposes the crime of lynching and explores the many political, legal and social attempts made by individuals and organizations to seek justice. |
9-12 |
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Faith in Change: John LewisThis lesson uses video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots to explore the American civil rights movement of the 1960s through the personal experience of one of its most prominent leaders—Congressman John Lewis. |
9-12 |
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Fighting Jim Crow in the SchoolsIn this lesson students map the events in the fight for education for African Americans from the Jim Crow era to the Civil Rights movement. |
9-12 |
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Free, but not Free: Life of Free Blacks before the Civil WarThis hands-on, media-enhanced lesson explores the life of free blacks in the United States prior to the Civil War using video segments from Finding Your Roots. |
9-11 |
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Hamilton's BankIn this lesson inspired by the PBS program Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton students explore the political and philosophical differences between Alexander Hamilton's Federalists and Thomas Jefferson's Republicans. |
9-12 |
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An Honorable Death?This lesson plan for high school students explores the dispute of honor between Alexander Hamilton and then-Vice president Aaron Burr. |
9-12 |
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I'll Take MannahattaIn this lesson students learn about the original ecology of Manhattan and about the Lenape, the native people who inhabited the island for thousands of years before the arrival of the Dutch in 1609. |
3-5 |
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The Jim Crow Years: People Who Made a DifferenceIn this lesson, students identify individuals who distinguished themselves and made contributions to their communities during the Jim Crow era. |
9-12 |
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The Law and Politics of Jim CrowThis lesson examines the changing legal status of African Americans after slavery, the political violence that accompanied that change, and the legal challenges to Jim Crow. |
9-12 |
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No Trepassing!In this lesson inspired by the PBS program Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton students learn about the issues that created tensions between Loyalists and Patriots in the years immediately following the American Revolution. |
6-8 |
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Painting a Picture of the Life and Times of Alexander HamiltonUsing video segments from Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton, students learn about the life and times of Alexander Hamilton and how paintings can convey information about people and historical events. |
3-5 |
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The Quest for Religious FreedomIn this lesson, video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots are used to explore how religion has played a part in attracting immigrants to the U.S. and the role it plays in the lives of modern American families. |
10-12 |
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The Quest for Success: The Alexander Hamilton StoryIn this lesson students watch video segments from Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton and learn about how Alexander Hamilton overcame a difficult childhood to become a successful lawyer, a military hero and an advisor to George Washington. |
3-5 |
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Read All About It!: The African American Press in the Jim Crow YearsIn this lesson, students explore the organizational structure of newspapers and learn about the significance of the African American Press during the Jim Crow era. |
Pre-K-12 |
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Realities of Life in the Jim Crow EraThis hands-on, media-enhanced lesson explores life in the Jim Crow South using video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots. |
8-11 |
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Re-Examining BrownThis lesson explores the historical complexity of the struggle to desegregate schools, the geographic scope of racism, conditions that prompted activism and litigation, and how laws have changed over time. |
9-12 |
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Slavery in the NorthThis hands-on, media-enhanced lesson uses video segments from the PBS series Finding Your Roots to explore the extent to which slavery existed in the North. |
8-11 |
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Strategies for an Equal EducationStudents examine the inequality in education faced by African Americans in the 20th century. They review the Fourteenth Amendment, identify and examine strategies used to overcome discrimination, and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each. |
6-12 |
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Taking a StandThis lesson provides an introduction to the discrimination and segregation that triggered the Civil Rights movement, through the eyes of some of the youngest activists at the time. |
3-5 |
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They're Coming to America: Immigrants Past and PresentIn this lesson, students will explore the history of America, a nation of immigrants. |
5-7 |
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Understanding and Applying the Miranda DecisionIn this lesson students learn about the landmark Supreme Court case Miranda v. Arizona (1966) and apply the principles of Miranda to subsequent cases. |
9-12 |
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Understanding White SupremacyThis lesson plan explores how white southerners tried to protect their economic, political, and social privilege in the face of the Civil Rights movement. |
9-12 |
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Whiskey and War: An Exploration of the Conflicts Between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas JeffersonUsing video segments from Rediscovering Alexander Hamilton, this activity allows students to explore the causes and effects of the Whiskey Rebellion, as both an important test for the federal government and for Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton. |
6-8 |
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