In this lesson, students explore the causes of the Palmer Raids by comparing seven historical sources, including newspaper articles, writings from A. Mitchell Palmer and Emma Goldman, photographs from the front page of a newspaper, and a video released by the Ford Motor Company.
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In this lesson, students deliberate the origins of the Chicago race riots by exploring five documents that reflect different social, cultural, and economic causes. Students will look at two separate history book accounts of the event and learn to identify bias in sources. Students will then analyze three documents from the time period to determine other factors that may have contributed to the riots.
In this passage, students read about a long and persistent fight by advocates of woman suffrage winning a victory in the Senate by a vote of 56 to 25, adopting the Susan Anthony amendment to the Constitution. The suffrage supporters had two more than the necessary two-thirds vote of Senators present. Had all the Senators known to be in favor of suffrage been present, the amendment would have had 66 votes, or two more than a two-thirds vote of the entire Senate. A vocabulary activity and comprehension question set are included with this article.
This resource is a short (3:58 minutes) video biography of Babe Ruth from YouTube. The video includes personal and professional information about his life.
This learning activity includes a biography of Amelia Earhart and several other fun activities for students to build their knowledge about the first woman to fly across the Atlantic. The activities can be printed or completed online.
Watch Emmeline Pankhurst, a militant British suffragette, and activist who helped women secure the right to vote give her "I Incite This Meeting to Rebellion" speech to her supporters. In her speech, she advocates that they take more drastic measures in their fight for suffrage. Police receive word of the gathering, and the situation becomes tense when they arrive.
This clip highlights the Ford Model T and explains how the invention of the assembly line has made it the first car affordable to the masses. It also illustrates how the assembly line improved manufacturing processes and led to job specialization within factories.
This video presents a short biography of W.E.B Du Bois, one of the most influential African-American intellectuals and a leading figure of the early Civil Rights Movement. He was a leading figure of the Niagara Movement and a co-founder of the NAACP.
This video is a short biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, an influential 20th-century author best known for works such as The Great Gatsby and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He is one of the most famous writers of the "Lost Generation," people who came of age during or shortly after the first World War and became disillusioned by the senseless death and destruction.
This video is a short biography of Ernest Hemingway, an influential 20th-century author, and journalist who is best known for works such as The Sun Also Rises and The Old Man and the Sea. He is one of the most famous writers of the "Lost Generation," people who came of age during or shortly after the first World War and became disillusioned by the senseless death and destruction
This video describes how women obtained the right to vote in the United States.
In this video clip, Linus' class gives a presentation on America's great inventors, from the creation of the telephone to the electric light. Linus starts by talking about the invention of the telephone.
In this Night of the Museum clip, Larry Daley encounters Amelia Earhart as he tries to get away from a tribe of angry men. They quickly get acquainted, and she has a chance to briefly tell him about herself and her achievements.
In this video clip, Charlie Brown learns about the Wright Brothers' flight attempts from his cousin.
The Peanuts help the Wright Brothers set up their flyer for another test drive in hopes of beating their past records. One of the Peanuts explains to Charlie Brown how their first flight went and how they decided who would fly first. The Peanuts also explain how the Wright Brothers pilot their glider.
This is a WebQuest from iCivics to help students learn about four civic tactics that supporters of women's suffrage took to move the nation to ratify the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. Teachers can use this resource while teaching a lesson on women's suffrage.
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This is a collection of photographs and student activities that teach engineering skills by teaching students about the four forces of flight (drag, lift, weight, and thrust). Students are also challenged to a paper airplane test!
This collection includes videos, audio, photographs, activities, and lesson ideas to explore jazz and blues developed from the 1920s to the Great Depression and beyond.
This collection includes photographs of jazz musicians Duke Ellington, George Wein, and Frank Sinatra.
This collection includes videos, photographs, and sheet music about jazz. Students can use the collection to explore the history of jazz in America.
This informational link includes 15 audio recordings by jazz greats and introductions that discuss the relevance of the songs.
This is a collection of three videos that tell the story of suffragists in 1917 as they fight for the right to vote. There is an educator's guide included and can be found at the following link: https://historyexplorer.si.edu/sites/default/files/The_Suffragist_Educators_Guide.pdf.
This collection includes photographs and flyers from the Progressive Era. Photos depict the "modern woman", consumer goods from the Era, and political candidates.
