Jacob Riis, Reformer
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces Danish immigrant Jacob Riis, who recorded the underbelly of urban life in his photography.
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Child Labor Reform in the Progressive Era
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, at the turn of the 20th century, progressive reformers turned their attention to the nearly two million children working, often in unhealthy or dangerous work environments.
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Jackie Robinson and the Korean War
Description
Professor Gerald L. Early discusses cultural observations on Jackie Robinson, a staunch civil rights activist, successful businessman, and the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball. Early focuses on the significance of sports as a public arena and form of performance and on African-American perception of baseball.
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The Impulse for Reform
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces the wave of reform movements in U.S. in the 1830s and 1840s. Some campaigned for better conditions in prisons and asylums, while others formed utopian communities or discovered fad diets.
Le Sueur County Historical Society and Museum [MN]
Description
The Society's Museum is housed in a two-story red brick structure designed by George Pass and built in 1895—one of the few remaining examples of late 19th-century schoolhouse architecture. The Museum interprets the history of Le Sueur County through a collection that includes a prehistoric bison skull, one-room school, general store, vintage toy displays, church artifacts, Victorian rooms, and Native American objects. An Art Room showcases area artisans and exhibits honoring the work of Adolf Dehn, Roger Preuss, and David Maass.
The museum offers exhibits and research library access.
Unable to find an official site to confirm the continued existence of the society or museum. The following site mentions that there seems to be an ownership dispute over the museum. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnlesueu/
Immigration and Assimilation
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, in the late 19th century, America's largest cities were dominated by immigrants torn between honoring the traditions of their homeland and embracing American culture.
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Picturing America School Collaboration Conference
Description
From the Newberry Library website:
"[This conference] will support teachers in the development of lessons using images from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Picturing America program.
Conferences will feature presentations by distinguished scholars and sharing of resources in workshop formats. We will use the Newberry Library's collections as well as a visit to the Art Institute of Chicago and a walking tour of Chicago's Loop to model ways for teachers to use local resources in their own communities."
Contact name
Radke, Heather
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Newberry Library
Target Audience
9-12
Start Date
Cost
Free; $400 stipend
Contact Title
Program Assistant
Duration
Two days
End Date
Espionage and Sedition Acts
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the Espionage Act, which regulated anti-war speech during World War I and made it a federal offense to say, do, or publish things that interfered with the war effort.
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Winning World War I With Food
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces food rationing during World War I, a measure taken to help support the troops.
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Franklin K. Lane's Speech on Why the United States Joined in WWI
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary repeats U.S. Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane's speech, in which he said that Germany had "no respect for international law" and had to be punished for sinking the ships of neutral nations.
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