The Lowell Girls
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary presents the textile industry in Lowell, MA, as representative of the transition of American girls from the farms to the factories.
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Cultural Shift: Women's Roles in the 1950s
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the change in women's roles following World War II, as the same women who were once encouraged to work in factories to support the war effort were urged to stay home and care for their families.
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Everyday Life in Early America
Description
The seminar will explore the lived experience of ordinary Americans during the colonial period of history. Topics will include family and household, community organization, making a living, religious belief and practice, witchcraft and magic, and shared patterns of human psychology. Material culture will also receive considerable emphasis: domestic architecture, furnishings, and the natural environment. Mornings will be devoted to lectures and discussion; afternoons to field trips and library work.
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Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Phone number
646-366-9666
Target Audience
Middle and high school
Start Date
Cost
Free; $400 stipend granted
Course Credit
Pittsburg State University (PSU) is pleased to offer graduate credit to workshop participants at a tuition fee of $199 per credit hour. Participants can receive three graduate credit hours for the duration of the week.
Duration
One week
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The Women's Sphere
Description
This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how domesticity became the expected role for middle-class women in the 19th century.
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Republican Motherhood
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the post-American-Revolution definition of women's role as working to raise sons who are patriotic.
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Immigration and Assimilation
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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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Beyond the Big Names of the Civil Right Movement
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This iCue Mini-Documentary looks at the lesser-known figures of the Civil Rights Movement. Though Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X are the best-known names in the Civil Rights Movement, there were many more largely unknown people vital to the movement.
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Earnest Green's Story: Integrating Central High School
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Ernest Green was the first black student to graduate from Central High School in Little Rock, AR. In this NBC News segment, Green looks back at the first days of desegregation and his experiences going to Central High.
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John Chancellor Reports on the Integration of Central High School
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In this archival footage, the governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, discusses the issues of desegregation at Central High School in Little Rock. Nine African-American students, known as the Little Rock Nine, were met with protesters when they entered the all-white school.
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Little Rock Nine Discuss Integrating Central High School 45 Years Later
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NBC's Katie Couric talks with the original Little Rock Nine. In 1957, nine African-American students entered Central High School in Little Rock, AR, hoping to end segregation.
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