This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how temporary workers from Mexico filled huge labor shortages created by World War II and became part of the continuing debate about immigration.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the War of 1812, which started when England tried to restrict American shipping.
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W.W. Keen Butcher of the Foreign Policy Research Institute briefly notes some of the differences between warfare in the first half of the 20th century and modern warfare.
Subsumed into the "Teaching About the Military: The Basics" video.
From the Library of Congress website:
"A cooperative endeavor between the Interpretive Programs Office and the Office of Strategic Initiatives, this institute invites educators from across the country to learn about America's founding documents—the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights—based on the Library's primary and web based materials. Participants will leave with strategies and materials they can use in their schools. The institute uses the Library's exhibition 'Creating the United States' as its foundation."
From the Library of Congress website:
"A cooperative endeavor between the Interpretive Programs Office and the Office of Strategic Initiatives, this institute invites educators from across the country to learn about America's founding documents—the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights—based on the Library's primary and web based materials. Participants will leave with strategies and materials they can use in their schools. The institute uses the Library's exhibition 'Creating the United States' as its foundation."
From the Library of Congress website:
"A cooperative endeavor between the Interpretive Programs Office and the Office of Strategic Initiatives, this institute invites educators from across the country to learn about America's founding documents—the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights—based on the Library's primary and web based materials. Participants will leave with strategies and materials they can use in their schools. The institute uses the Library's exhibition 'Creating the United States' as its foundation."
From the First Division Museum website:
"Re-enactors portraying, soldiers and civilians will interact with Symposium participants and Cantigny visitors. See a Civil War cannon fire or watch a Civil War surgeon at work. The Commanding General's Mounted Color Guard from the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas, will drill. Fun, educational activities for children and adults alike will be available."
For more on the First Division Museum, see NHEC's Museums and Historic Sites listing.
From the First Division Museum website:
"Learn how your school can participate in a unique service learning project supporting World War I education and the restoration of the World War I Memorial in Washington D.C. Foundation officers and service learning expert Mike Mangan will explain the service learning project. Educators from Creekwood Middle School in Humble, Texas will report on the highly successful pilot program they ran in 2008 which is now the national model."
For more on the First Division Museum, see NHEC's Museums and Historic Sites listing.
From the Facing History and Ourselves website:
"How can educators use history to help inform students about the treatment of gays and lesbians in the past and today, and how are schools responding to name-calling, bullying, ostracism, and outright violence against this community? In this session, participants will look at examples from history, including the treatment of homosexuals under the Nazi regime and during the civil rights movement."
From the Facing History and Ourselves website:
"Produced by Facing History and Ourselves alumnae Mikaela Beardsley, Reporter is a feature documentary about Nicholas Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer-Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times, who almost singlehandedly put the crisis in Darfur on the world map. The film puts the viewer in Kristof's pocket, revealing the man and his methods, and just how and why real reporting is vital to our democracy, our world-awareness, and our capacity to be a force for good.
The workshop is in two parts. Part 1 (4:30-6:30 pm) will be an educator workshop focused on pedagogy. Part 2 (7:00-9:00 pm) will include the film presentation. A light dinner will be served between the two parts."