This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces King Philip's War, begun by King Philip, a Wampanoag chief, after years of tension between English and Wampanoag cultures. The Indians launched raids on dozens of English towns, but they were ultimately defeated and hunted down.
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The Society brings together citizens interested in preserving and raising awareness of Lyndon's history. It work with public officials to ensure the preservation and accessibility of historical structures and records throughout the town and works to preserve manuscripts and artifacts from Lyndon's past.
The historical society holds special events and educational exhibits periodically, including traveling lectures and guest speakers for schoolchildren.
I am trying to find a good website that have the demographics during 1890-1915. Could you please give me a direction to go in?
Luckily, population studies play a role in many facets of government funding and studies. The wealth of information on U.S. demographics is rooted in the U.S. Census Bureau. The first census was taken in 1790 and included men, women, free, and enslaved persons. For more information on the history of one of the first government agencies, read the Teachinghistory.org article, Stand Up and Be Counted: Teaching with the Census which also provides guidance on lesson plans.
This award recognizes exceptional classroom social studies teachers from K-6, 5-8, and 7-12 who teach social studies regularly and systematically in elementary, middle, or junior high, and high school settings or at least one half-time in a departmentalized school setting.
Must be a K-12 Connecticut educator.
This award honors educators who have contributed to the social studies for a minimum of 15 years.
Applicants must have served for a minimum of 15 years in the field of social studies as a teacher and/or supervisor; be or have been during his/her professional career a member of a professional social studies organization; and qualify in six of the following categories: Present of past office holder in district, state, or national professional organization; chairperson of a committee in district, state, or national professional organization; committee member of a district, state, or national professional organization active participation in civic organizations; publications in the field of social studies; lectures and papers presented to professional and non-professional groups; research in the field of social studies; involvement in experimental/exemplary programs; and any other contributions in the field of social studies not herein listed.
From the Tsongas Industrial History Center website:
"The Inventing America Workshop combines scholarly presentations with on-site investigations of the canals, mills, worker housing, and exhibits of Lowell National Historical Park and of other sites in Lowell's historic district.
"Sessions draw on scholarly monographs, primary sources (such as 'mill girl' letters), and works of literature and historical fiction. We intersperse hands-on activities with lecture-discussions and field investigations.
"In addition to Lowell's landmark resources, we take full advantage of Old Sturbridge Village exhibits and scholars to explore pre-industrial rural life and draw on the expertise of scholars and presenters at Walden Pond and Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, Massachusetts, to explore how prominent authors addressed the question of industrialization's effect on American life, values, and the environment.
Hands-on activities deepen participants' understanding by engaging them in simulations where they weave cloth, build water-powered mill systems, and work on assembly lines. Participants even cook a meal over fireplaces at Old Sturbridge Village and discuss farm vs. factory life after a boardinghouse dinner at the Boott Cotton Mills."
From the Massachusetts Historical Society website:
"In the spring of 1775, the towns of Lexington and Concord became targets, scenes, and symbols of actions which would ignite a war culminating in the birth of a new country. In those towns were people caught at the crossroads of Revolution. This institute is designed to immerse our participants in the evocative eighteenth-century landscapes of those towns, as well as the port city of Boston, to examine the decisions and dilemmas involved in the events of 1775 and the subsequent interpretations and uses of those events. We want to put you, the educator, at the crossroads of the American Revolution.
"Our Massachusetts institution, the nation's oldest historical society (1791), is world-renowned for the strengths of its document-based collections and online resources. We will introduce you to the landscapes, structures, objects and exhibitions that connect those treasured documents to real places where events unfolded that irrevocably affected the course of human history."
From the Massachusetts Historical Society website:
"In the spring of 1775, the towns of Lexington and Concord became targets, scenes, and symbols of actions which would ignite a war culminating in the birth of a new country. In those towns were people caught at the crossroads of Revolution. This institute is designed to immerse our participants in the evocative eighteenth-century landscapes of those towns, as well as the port city of Boston, to examine the decisions and dilemmas involved in the events of 1775 and the subsequent interpretations and uses of those events. We want to put you, the educator, at the crossroads of the American Revolution.
"Our Massachusetts institution, the nation's oldest historical society (1791), is world-renowned for the strengths of its document-based collections and online resources. We will introduce you to the landscapes, structures, objects and exhibitions that connect those treasured documents to real places where events unfolded that irrevocably affected the course of human history."
This iCue Mini-Documentary introduces joint-stock companies, which financed the settlement of colonies in the New World. These private companies raised money by selling stock and eventually rewarding investors with the profits from American goods.
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes the events that occurred when British troops learned that American colonists had been storing weapons in the countryside and British soldiers were sent to retrieve them. The Minutemen met the British in the town of Lexington and the battle that ensued is generally considered the beginning of the American Revolution.
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