40 Acres and a Mule
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Professor Eric Foner of Columbia University explains the origin of "forty acres and a mule."
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The Texas Revolutionaries
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, in their quest for independence from the Mexican government, the men who took part in the Texas Revolution saw themselves as freedom fighters.
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The Fourteenth Amendment
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how, to assure citizenship to blacks after the Civil War, Congress proposed the 14th Amendment. However, most Southern states refused to ratify it.
Adrian Basora on Democratic Transitions
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Adrian Basora, Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and Director of the Project on Democratic Transitions, offers an in-depth assessment of the political, economic, and social transitions of Central and East European countries 15 years after the fall of communism; and discusses the development of non-democratic countries following 1989 and the fall of the Berlin Wall. He examines responses to democracy and looks at attempts to spread democracy.
To listen to this lecture, select "A - Adrian Basora on Democratic Transitions on Radio Times (on NPR-affiliate WHYY), 3/16/2007" under "2007."
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Japanese-American Internment (World War II)
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Sandra Rodriguez narrates a basic overview of the Japanese-American internment camps and racism towards Japanese Americans in the U.S. during World War II. The presentation includes a range of clips and readings of anti-Japanese propaganda.
To listen to this lecture, scroll to "Japanese-American Internment," and click on the name. This will automatically download a .wmv file.
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Moving America Left and Right: 1945-1990
Description
From the National Humanities Center website:
"This seminar will approach American history after World War II as a history of social movements. The first session will explore the black freedom movement with an eye to new scholarly interpretations of a 'long civil rights movement' reaching back to the New Deal and beyond the 1970s and including the North and West as well as the South. The second session will examine the women's movement and the conservative movement for insight into the relationships among various movements. It will conclude with a discussion of how viewing the era from 1945 to 1990 as an era of social movements can bring new coherence to the recent past."
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
National Humanities Center
Target Audience
North Carolina high school U.S. history and American literature educators
Start Date
Cost
Free; $100 stipend
Course Credit
"Each seminar may yield one CEU credit. Because the seminars are conducted online, they may qualify for technology credit in districts that award it. The Center will supply documentation of participation."
Duration
Six hours
Eisenhower Academy
Description
From the Eisenhower National Historic Site:
"The 13th annual Eisenhower Academy, a summer institute for teachers, presents an in-depth perspective of Dwight D. Eisenhower as president and world leader, and introduces effective strategies for teaching the Cold War era in the classroom. Lectures and discussion cover civil rights, the Cold War, 1950's economics, popular culture, and new scholarship on the Eisenhower Presidency. Field trips include a visit to the Eisenhowers' home and a guided walk through historic Gettysburg to explore Eisenhower's life and times in the community."
Contact name
John Joyce
Contact email
Registration Deadline
Sponsoring Organization
Eisenhower National Historic Site, Gettysburg College, Mount St. Mary's University
Phone number
7173389114
Target Audience
K-12
Start Date
Cost
$725 with room and board; $475 for day students
Course Credit
"Two Pennsylvania Professional Education Credits (60 Act 48 CEUs) are available for attending the Academy. Three graduate credits are available for an additional fee of $1128 through the Mount St. Mary's Master of Education program. To receive credit, students will complete course assignments and lesson plan, and attend all sessions of the Academy."
Duration
Six days
End Date
Arthur and Rochelle Belfer National Conference for Educators
Description
At this conference, special emphasis will be placed on the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's new exhibit, "State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda." Museum educators and scholars share rationales, strategies, and approaches for presenting this complex topic to students, in sessions designed specifically for middle- and high-school teachers. Participants have extensive time to view the Museum's permanent exhibition "The Holocaust"; tour "Remember the Children: Daniel's Story," and other special exhibitions; and visit the interactive computers in the Wexner Learning Center and other resource areas. Seminar sessions emphasize planning and implementing units of study for teaching about the Holocaust in middle and high schools. Educators who complete the program receive a set of educational materials and a voucher worth $100 to purchase Holocaust–related resources in the Museum Shop.
Sponsoring Organization
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Contact email
Location
Washington, DC
Contact name
Fredlake, Peter J.
Phone number
202-314-0352
Start Date
End Date
Registration Deadline
Ocala Demands and the Birth of Populism
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This iCue Mini-Documentary describes how small farmers formed the Farmers' Alliance to increase their political power. The alliance became the core of the new Populist Party.
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Black Codes
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Professor Eric Foner of Columbia University discusses the Black Codes, which were written by white southerners to force blacks to keep working on plantations.
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