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Analysis of photographs of Civil War artillery broadens students [...] »

Documents and audio files explain the range of early political viewpoints on [...] »
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Go forth, and contextualize! Give students the opportunity for solo [...] »

Help students understand recent immigration history by exploring photographs [...] »

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