Part 2 of Book Backdrops..... This is a shell of a presentation I just gave At University of Southern Illinois in Edwardsville, ILL. E-mail me at [email protected] if you…

Part ! of an updated presentation - Book Backdrops: Empower Learning With Literature and Primary Sources. Lots of examples for integrating literature and primary sources…

1.  Banneker was born in Maryland onNovember 9, 1731. He was the son of Robert and MaryBannaky. Banneker grew up on a tobacco farm. He was born a free man during…

Slide 1By: Henry Kerns Slide 2 On January 15, 1929 Michael Luther King Jr. was born. Soon after he was born he changed his name to the name we all know him as, Martin Luther…

The Gilded Age: A New American Society and Economy Prof. Dani Vaughn-Tucker History 104: American History from 1865 to the Present Spring 2009 The Gilded Age 1873 Mark Twain…

Slide 1 Dolores Huerta Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez worked together to establish the Agricultural Workers Association. She organized several successful boycotts and protests…

Slide 1 Kindergarten Unit Six: US Symbols Sarah Blascovich Brown Teacher on Assignment Slide 2 Finding the Symbols: ~Statue of Liberty: http://www.statueofliberty.org/default_sol.htm…

Slide 1 Background: There is a Twitter Archive at US Library of Congress Certainly the record of what millions of Americans say, think, and feel each day (their tweets) is…

Thomas Paine and Pamphlets In the years leading up to the American Revolution, a large group of the population was illiterate. That, along with the high price of books, made…

Powhatan In 1608 John Smith went to Chief Powhatan and asked him to become a âproperâ English King. In return, they would help him with his battle against the Monacans.…