Explore the life of Celia Cruz in this online exhibition from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.  An enormous talent who had an impeccable sense of rhythm and an inimitable style, Celia Cruz became an influential and legendary...

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  5-12

• Date Posted

  July 7, 2008

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Explore the life of Celia Cruz in this printable version of the online exhibition from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.  An enormous talent who had an impeccable sense of rhythm and an inimitable style, Celia Cruz became an...

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  5-12

• Date Posted

  July 7, 2008

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In this classroom activity from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will examine and answer document-based questions about Dorthea Lang's iconic photograph Migrant Mother to learn about the role highways played during the...

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  6-12

• Date Posted

  July 7, 2008

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In this classroom activity from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will examine primary sources from the 1950s and 60s to learn about the impact suburbanization and the resulting highway building boom had on  urban areas...

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  6-12

• Date Posted

  July 7, 2008

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In this classroom activity from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will use statistics to learn more about global consumption, production, and transportation. The activity provides opportunities for historical analysis, interpretation...

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  6-12

• Date Posted

  July 7, 2008

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Many textbooks for grades 3 through 8 do not include the story of the War of 1812.  Using this classroom activity, students will be able to cite the origins and outcome of the War of 1812 and be able to place the creation of the Star-Spangled Banner...

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  3-8

• Date Posted

  November 19, 2008

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In this classroom activity from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will examine both the integrationist and segregationist arguments from Brown v. Board of Education through role play and begin to explore the impact of the...

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  4-12

• Date Posted

  July 7, 2008

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  50 minutes

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In this OurStory module from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History entitled A Letter to Abraham Lincoln, children will read Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers, a children's book that tells the story of Grace Bedell and the famous letter that she...

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  K-4

• Date Posted

  January 14, 2009

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In this resource from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students can explore more than 800 artifacts from the online exhibition A More Perfect Union, including: archival photography, publications, original manuscripts, works of art...

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  4-12

• Date Posted

  June 10, 2008

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This printable version of A More Perfect Union, an online exhibition from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, provides a brief introduction as well as links to all of the separate sections of the exhibition. A More Perfect Union focuses...

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  4-12

• Date Posted

  June 10, 2008

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