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American Heroes: Past and Present (ELL)

Students will examine how a diverse group of Americans have exemplified the responsibilities of citizenship. Students will consider …

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American Heroes: Past and Present

Students will examine how a diverse group of Americans have exemplified the responsibilities of citizenship. Students will consider …

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Alice Paul’s Perseverance for the Vote

Suffragists like Alice Paul fought a long battle to achieve their goals. Learn about her story and the virtue of perseverance with t…

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General Dwight D. Eisenhower Takes Responsibility for the D-Day Invasion

In this lesson, students will examine the military decisions that Dwight Eisenhower made on D-Day in World War II and how he took re…

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How Jourdon Anderson Understood Justice

This lesson looks at the life of Jourdon Anderson, an escaped slave who wrote a letter to his former master in 1865. The lesson expl…

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John Brown and Self-Deception

In this lesson, students will examine if John Brown deceived himself with self-righteousness by thinking that he could end slavery i…

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The Responsibilities of Frederick Douglass

Responsibility is defined as striving to know and to do what is best rather than what is most popular and to be trustworthy for maki…

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George Washington and Self-Government

Self-governance is defined as being self-controlled, avoiding extremes, and to not be excessively influenced or controlled by others…

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