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From Canterbury to Little Rock: The Struggle for Educational Equality for African Americans
highlights two historic places and the role each played in the effort toward creating equal educational opportunities for African Americans... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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The Nineteenth Century in Print: the Making of America in Books and Periodicals
presents digitized books and periodicals published in the U.S. during the 19th century. The collection includes 23 popular magazines and more than 1,500 books that illuminate themes... (Library of Congress) |
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New Kent School and the George W. Watkins School: From Freedom of Choice to Integration
looks at the 1968 Supreme Court ruling that ended a decade of resistance to school desegregation in the South (1955-1964) and triggered massive integration of schools (1968-1973). The... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
features Monroe Elementary, the school attended in 1950 by third grader Linda Brown. Because she was black, Brown was barred from attending a white school much closer to her home... (National Park Service) |
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Historians on America
looks at 11 developments that altered the course of U.S. history: the trial of John Peter Zenger and the birth of freedom of the press, the Constitutional Convention (1787), George... (Department of State) |
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School: The Story of American Public Education
is the companion website for a documentary that chronicles the development of public education in America from the late 1770s to the 21st century. It provides photos, stories of... (KCET, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities) |
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Thomas Jefferson's Plan for the University of Virginia: Lessons from the Lawn
tells the story of the creation of the University of Virginia. After serving as President, Jefferson continued advocating for a statewide system of education in Virginia, hoping to... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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The Freeman School: Building Prairie Communities
examines a once common feature on the American West landscape: the one-room schoolhouse. This particular one-room school, originally known as the Red-Brick School House, served the... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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Indian Boarding Schools: Civilizing the Native Spirit
inivites students to explore the forced acculturation of American Indians through government-run boarding schools. In the late 1800s, thousands of Native American children were sent... (Library of Congress) |
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Iron Hill School: An African-American One-Room School
is a curriculum-oriented guide focusing on a school constructed in 1923 in a rural area of northern Delaware, one of more than 80 schools for African-American children built between... (National Park Service, Teaching with Historic Places) |
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