Branding the Presidents of the United States. Students - Procedure - The American Dream - Lesson Plan. Back to Lesson Plans What is the American Dream?
Is it the same for all Americans? Is it a myth? Is it simply a quest for a better life? How has the American Dream changed over time? Your job is to research the dreams of others. Divide into teams by research roles (photographer, lawyer, poet, politician, producer, comedian, musician). Getting Started Choose a Research Role As a group, choose one of the research roles to create your project: Record the results of your discussion. What do you already know about the American Dream? Your group needs to define the American Dream. Define your Project Determine your research theme or topic: Are you interested in immigration/emigration, families, social life?
Analyzing Documents Use the Primary Source Analysis tool and questions provided by your teacher to practice reading and interpreting sources with sample materials. Research — Gather Evidence — Create the Team Product As a group, be sure you all understand the task for your team's research role. REACTION OF AMERICANS WHEN A MUSLIM IS MISTREATED-HIDDEN CAMERA. Performing Arts Encyclopedia: Explore music, theater, and dance at the Library of Congress.
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The Library of Congress > Teachers > Classroom Materials > Primary Source Sets > Baseball Across a Divided Society Print Subscribe Share/Save Give Feedback Baseball Across a Divided SocietyPrimary Source Set Teacher’s Guide Start here for historical context, teaching suggestions, links to online resources, and more: Baseball Across A Divided Society Teacher's Guide (PDF, 1.43 MB) To help your students analyze these primary sources, get a graphic organizer and guides: Analysis Tool and Guides Primary Sources Click the thumbnail for the original item, the caption for information on the item, or download a PDF or MP3. The resources in this primary source set are intended for classroom use. To download audio and video players go to American Memory: How to View To view PDFs Connect with the Library All ways to connect Find Us On Subscribe & Comment Download & Play Questions Speech Enabled.
Changing Images of Thanksgiving: Library of Congress Primary Sources. The first Thanksgiving 1621 – image created c1932 Helping students explore popular ideas about Thanksgiving is about as traditional as roast turkey and all the trimmings.
It can seem as if colorful images of turkeys, Pilgrims, Indians, and friendly, peaceful gatherings have been part of our history for hundreds of years. For instance, you may have grown up seeing greeting cards, holiday decorations or television commercials that used these popular graphic elements. Or perhaps you’re a member of my generation, and your world view was shaped by Thanksgiving pageants at school, where you wore a grocery bag vest and paper feathers if you “played an Indian” and you learned that tensions between native peoples and English colonists were always quickly resolved.
With primary sources from the Library of Congress, you can help students compare and contrast today’s images with those from the past. Thanksgiving in camp sketched Thursday 28th 1861.