Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Reference MaterialsDate Posted: 8/23/2009
In this section of the online exhibition Treasures of American History, students will learn that by understanding the challenges of the past, they can draw lessons and inspiration for confronting new challenges in the present and future. The topics discussed in this section are: the American Revolution; slavery; westward expansion; the Civil War, women's suffrage, the Great Depression and World War II, the Civil Rights movement and AIDS. A Spanish version of the exhibition is available on the exhibition's homepage.
Multimedia instruction, Museum education, Thematic approach
This panel from the AIDS Memorial Quilt honors activist Roger Lyon, who died of AIDS in 1984. Sho...
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A humorous and poignant fictional story, this book is also an eye-opening view of the women's suf...
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