Menarche, or the onset of menstruation, generated much advice and many attempts to manage girls' bodies in a public w
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9-12
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Date Posted:
9/10/2008
History Matters, is a project of the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning of the City University of New York and the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. This site serves as a gateway to web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-per
Grade Range:
9-12
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Reference Materials
Date Posted:
8/5/2008
This list of resources includes recommended books on topics related to the history of polio, a bibliography, a glossary of terms relevant to the history of polio and a list of related links. The resource list is part of the online exhibition, Whatev
Grade Range:
9-12
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Interactives & Media, Lessons & Activities
Date Posted:
6/19/2015
Abraham Lincoln is typically portrayed as a gaunt, bearded man, both thoughtful and troubled. The story that goes along with this image is as familiar to Americans as any children’s fable. He was born in a log cabin. He became the 16th president. He freed the slaves and saved the Union. He was
Grade Range:
10-12
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Lessons & Activities
Duration:
380 minutes
Date Posted:
12/17/2012
Studying the presidency offers students a new way to explore the democratic political process and to expand their understanding of how this process has shaped the nation's history and continues to influence their own lives. What does it mean to be the president of the United States of America? Wh
Grade Range:
12-
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Date Posted:
3/9/2016
Object Project examines how the interplay of people, innovative things, and social change have shaped life as we know it.
Grade Range:
8-12
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media
Date Posted:
3/1/2016
Take a closer look at the Global Era topics of Finance and Discount Retail.
Grade Range:
8-12
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media
Date Posted:
3/1/2016
Dig deeper into the Global Era topics of Networks and Earnings.
Grade Range:
8-12
Resource Type(s):
Interactives & Media
Date Posted:
3/1/2016
Spend time exploring Globalization and Food, two topics from the Global Era.
Grade Range:
8-12
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Date Posted:
7/11/2012
In this post, students will learn about the origins of the holiday known today as Halloween, and the history of its celebration in the United States, including trick-or-treating and costumes. All-Hallows-Even (that is, evening) is the night before All Hallows Day. The apostrophe in the earlier sp
Grade Range:
8-12
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Reference Materials
Duration:
5 minutes
Date Posted:
9/4/2013
In this post, Chris Wilson, the Museum’s director of the Program in African American Culture, sits down with Professor John Stauffer of Harvard University to open a discussion on both historical and modern abolition efforts. An interview with Professor Stauffer, Professor of English and of
