Illustrating America

IllustratingAmerica

Overview

Students explore the stories we tell when illustrating America through primary source analysis, reflection, and creation.

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Grade

High School, Middle School

Subjects

Art, Civics, Social Studies

Length

40-60 minutes

Topics

african americans, class, democracy, equality, guided primary source analysis, illustrations, race, republic, slavery, stories

Author

Primary Source Nexus

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We Shall Overcome

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Making a Declaration – Beginning

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Teamwork, Community, Culture

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Perceptions & Roles of American Women

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Does the Camera Ever Lie?

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Diagramming the Federal Government

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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer

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Women’s Rights: Seneca Falls & Beyond

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The Long Civil Rights Movement

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United States: Biggest Business in the World

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Pledge of Allegiance Image Sequencing

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Engine Company 54 lost 15 men, 9/11/01

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Celebrating America

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The Meaning of the Federalist Papers

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Gerrymandering: Voting by Numbers

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