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The NAACP Challenges Social Security (with text supports)
President Roosevelt sent his Social Security bill, named the “Economic Security Act,” to Congress in January 1935. Congress held committee hearings on the bill. Here, a representative of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored [...]
World War I Veterans March in Washington (with text supports)
After World War I, Congress passed a bill promising each military veteran of that war a cash bonus that would be paid in 1945. In the summer of 1932, facing unemployment and poverty because of the Great Depression, veterans began demanding that the [...]
Active Viewing Worksheet: Dr. Toer's Amazing Magic Lantern Show
This worksheet helps students take notes as they watch the Dr. Toer's documentary on the progress and problems experienced by freed slaves during Reconstruction.
Vocabulary for Farmworkers and the Struggle for Economic Justice
These words and phrases (some in Spanish) are used as part of the Farmworkers and the Struggle for Economic Justice activity, which includes portions of the documentary The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers' Struggle.
A St. Louis Union Opposes Immigration Restriction (with text supports)
In 1896 Congress passed a bill which would require all immigrants to be able to read at least 40 words in any language in order to enter the country. The bill was supported by the Immigration Restriction League. They worried that the increasing [...]
The Wall Street Journal Argues for Immigration "Distribution, Not Prevention" (Short Version, with text supports)
This Wall St. Journal article acknowledges some of the problems that accompanied early-twentieth-century immigration—urban overcrowding, the strain on local resources, threats posed by foreign anarchists—but argues that immigrants should [...]
Active Viewing: Up South vocabulary sheet
These words and phrases from the Up South documentary may be unfamiliar to students.
Active Viewing: Up South worksheet
This worksheet is designed to help students organize information from the documentary Up South: African-American Migration in the Era of the Great War.
1877: The Grand Army of Starvation Vocabulary (for chapters on "The Centennial Exposition" and "The Railroad")
This is a vocabulary list for chapters on "The Centennial Exposition" and "The Railroad" in the 1877: The Grand Army of Starvation documentary.
Vocabulary for The Journal of Sean Sullivan
This is a basic vocabulary list to use with this book. There are other words and terms that your students may want to add in the space provided at the end.