Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s most famous speech makes a distinctive argument for equal treatment of men and women. Reading major excerpts, students will trace that argument, gaining direct insight into Stanton’s thought and her approach. The speech embodies 19th century concern for individual...
After researching historical sources on television in the 1950s and 1960s, students write an essay that describes the social, economic, political, and diplomatic impact of television on American culture.
The Civil Right Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 are considered the most important civil rights legislation since the end of the Civil War. They arose from courtrooms, executive actions, and prior legislation, but also from sit-ins, boycotts, and civic organizing with a message that...
On July 5, 1852, former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivered what was to become one of the most historic speeches of the 19th century at an Independence Day commemoration sponsored by the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society in Rochester, NY.
Throughout the “Cold War”, the Iron Curtain symbolized the ideological conflict and physical boundary dividing Europe. Winston Churchill's "Sinews of Peace" address on March 5, 1946, at Westminster College, helped popularize the term “iron curtain” across the world. This module is intended to...
This module is meant to accompany a unit on the French Revolution and assumes that students have a background knowledge of the basic timeline of events leading up to, during, and after the Revolution. They will analyze the significance of the role of women in the French Revolution and could...
