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D.C. Emancipation Act, April 1862

Primary documents — including diaries, photographs and eyewitness accounts — provide insight into the history of slavery in the District of Columbia and Lincoln's decision to end slavery in D.C.

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What Kind of Government Do You Want?

Students are asked to consider the kind of government they want. They follow the election process from the party conventions and campaigns to private and public inaugural days. They discuss, analyze and interpret political advertisements, editorial cartoons, historic and contemporary documents. Students even become reporters localizing the inaugural day story. Teachers are provided resources, lesson suggestions and guidelines for one-day to long-term election projects that span the disciplines.

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Civics,

Government,

Journalism,

Political Science

Social Studies,

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Civil War 150: Bloodshed and Emancipation

The Bloodshed and Emancipation curriculum guide contains resources to teach about slavery in the U.S., the steps to manumission and the Civil War from April 1862 to January 1863. For the youngest to the oldest students, teachers will find a word find and scrambled word puzzle, historic manumission documents and Civil War photographs, Washington Post articles and discussion questions, suggested activities and maps, Fourteenth Amendment background lessons, Your and Your Rights update and activities.

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Civics,

Government,

Political Science

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U.S. History,

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Preserve, Restore or Toss?

Providing future generations with places that reflect their cultural values and ideals and maintaining their political, social and historic legacy requires a commitment of individuals, organizations and government. Many of the activities in this guide cross disciplines because of the social, cultural, economic and historic issues, art and architecture considerations, and science of preservation.

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Debate,

Economics,

Geography

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History

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From Print to Air

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The news media has the responsibility to provide citizens with information. In what ways does providing news through print, broadcast and the Internet help citizens to be self-governing, better informed and engaged in the issues and events of their communities? In what ways is radio an important means of conveying information to individuals in countries around the world? The news peg for this guide is the establishment of WTWP radio station by The Washington Post Company and Bonneville International.
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A World of Money

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A history of money and an introduction to bartering and counterfeiting is given in the KidsPost article. The main lesson focuses on two sentences excerpted from the KidsPost feature. Mathematics activities center on circumference and graphs. A vocabulary fill-in-the-blank activity and Word Study of "porcelain" and cowry shells focus students on vocabulary development. Web resources are given for Native American and monetary studies.
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The Science in Discovery

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Ten years after his discovery in Italy, Otzi is back in the news. The KidsPost article, "Frozen in Time: Uncovering the 5,300-Year-Old Mysteries of the European Iceman," covers the mummy's discovery in 1991 and his cause of death revealed in July 2001 through the latest advance in x-ray technology. The lesson begins with a KWL reading activity. This task definition strategy will help students to define for themselves what they know, what they want to know and what they have learned. Discussion questions are included.
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Media in the Time of Tragedy

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The tragic acts of terrorism of September 11, 2001, prompted the Educational Services Department of The Washington Post to provide a collection of activities, lesson plans and Web resources for teachers. We encourage teachers and publications advisers to use these unprecedented acts in the American experience to teach students how such tragedy is handled in the media. In this curriculum guide, teachers are provided three lessons. "Today's First Rough Draft of History," focuses on using the newspaper to understand terrorist attacks.
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Muslim: Fact and Stereotype

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Stereotypes can affect individuals and influence a community as seen in the KidsPost article, "Muslim and American: Kids Worry About Anti-Arab Reaction." This curriculum guide provides discussion questions to use with the article, enrichment activities and a lesson. After reading the article, students discuss stereotypes, review basic beliefs of Muslims and engage in a group activity.
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Insect Habitat

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Introduce your students to the world of insects, their collection, display, and identification using dichotomous keys. In the Insect Habitat curriculum guide, students will read a 1992 Post Science Notebook selection, "Entomology: Ant's Thermal Window of Opportunity," and the KidsPost article "Mister Bug: Gary Hevel Found a Wild World in His Back Yard," which focuses on one man's search for insects in his own Silver Spring, Md., back yard. Questions for discussion and close reading, Web resources and vocabulary are provided for the selections.
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