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Teacher’s Top Choices for New School Year
Too many tasks? Too little time? No sweat! EDSITEment has collected its most frequently accessed content for August and September. Check out the links (below) and discover lessons, student activities, and interactives — as well as quality Web sites vetted by an NEH Blue Ribbon panel.
U.S. History
World History and Culture
Literature and Language
Art History: From Caves to Pompeii
Folktales, Fairytales, and Mythology

New! Lesson Resource: Rembrandt and Collections of his Art in America
The Age of Exploration was never as beautiful. This NEH-funded site offers lesson planning, high-quality imagery, timelines, documents, historical background — and opportunities to host an event. More . . .

Picturing America and American Music
Want your students to learn how American life changed in the early decades of the 20th century? Have them explore Thomas Hart Benton’s story of America in his mural The Sources of Country Music More . . .

The Constitution of the United States of America

September 17th is Constitution Day, commemorating the day in 1787 when the Founding Fathers signed one of America’s most important documents. EDSITEment has developed a worksheet to help your students examine the text of the Constitution closely and we provide a writing guide on how to write an argumentative essay on the Constitution. More . . .

Features/Spotlights Archive

NEH-funded and other PBS features with relevant EDSITEment resources.

We the People Bookshelf: A More Perfect Union
Reflect on what "a more perfect Union" means with selections from our 2010 We the People Bookshelf. More . . .

More connections:
Native Americans, Afghanistan, Modern Presidents, Camelot, WWII, Whitman, and More. . .

NEH's Humanities Magazine

July/August, 2010
Follow "Murder on Foot
The Walking Tour Goes Digital"; investigate 'The Fork and The Shrink," a feast for your mind and your classroom.






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