New Jersey Council for the Social Studies (NJCSS), the only statewide association in NJ devoted solely to social studies education.
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Side note: Could there be a connection between the dedication of this statue and the publication of the Sproat correspondence? Did Banks publish these documents to spite the government? I have to dig deeper into this. Gotta love this stuff!
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If you are a high school student who enjoys history, read this book! If you enjoy stories of how people made a difference in our historical narrative, read this book!
YouTube Video (youtube.com/watch?v=zuBJrNeZ….)
Dan Willever’s Website (madeinpaterson.com/index.php…)
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6.1.12.CivicsPR.6.a: Use a variety of sources from multiple perspectives to evaluate the effectiveness of Progressive reforms in preventing unfair business practices and political corruption and in promoting social justice.
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After reading the book, Made in Paterson, I learned a new perspective about the importance of passion for causes by politicians, lawyers, and activists.
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1. Locate Toms River on the map using prior knowledge or maps online.
2. Stephen Blucke and the “Black Brigade” were stationed in “Refugeetown” in Sandy Hook over the course of the American Revolution. Locate Sandy Hook on the map.
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The Ferguson Brothers Lynchings on Long Island: A Civil Rights Catalyst (The History Press, 2022) by Christopher Verga
Review by Alan Singer
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Digital History of Slavery and Runaways in New York: History Student Project Creates Digital History
State University of New York: Fredonia
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The Hanoi Train Station: Perspectives and Empathy in Social Studies Education
Jonathan Lee Lancaster
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The British have captured thousands of Americans and there are perhaps hundreds of British citizens (Loyalists) and several British officers held in detention in different colonies, including some in prisons in Perth Amboy and Burlington, New Jersey.
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“But to cap the climax of infamy we were fed (if fed it might be called) with provisions not fit for any human being to make use of—putrid beef and pork, and worm-eaten bread.” (Thompson, 241)
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Teaching Asian American History
Alan Singer
This article was originally published in History News Network historynewsnetwork.org/artic…
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But this farm has something unique. A blue and yellow New York State historical marker identifies the property as a stop on the Underground Railroad, where “runaway slaves were concealed and protected on their way to freedom in Canada.”
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New York Local History: Water from the Catskills
Michelle Young
Source: untappedcities.com/2015/06/2…
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New York Survived the 1832 Cholera Epidemic
Daniel S. Levy
(originally published in History News Network (historynewsnetwork.org/artic…))
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Students, of course, recognize the limits to their success, but by going beyond the reductionism of “Were they emancipated as a result of their rebellion?” it provides a key lesson.
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The TEES Template helps students strengthen their thinking, reasoning, and responses to open-ended assessments. With this exercise students go beyond learning historical facts — instead they use these facts to form arguments and support.
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Additionally, students can create readers’ theaters or short plays based on historic events, and perform them for the class. Others might opt to write a poem about a historic figure or create a children’s book explaining about an even
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As students use background knowledge to decipher informational text, they build real-world vocabulary and gain stronger reading comprehension skills.
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This statement is from March 2022 and can be found at ht (socialstudies.org/current-ev…)tps://www.socialstudies.org/current-events-response/freedom-teach
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Beecher was also an advocate for temperance and the women’s suffrage movement. After the Civil War he was embroiled in a scandal when he was accused of an affair with the wife of a church deacon. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_…
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Greenwood may soon be the final resting place for a statue of James Marion Sims that was removed from New York City’s Central Park because Sims had conducted gynecological experiments on enslaved African women.
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…“last slave in the State of New York.” Prior to the end of slavery in New York State in 1827, she was enslaved by the family of Wynant van Zandt. Pine is buried in the main section of the cemetery.
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Greenwood is still an active cemetery, serving as the resting place for over 570,000 “permanent residents.” In addition to being a cemetery, Greenwood also serves as a cultural institution that tells the history and culture of the borough and city.
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Cuomo never asked Maher about that either.
- nypost.com/2021/11/18/bill-m…
- x.com/CuomoPrimeTime/status/…
- youtube.com/watch?v=t33pow_A…
- politico.com/news/magazine/2…
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This is important work because it engages students and residents in various counties throughout New Jersey about the birth of representative government in America.
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Documenting New Jersey’s Overlooked Black History
Jennifer Schuessler
Reprinted with permission from The New York Times, December 23, 2020 (nytimes.com/2020/12/22/arts/…)
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Crispus Attucks was an African American man killed during the Boston Massacre, 250 years ago today,
and believed to be the first casualty of the American Revolution. biography.com/military-figur…
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On February 24, 1803, the Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in Marbury v. Madison, announcing that a court may declare an act of Congress void if it is inconsistent with the Constitution, thus establishing the principle of ‘judicial review’.
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Broken Promises in the Middle East from the Institute for Curriculum Services teachingsocialstudies.org/20…
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From Lesson to Assessment: What are the First Amendment Rights of Assembly and Petition? teachingsocialstudies.org/20…
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Why did some New Yorker’s show support for slavery? 4th Grade NYS and Slavery Inquiry teachingsocialstudies.org/20…
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The Lavender Scare: A Hidden Era of anti-LGBTQ+ Lies, Fear, and Persecution teachingsocialstudies.org/20…
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Happy belated birthday, Abraham Lincoln! Sorry we missed it yesterday. Let's celebrate Lincoln today with a powerful quote on the importance of universal suffrage: "The ballot is stronger than the bullet."
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There are only two countries where women do not have the right to vote in 2020: Vatican City and Brunei. Here's an interesting list of when women won the right to vote in several countries around the world: usatoday.com/story/news/2018…
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Look at the profile of registered voters in New Jersey! state.nj.us/state/elections/…
Also, this article is two years old, but it has a great interactive map! njspotlight.com/2018/10/18-1…
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The power of one: David Baird of NJ was appointed to the US Senate in 1918 after the death of Senator William Hughes, who was in favor of women's suffrage. When a suffrage bill came up for a vote later that year, Baird voted no, and the amendment fell one vote short of passage.
On February 9, 1920, New Jersey became the 29th state to ratify the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote. Go to njcss.org/ for great resources and lesson plans to help you commemorate this anniversary in your classroom! #suffrage100
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The League of Women Voters of New Jersey was created to help women exercise their right to vote after the passage of the 19th amendment. Today it continues its important work, "empowering voters and defending democracy." lwvnj.org/ #suffrage100
Carrie Chapman Catt was a suffragist who developed "the winning plan" for passing the 19th amendment, and founded the League of Women Voters. biography.com/political-figu… #suffrage100 #19thamendment
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Celebrating a local hero, Alice Paul! Born on January 11, 1885 to Quaker parents in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, Alice Paul dedicated her life to the single cause of securing equal rights for all women.
alicepaul.org/who-was-alice-…
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Check out these referendum results on women's suffrage from 1915. See how your town voted - you may be very surprised. Interesting starting point for a discussion with students! #womenshistory #suffrage100 njcss.weebly.com/uploads/1/3…
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February 9, 2020 marks 100 years since New Jersey ratified the 19th amendment, giving women the right to vote. #19thamendment #womenshistory #suffrage100
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NJCSS Remembers Constitution Day! The value of a written constitution is in these words: "We the people of the U.S. in order to form a more perfect Union..." Five countries have uncodified constitutions-Canada, Israel, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia & the U.K.worldatlas.com/articles/coun…
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#NJCSS2019 Social Studies is the most important course in a student's education because it teaches the values of freedom & democracy, lessons of history, and skills of debating, listening, analyzing, researching, and writing! Join us at Rutgers on 10/21/19 njcss.wufoo.com/forms/zl4yxi…
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