Cultural Diversity and an American National Identity - TeachIt

Connecticut’s Utopia: The Enfield Shaker Community

To what extent is a “perfect society” attainable?

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Understanding the Census: Tracking Connecticut’s Black Population

How did attitudes towards slavery and Black Americans change over time in early Connecticut?

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Amos Beman: Freeman, Freedom Fighter, and Agent of Change

How do people become agents of change within systems of oppression?

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Freedom and Liberty in 1776

What did “freedom” mean at the time of the American Revolution?

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A Petition for Freedom in 1779

How did laws and rules in the colonies both promote and hinder freedom and equality?

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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the Coast Guard

What does patriotism mean to different communities within the United States?

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Zoning: Examining Housing Policy in Connecticut

How have rules about housing shaped Connecticut?

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Trade between the Tunxis and the English in the 1700s

In what ways were the English and Indigenous peoples in Connecticut economically interconnected in the mid-1700s?

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Religious Freedom for Jews in Connecticut

How did Jewish immigrants expand religious freedom in Connecticut?

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Immigrants Build a Community: Hartford Jews in the Early 20th Century

How did immigrants build a community in Hartford in the early 20th century?

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Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb: A Role Model in STEM and Higher Education

To what extent is it easier for women and people of color to enter the fields of STEM and higher education today than it was in the 1950s–1990s?

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Indigenous Students and Connecticut’s Mission Schools

How can we achieve a better understanding of the past in the absence of primary sources that represent the full picture?

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Geographies of Food: The Roles of Migration, Landscape, and Food Availability in the United States

How have geography and history shaped regional differences in foods in the United States?

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Mary Townsend Seymour: A Hartford Activist Fights for Equity

In what ways have communities of color advocated for equity?

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Asian American History in the Civil War Era: Connecticut’s Connection to the Trade in Indentured Chinese Workers

How have American conceptions of freedom and equality changed throughout U.S. history for members of various racial, ethnic, religious, and gender minority groups?

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Learning by Looking: Reading a Post-Civil War Photograph

What can we learn from an anonymous historical photograph?

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The Chinese Educational Mission and How Asian American Stories Reframe American History

How did participating in the Chinese Educational Mission influence both its students and America?

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Hate Speech, Free Speech, and the First Amendment: The Church of the Creator Comes to Wallingford

Should public spaces be open to all types of speech?

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The Black Panthers and the May Day Rally in New Haven

How is the First Amendment used to advocate for justice in America?

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The Immigrant Experience During World War I: Enemy Aliens

How did the government effort to mobilize and monitor the Connecticut home front during World War I affect the immigrant experience and conceptions of national identity?

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