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Bricks, Beams, and Beginnings: Uncovering the Stories of Colchester through its Buildings
How do the buildings in our community tell the story of who we are and where we come from?
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Responding to Horrors: U.S. Refugee Policy in the Post-Vietnam War Period
To what extent do specific historical events shape U.S. refugee policy?
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Becoming a Connecticut Lawmaker: Role-Playing the Legislative Process
How do we make laws that are fair?
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Snapshot Clues: From the Past to the Present
In what ways has your town changed and/or stayed the same over time?
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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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LGBTQ+ History in Connecticut: Advocacy and Organization
How did the modern LGBTQ+ movement develop and evolve in Connecticut?
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Zoning: Examining Housing Policy in Connecticut
How have rules about housing shaped Connecticut?
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Governor Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Defies the Embargo Act of 1807
When can a U.S. state refuse to follow a federal law?
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Foodscapes of Connecticut
What geographical and historical factors affect the foodscapes of Connecticut?
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Government is People: Creating a Symposium of Local Government Speakers
How does the government touch my life?
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Government is People: Creating a Symposium of Local, State, and Federal Government Speakers
What does the government do?
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Post-World War II Puerto Rican Farm Labor Migration to Connecticut
How did Connecticut industries influence migration and immigration to the state and the development of new communities?
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Visions of Change: Colt and the Growth of Industrial Connecticut
What impact did industrialization have on people’s lives in the mid- to late-19th century?
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Life Along the Salmon Brook: A Connecticut Town in the Early Industrial Era
How did the Industrial Revolution change small towns in Connecticut/New England?
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Connecticut’s Ratification of the Constitution
How are decisions made about how a nation should be governed?
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Church & State in the “Land of Steady Habits”
Has there ever been complete separation of church and state in Connecticut?
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The Fundamental Orders: Rules and Laws for Early Colonial Connecticut
What is the best way to organize a government? How did laws and rules in the colonies both promote and hinder freedom and equality?
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Who Gets to Vote? History of Voting Rights in Connecticut and the United States
How have the American conceptions of freedom and equality changed over time?
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A Connecticut Lawyer Stands for Human Rights
To what extent is the international community responsible for the protection of human rights?
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“Women of Connecticut: Are You Helping?” The Reaction to Emergency Food Measures During World War I
Do government campaigns to promote “voluntary” patriotic efforts in a time of war strengthen or weaken American democracy?
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Connecticut Prepares for War, 1917
How does the role of government change in a time of war?
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Kids in Connecticut History: Image Analysis Skill-Builder
In what ways have the lives of children in Connecticut changed or stayed the same over time?
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Joining the War Effort, One Peach Pit at a Time
How does an entire society participate in war?
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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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Beware Thy Neighbor? German Americans in Connecticut during WWI
Has America always been a “Land of Opportunity” for immigrants?
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Black World War I Veterans Demand Civil Rights
How did World War I impact the struggle for civil rights in Connecticut and America?
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Enlist Now! Selling Sacrifice to the People of Connecticut, 1917
Why do people enlist in the military?
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“Making Munitions is a Woman’s Job” During World War I
What impact did the women of Connecticut have on the Great War (WWI)?
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Free Speech and Seditious Speech on the CT World War I Home Front
Does free speech exist in a time of war?
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The Amistad Incident and the Face of Slavery
What role did the Amistad incident play in the abolitionist movement in the United States?
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Is That a Mastodon?! A Case Study in Civic Responsibility
To what extent are we, as citizens and communities, responsible for scientifically and/or historically significant finds on public property?
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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Connecticut
How did the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) impact Connecticut?
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On the Move: The Bicycle, Women, and Social Change in the 19th Century
To what extent are technology, fashion, and social reform interconnected?
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Connecticut Women and the Women’s Suffrage Movement
How have American concepts of freedom and equality changed since the 1870s? How might the changes be perceived differently by different segments of the population?
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Mapping the New World: Dutch Maps of the Colonies
How did the physical geography of New England affect how the colonies developed?
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Exploring Communities: Using Historic Maps to Learn about the Past
Why do our communities look the way they do today?
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African Americans in Progressive-Era CT: The Battle Over the Jack Johnson Fight film
What does the battle over the Johnson-Jeffries fight film tell us about the social position of African Americans in Progressive-Era Connecticut?
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Roots of Labor Unrest in Progressive-Era CT
What were the causes of the labor unrest that roiled Connecticut in the years between 1900 and World War I?
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Accused: 17th-Century Witch Trials
What factors led to the 17th-century witchcraft trials in Connecticut?
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Economic Development: Saugatuck’s Development Over Time
In what ways has one town—and Connecticut—changed and/or stayed the same over time?
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New London’s Role in American Independence
What was Connecticut’s role in the American Revolution?
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Kids at Sea in the 19th Century
How did maritime culture influence the people of Connecticut?
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George Washington’s Slave Census
What did the Founding Fathers really think about slavery?
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Venture Smith: From Slavery to Connecticut Businessman
How can a former slave prosper in a colony where slavery is legal?
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The Iron Industry of Northwest Connecticut
Would there have been a thriving iron industry in Connecticut without the geological and geographical advantages of the northwest corner?
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The Inventions of A. A. Hotchkiss And Sons
How did Sharon, Connecticut, manufacturers A. A. Hotchkiss and Sons contribute to major innovations in U.S. history?
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Abolition and African Americans in Connecticut
In what way did the abolition of slavery indicate progress, or decline, for the lives of African Americans?
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Hartford: Then and Now
In what ways has Hartford, Connecticut, changed and/or stayed the same over time?
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