Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15 to October 15, provides an opportunity to explore the incredible impact Latinas and Latinos have had on the United States for generations.
Cultural Awareness
Becoming aware and understanding cultural beliefs, values, and perceptions.
The Tenement Museum is a nonprofit cultural institution that welcomes visitors into the historically recreated homes of immigrants, migrants, and refugees who lived in New York City between the 1860s and the 1980s.
The first week of school is an important time for building community and focusing on students’ social–emotional learning. Students will be more likely to engage, take risks, and support one another if they feel a sense of trust and belonging among the group members and with their teacher.
The first two weeks of school set the tone for the entire year. Finding time to foster genuine connection among students is crucial for their happiness and their academic success. The global nonprofit Narrative 4 invites teachers to join a community of educators across five continents to create more connected classrooms.
As a nonprofit educational institution, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated to helping every fan learn more about the game, its rich history, and its impact on our culture. The institution provides interactive online learning experiences that align with national learning standards and a robust lineup of virtual programs for diverse audiences.
Billed as “the largest search engine for museum art,” The Last Museum currently indexes almost 6 million artworks, both those in the public domain and those covered by fair use.
Conflict has been a constant state throughout human history. While different regions have periods of peace, conflict is always occurring in some part of the globe at any given time.
Most Ancient Greek statues and vase paintings do not list the names of the figures depicted. Archaeologists need to look for clues to identify them. Gods and goddesses had certain attributes, or characteristics, unique to them. Therefore, when archaeologists identify these attributes, they can almost certainly assign a name to the figure.
Abigail Adams is famous for appealing to her husband, John Adams, during the months prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In correspondences with her husband as he and other leaders were framing a government for the United States, Abigail Adams argued that the laws of the new nation should recognize women as something more than property and protect them from the arbitrary and unrestrained power men held over them.
In the 50 years since the bicentennial, the last major celebration of the nation’s birth, our knowledge of the American Revolution has radically expanded. The founders remain the central figures, but since the 1970s, historians have uncovered the fascinating, dramatic lives of many other players whose contributions were previously overlooked or lost in the archives.