by Manna Design | May 9, 2016 | Educational Resources, High School, Middle School
Teaching resources featuring “Rosie the Riveter” are now available that focus on women’s role in World War II. The fictional character represented the quintessential female worker: loyal, efficient, and patriotic. A song entitled “Rosie the Riveter” became very...
by Manna Design | May 5, 2016 | Educational Resources, High School
Despite party and political differences, Abraham Lincoln visited cities in New Jersey and spoke before the State Legislature on February 21, 1861. While many in the audience and across the state had opposed him in the 1860 election, they still acknowledged and...
by Manna Design | May 5, 2016 | Educational Resources, Middle School
Of the nearly 300 members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, only one is a woman. Effa Manley and her husband, Abe, were co-owners of the Newark Eagles from 1936 to 1948. The Eagles played in the old Negro League, the home of stars who were banned from Major...
by Manna Design | May 5, 2016 | Educational Resources, High School
“Mrs. Lindbergh, do you have the baby?” These dreadful words were uttered by Betty Gow, a nursemaid at Highfields, shortly after 10:00 pm of March 1, 1932. Newspapers quickly reported on the kidnapping of the hero’s twenty-month-old infant son, Charles Jr. A ransom...
by Manna Design | May 5, 2016 | Educational Resources, High School
This teaching resource focuses on the question: Is art a reflection of societal values and ideals? Artist Ben Shahn produced many works using a wide variety of mediums, including lithography, paintings, and photography. Most of his work was commissioned through...
by Manna Design | May 5, 2016 | Educational Resources, Elementary School, Middle School
Paul Robeson was one of the best-known African American performers and leading Civil Rights activists of the twentieth century. Born in 1898, Robeson grew up in Princeton, New Jersey. This teaching resource focuses on civil rights and how are they protected....
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