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Lewis and Clark Vocabulary Terms | History in a Nutshell

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Grades: 4 8 Higher Education

This vocabulary list includes important historical figures and terms seen in this edition of History in a Nutshell: Charles Floyd: One of the U.S. Army sergeants recruited by Lewis and Clark for the...

The Persian Gulf War Vocabulary Terms | History In A Nutshell

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Grades: 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Allied Coalition: A group of over 35 nations which took part in the liberation of Kuwait after invasion by Iraqi military forces under Saddam Hussein. Colin Powell: Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs...

Reconstruction Amendments Vocabulary Terms | History In A Nutshell

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Abraham Lincoln: 16th President of the United States - Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, the country's greatest moral, cultural, constitutional, and political crisis. He succeeded...

Beyond Barbados Glossary

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Grades: 4 6 8 9 10

Part 1: In the Beginning ( CLICK FOR VIDEO ) Amalgam – A mixture or blend Amerindians – A member of the indigenous peoples of the Americas Barbados – An island country in the Lesser Antilles of the...

Modjeska Simkins - Glossary | Idella Bodie S.C. Women

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Glossary Abandon – leave place because of danger; leave somebody behind Career – long-term or lifelong job Communist – a supporter of Communism or a member of an organization that supports or...

Wil Lou Gray - Glossary | Idella Bodie S.C. Women

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Glossary Duty– an act or work or service Funding– to provide money Graduate– to be granted a degree or diploma Hired Help– to pay a person for a service Illiterate– unable to read or write Kin– family...

The American Revolutionary War - Glossary | Idella Bodie S.C. Women

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Glossary - The American Revolution American Revolution – war between England and America for America’s freedom from British rule British – characteristic of Great Britain, England or the British...

Theater Word Bank | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

casting – selecting actors to play roles in a play characterization – dramatically representing the character by speech, action, and gesture action – physical or psychological movement of actors and...

Sculpture Word Bank | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

WORD BANK: Elements and Principles of Design line – a long thin continuous mark or stroke color – hues, tints, and shades as created by light and pigments value – the relative lightness or darkness of...

Painting Word Bank | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Gullah Glossary | GullahNet

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Grades: 4 8

benne wafer (ben.ne wa.fer) n. - a cookie made with sesame seeds and eaten for good luck; introduced by slaves from West Africa. / cast (cast) v. - to throw or fling. chaff (chaff) n. - lightweight...

Civil Rights Glossary | Road Trip!

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

CIVIL RIGHTS - The rights of individuals to be free from unfair or unequal treatment (discrimination) in a number of settings, when that negative treatment is based on the individual's race, gender...

Music Word Bank | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

pitch – the highness or lowness of a tone rhythm –a pattern of long and short sounds and silences in music improvisation – composing music as it is being performed tempo – the speed or pace of a piece...

Media Arts: Film and TV Word Bank | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

composition – the arrangement of the elements (subject and other objects) in a scene or photograph contrast – the range of difference between highlights and shadow areas in an image focus – the clear...

Media Arts Word Bank | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

line – a long thin continuous mark or stroke color – a component of light, the sensation of primary and secondary hues, tints, and shades as created by light and pigments, reflecting or absorbing...

Media Arts: Photography Word Bank | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Dance Word Bank | Artopia

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

space – where the body is moving body – what the body is doing time – how the body moves in relation to time dynamics – how the body is moving relationship – with whom or what the body is moving motif...

Revolutionary War Names | Southern Campaign

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Americans opposed to the British were known as “patriots,” “Whigs” “rebels,” or “partisans.” Americans on the British side were called “loyalists,” “royalists,” “Tories,” “the King’s men,” or “Crown...

Holocaust Glossary | Holocaust Forum

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Learn key terms from the Holocaust. Anti-Semitism. Acts or feelings against Jews; takes the form of prejudice, dislike, fear, discrimination, and persecution. Aryan. A term used by the Nazis to mean a...

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