'Rise Up': Exhibit Guide
In this guide for the Newseum's traveling exhibit "Rise Up: Stonewall and the LGBTQ Rights Movement," you’ll analyze press coverage of the LGBTQ community. Then explore how LBGTQ activists used First Amendment freedoms — speech, press, assembly, petition and religion — to fight for equal rights and social acceptance.
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Common Core State Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.L.3
Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening. -
Common Core State Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.3
Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
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National Center for History in the Schools: NCHS.Historical Thinking.2
A. Identify the author or source of the historical document or narrative and assess its credibility. B. Reconstruct the literal meaning of a historical passage. C. Identify the central question(s) the historical narrative addresses. D. Differentiate between historical facts and historical interpretations. E. Read historical narratives imaginatively. F. Appreciate historical perspectives. G. Draw upon data in historical maps. H. Utilize visual, mathematical, and quatitative data.
