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Disabilities Awareness Toolkit

This Disabilities Awareness Toolkit (PDF 637 KB) provides links to videos, teacher guides, and articles to be used in programming to create a greater awareness of issues that persons with disabilities face and how the United States works to ensure they have equal rights.

By American Spaces | 7 February, 2023 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Audience, Civil Rights, Civil Society, Civil Society, College and University, Commemoration, Emerging Voices, Established Opinion Leaders, High School, Human Rights, Month, Pillars of American Spaces, Press & Media, Programming, Programming Type, Skills Building, Social, Strategy, Toolkits, U.S. Policy and Values

Black History Month Toolkit Available

Each February, the United States celebrates African-American History Month, also known as Black History Month. This annual celebration recognizes the achievements by African Americans and their central role in U.S. history. This Resource Toolkit (PDF 774 KB) contains lesson plans, videos, photos, exhibits, articles, and PowerPoint slides to be used at American Spaces to recognize the achievements by African Americans and …

By American Spaces | 5 February, 2023 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Audience, Civil Rights, College and University, Commemoration, Emerging Voices, Established Opinion Leaders, High School, Human Rights, Information about the United States, Month, Press & Media, Programming, Programming Type, Resources, Strategy, Toolkits, U.S. Culture, U.S. Policy and Values

The Founding of America Resource Toolkits

We’ve created two new resource toolkits centered on the American Revolution (PDF 806 KB) and the U.S. Constitution (PDF 1.1 MB) . These toolkits are designed to help American Spaces share the story of America’s remarkable founding. The American Revolution Resource Toolkit provides links to lesson plans, online and printable museum exhibits, online courses, videos, articles, and immersive media and 360 videos that can be accessed with virtual reality …

By American Spaces | 14 January, 2023 | Topics: Americana, Programming, Resources, Strategy, U.S. Culture

Presidents Day Resource Toolkit

Presidents’ Day is an official, national holiday that is celebrated on the third Monday of February inmost of the United States. The holiday originated in the 1880s to honor George Washington, the country’s first president. Although originally celebrated on February 22 — George Washington’s Birthday, in 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday bill, which moved …

By American Spaces | 9 January, 2023 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Alumni Engagement, College and University, Commemoration, Cross Cultural Understanding, Day, Emerging Voices, High School, Information about the United States, Pillars of American Spaces, Programming Type, Social, Strategy, Toolkits, U.S. Culture, U.S. History, U.S. Holiday

Women’s History Month

March is Women’s History Month in the United States. This toolkit for Women’s History Month contains lesson plans, discussion guides, posters, social media, and movies about the struggle for women’s equality in the United States, as well as, women’s rights globally. Download

By American Spaces | 2 January, 2023 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Audience, Civil Rights, College and University, Commemoration, Established Opinion Leaders, Human Rights, Month, Pillars of American Spaces, Programming, Programming Type, Resources, Social, Toolkits, U.S. Policy and Values, Underserved Audiences

Americana: The Southwest

This toolkit is from the Americana series of toolkits and features the Southwest. The southwestern United States is a place of amazing geographic and cultural diversity. Geographer and essayist D.W. Meinig said, “The Southwest is a distinct place in the American mind but somewhat blurred on American maps.” Exact geographic borders of what is referred …

By alamms | 18 December, 2022 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Alumni Engagement, Americana, Audience, College and University, Cross Cultural Understanding, Emerging Voices, Established Opinion Leaders, High School, Information about the United States, Pillars of American Spaces, Programming Type, Social, Strategic and Cultural Programs, Strategy, Toolkits, U.S. Culture | Tags: programming, Southwest, toolkit

Human Trafficking Awareness

Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons or modern slavery, is a crime in which force, fraud, or coercion is used to compel a person to perform labor, services, or commercial sex. There are nearly 25 million people currently victims of trafficking. The United States is committed to fighting it because trafficking destabilizes societies, …

By American Spaces | 29 November, 2022 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Audience, College and University, Combatting Transnational Organized Crime, Commemoration, Day, Emerging Voices, Established Opinion Leaders, High School, Human Rights, Month, Pillars of American Spaces, Press & Media, Programming Type, Security, Social, Strategic and Cultural Programs, Strategy, Toolkits

Indigenous Mentorship

On Thursday, December 1st at 12:00 p.m. EST (Washington, DC time), take part in a U.S. Speaker Program Native American Heritage Month discussion to hear indigenous experts address key issues such as access to education, environmental stewardship, economic opportunity, and mentoring the next generation of indigenous leaders. Tune in to submit your questions and participate …

By American Spaces | 22 November, 2022 | Topics: Adult, Age Group, Americana, Audience, College and University, Established Opinion Leaders, Press & Media, Programming Type, Social, Strategy, U.S. Culture, Webchats

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