Abraham Lincoln by HUB Scuola https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m en-us 2023-02-23 10:45:01 UTC 2025-05-23 07:12:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3db.png ABRAHAM LINCOLN mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492388575 Date and place of birth
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Assassination and legacy]]> 2023-02-23 10:53:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492388575 HISTORY: The American Civil War mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492407921 On 8 February 1861, seven southern states decided to separate from the rest of the Union and found the Confederate States of America. This led to civil war. North and South had different view on slavery. The Southern states also did not want Abraham Lincoln as president. The war ended on 9 April 1865 with the victory of northern states.]]> 2023-02-23 11:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492407921 HISTORY: The 13th Amendement and the Abolition of Slavery mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492419534 In 1861, Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States. Lincoln’s first act was to decree the liberation of all slaves from the territories of the Confederate States and to push Congress to vote on the 13th Amendment that abolished slavery for good.]]> 2023-02-23 11:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492419534 HISTORY: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492446607 George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are considered the founding fathers of the United States. Washington was the commander-in-chief of the army during the American Revolution and the first president of the United States of America. Jefferson shared the struggle for independence and became the third president.]]> 2023-02-23 11:54:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492446607 HISTORY: George Washington mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492447133 2023-02-23 11:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492447133 HISTORY: Thomas Jefferson mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492447820 2023-02-23 11:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492447820 HISTORY: The Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492456001 Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader of the civil rights movement for Afro-Americans. Inspired by Gandhi, Martin Luther King chose non-violence. He wanted to put an end to racial segregation in schools and to pass civil rights laws. Promoter of a great civil rights movement, Martin Luther King was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. On 4 April 1968 he was killed in Memphis. His figure still inspires civil rights activists.]]> 2023-02-23 12:05:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492456001 HISTORY: JFK mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492458681 John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States of America. His presidency was characterised by a great openness to the civil rights movement, for the abolition of racial segregation, and is still considered a period of great political, social, and cultural renewal of the United States. ]]> 2023-02-23 12:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492458681 MUSIC: Gospels, Spirituals, and Work Songs mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492576593 In the fields where slaves worked, songs marked the days. The earliest forms of music connected with this phenomenon are in fact called work songs. Spirituals are African-American religious songs that often tell stories from the Bible. The gospel was created in the late 1800s and is characterised by choral performances.]]> 2023-02-23 13:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492576593 MUSIC: Nina Simone mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492579864 Nina Simone, whose real name was Eunice Kathleen Waymon, was an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist. She was primarily a jazz performer and explored many different genres, from soul to blues, to folk to gospel.]]> 2023-02-23 13:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492579864 GEOGRAPHY: The United States of America mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492597195 Under British rule, the economy of the American colonies was based on agriculture. 90% of the population lived in the countryside and only the remaining 10% in the cities. Agricultural production was mostly located in the southern states and was labour-intensive. The population, however, was small and this led to the rise of the slave trade from Africa. Today, the United States is one of the most developed countries in the world, with a very innovative economy.]]> 2023-02-23 14:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492597195 GEOGRAPHY: Africa mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492603371 The African continent is characterised by a wide variety of climates and environments, such as deserts, savannas, and rainforests. It has always represented a reserve of raw materials from which the most advanced economies could draw resources for production. This is still the case today, although the raw materials needed have changed over time. However, today Africa is also the continent with the youngest population in the world.]]> 2023-02-23 14:10:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492603371 ART: Architecture: Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (1914-1922) mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492622256 The Congress of the United States of America decided in 1867 to build a monument in memory of President Abraham Lincoln, but the site was not chosen until 1901. The Congress formally authorised the construction of the monument on 9 February 1911 and the cornerstone was laid on Lincoln’s birthday, 12 February 1914.]]> 2023-02-23 14:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492622256 ART: Sculpture: Mount Rushmore National Memorial (1927 – 1941) mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492628451 Mount Rushmore National Monument consists of portraits of presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The presidents’ faces are carved into the rock of the Black Hills Mountains in South Dakota. They were created by the sculptor Gutzon Borglum between 1927 and 1941. Their faces reach a size of 18 m.]]> 2023-02-23 14:23:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492628451 ART: Movie: 'Lincoln' by Steven Spielberg mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492631243 This 2012 film directed by Steven Spielberg is set in the days before the end of the Civil War. In particular, it recounts President Lincoln’s battle to get the House of Representatives to pass the 13th Amendment. That measure would have permanently abolished slavery in the country by making it illegal.]]> 2023-02-23 14:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492631243 ENGLISH: Walt Whitman, ‘O Captain! My Captain!’ (1865) mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492635462 During the American Civil War, the poet Walt Whitman moved to Washington, DC, working for the government and as a volunteer in hospitals. His best-known poem “O Captain! My Captain!” was inspired by the death of President Lincoln, and first published in The Saturday Press on 4 November 1865.]]> 2023-02-23 14:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492635462 FRENCH: Tahar Ben Jelloun, 'Le Racisme expliqué à ma fille' mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492640297 Racism is a controversial subject, even more so when you explain it to a 10-year-old child. After participating with his daughter in demonstrations in France, in 1997, the French-Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun found himself having to answer many questions. Drawing inspiration from this event, the wrote “Le Racisme expliqué à ma fille”, a book published in 1998 and translated into more than 25 languages.]]> 2023-02-23 14:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492640297 PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Jesse Owens mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492643974 James Cleveland ‘Jesse’ Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.
A sprint and long jump specialist, he set three world records and equalled another, all in less than an hour, at the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
He gained international fame at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, capital of Nazi and racist Germany.
]]> 2023-02-23 14:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492643974 PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Tommie Smith and John Carlos mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492647548 On 16 October 1968, at the Olympic stadium in Mexico City, African-American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos finished first and third in the 200-metre final at the Olympics. After standing on the podium for the award ceremony, Smith and Carlos turned to the huge US flag hanging above the stands, lowered their heads and raised a clenched fist, wearing black gloves, to support the battle for the civil rights of African-Americans.]]> 2023-02-23 14:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492647548 PHYSICAL EDUCATION: Colin Kaepernick: the first athlete to take a knee mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492655962 Colin Kaepernick in 2016 is the quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers, an NFL team. In August, he decided to kneel during the playing of the national anthem that precedes every game. The gesture was intended as a protest against police brutality and the systemic oppression of African-Americans. His form of protest immediately raised controversy, followed by heated discussions.]]> 2023-02-23 14:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492655962 CITIZENSHIP – THE 2030 AGENDA: Goal 10 Reduced Inequalities mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492662765 Reduce inequality within and among countries.]]> 2023-02-23 14:44:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492662765 CITIZENSHIP - THE 2030 AGENDA Black Lives Matter: Lewis Hamilton, Naomi Osaka and Others mappe_bacheche https://padlet.com/mappe_bacheche/dr5q7ke2han1aa0m/wish/2492668647 Many celebrities have spoken out against racism.
Lewis Hamilton, Formula 1 world champion, from the podium displayed a T-shirt with the words “Arrest the cops who killed Breonna Taylor”. Tennis player Naomi Osaka prompted the organisers of the Western & Southern Open to stop the tournament for a day as a stand against racism.
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