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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze primary documents to determine why President Madison believed it was important for the US to declare war with Great Britain. Students research documents on the Internet to determine President Madison's argument for going to war. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore American Indian cultures and changes caused by European exploration in North America. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students researchhow Queen Ann's War of Europe affect Native Americans in New England. After reading excerpts from History of Deerfiel by George Sheldon and Nuthatch's Dilemma, a story about a Pocumtuck woman, students are prepared to complete graphic organizers and/or step back in time to write fictitious letters to Nuthatch. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students explore the rise, life during, and the aftermath of the French Revolution. This ten lesson unit makes conections to other revolutions, the prices paid for freedom, and what happens when people lose sight of their purpose. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students explore events of the Revolutionary War and George Washington's role in them. They examine the forces behind the war and create timeline. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students create a timeline of events during the Revolutionary War and conduct research of historical figures. They construct acrostics or diamantes of the figures' names. They evaluate the involvement of Europeans in the war. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students identify and describe historic Indian groups that lived in the region that became Indiana at the time of early European exploration and settlement in the seventeenth century. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students explore the frontier wars of the 1790s. After researching one battle, teams of students prepare a presentation for the class. Students compare and contrast the Columbian Tragedy with "broadsides" that were printed to announce events. Finally, students create a "broadside" to announce the researched battle. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students use the internet to research the role of special forces throughout military history. After reading primary source documents, they discuss the development of the USSR and the consequences of World War I. They also brainstorm as a class how challenging social and economic factors can be to a population. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students examine the causes of dissatisfaction that led to the American Revolution. Then they make a Flap Vocabulary Book and glue on a map of the thirteen colonies and make a title page called "Road to War in it." Students also identify and interpret the Proclamation Act of 1763, the Sugar Act 1764, the Stamp Act 1765, and what the colonial mindset what during this period. Full Review »
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