20th Century South America Lesson Plans

Young scholars explore Jackie Robinson's career. In this 20th century American history lesson, students complete the provided analysis questions based on the provided primary documents about Jackie Robinson. Young scholars discuss Jackie' Robinson's perseverance and his accomplishments. 

Pupils consider the impact of the Kellogg-Briand Pact. In this early 20th century American history lesson, students examine the foreign policy decisions that kept the United States from joining World War II until the attack on Pearl Harbor. Pupils create timelines that highlight American foreign policy decisions during the time period.

Eleventh graders explore the events that led up to the Spanish-American War.  For this history lesson, 11th graders discuss America's role in the Spanish-American War. They also discuss the role of the media in the War.

Students complete a variety of activities as they examine the historical significance of the Transcontinental Railroad and the Golden Spike Ceremony in Promontory, Utah, which honored its completion. In one activity they plan and recreate a grander, more appropriate Golden Spike ceremony.

Students explore the cities of Cairo, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Mecca and Tehran.  In this Middle East lesson plan, students complete a map, research one of the five the cities and prepare a presentation that includes details about the city.  Students also create a musical instrument that these five cities are known for.

Students explore past U.S.-Cuban relations, by researching key events in the past century and creating a class timeline, in order to evaluate restrictions in policy on Cuba and the potential for exhibition baseball games.

Learners research the origins of various clothing items to their agricultural sources. They look for the countries of origin on the labels of the clothes they are wearing. They locate the countries on a world map and list the countries on the chalkboard.

Students share their knowledge of England, then read a news article about Prince Charles's anticipated visit to the U.S. In this current events lesson (written prior to Prince Charles's visit), the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity, then students read the news report and participate in a class discussion. Lesson includes interdisciplinary follow-up activities.

Students view a film about the fall of Peru's president. They develop possible solutions for governments to follow when dealing with terrorism. They work together to research civil liberty limitations put in place during war. They write an essay stating their point of view.

Students discuss a rugby match to understand its world implications. In this rugby lesson, students read and analyze primary documents to find how sports effect world relations.  Students answer critical thinking questions related to the document.