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"You Shall Do Your Best Endeavor" - Working With Primary Documents

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students read and interpret primary source documents regarding historic Jamestown. In small groups, they read the primary documents, answer questions, and view online maps of Jamestown Island and Virginia.
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Maps that Teach

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars study maps to locate the states and capital on the US map. Students locate continents, major world physical features and historical monuments. Young scholars locate the provinces and territories of Canada.
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Roll With the Punches: It's Not in Black and White

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine history textbooks as to how minorities are depicted when historical events are reported.
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A Monumental Race

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write about the importance of historical sites and landmarks. They research information about an ancient historical site and create a plan for commemorating this site.
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New York on the Pacific Coast

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the interaction and consequences of contact among different ethnic groups. Students examine a timeline and the important historical events in American History. They discuss immigration and migration.
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Kindred -- A Book About Families

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research specific events that occured in their family or community. They interview a member of their family to discuss historical events. They focus on the impact of the event on the family.
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The Olympic Dream: East Asia

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars engage in research in order to establish a context for comprehending the historical event of the Olympic Games being held in China. They use the internet and other resources to find information.
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Lesson 10: History of Illinois 1700's Dual Timeline

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils create a journal that includes historic events that occurred in Illinois in the 1700's that features entries on the same topics from different perspectives.
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Black History in Music

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners relate musical styles with US historical context through research and presentation.
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Friends Circle

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students participate in a project in which they examine many different aspects of human life to gain knowledge of people around the world. They discuss social problems and historical events.
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European Union And Its Organizations

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the historical events surrounding the founding of the European Union. The teacher provides a handout to guide the lesson plan and research. They answer questions verbally in the form of a class discussion. The...
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Paul Revere's Ride

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the life of Paul Revere. They compose a timeline of some of the major historical events leading to the American Revolution. The purpose of the ride is the focus of the lesson and the information is later...
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Historical Success Stories: Banneker, Blackwell, Drew, and Faraday

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate how all races and religions have contributed to US history by looking at the scientists Elizabeth Blackwell, Benjamin Banneker, Charles Drew, and Michael Faraday. They research these scientists individually and...
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Separating Fact From Fiction In Historical Fiction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this language arts worksheet, students look for the facts and fiction in the novel Number The Stars. They separate them into the two different columns.
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Historical Fashions - Interdisciplinary Experience, Art & Social Studies

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research styles, construction, fabrics, colors, and cost of Colonial era clothing. They create a life-sized model of themselves wearing Colonial period clothing and write a report about the clothes they designed.
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Historical Witness: Social Messaging

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars create political cartoons that feature satire. In this political cartoon instructional activity, students examine examples of satire and caricature prior to creating their own political cartoons that feature the French...
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Historic Flight of the Wright Family

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners write a persuasive letter. In this persuasive writing activity, students view a video of the first flight and read The Wright Sister by Richard Maurer.  Learners discuss societal roles of women.
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Second World War - Conscription Events

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners explore the iam Lyon Mackenzie King Diaries which describe the involvement of Canada in WWII.
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Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Protesting Violence without Violence

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
The ultimate legacy of Emmett Till's violent death is its role in the non-violent roots of the Civil Rights Movement. A lesson compares contemporaneous articles with the lyrics of Bob Dylan's "The Death of Emmett Till" and prompts...
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National Park Service

Civil War to Civil Rights: From Pea Ridge to Central High

For Teachers 4th - 12th Standards
Explore how the Civil War impacted the Civil Rights Movement. Class members complete a series of projects for a unit that uses a layered curriculum approach to learning. 
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National Endowment for the Humanities

George Washington: The Precedent President

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Everyone knows that George Washington was the first president, but do your scholars know why that was so important? The lesson plan, the third in a sequence of three, allows learners to understand how George Washington set a precedent...
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History with Peters

A Clear Signal for Change: Multiple Interpretations and Nat Turner’s Rebellion

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Was Nat Turner a hero or a violent criminal? Using primary sources and images that discuss the rebellion of enslaved people he led in antebellum Virginia, scholars consider the question. Then, they create memorials to Turner and...
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Learning to Live

Attributes of a Civil Society

For Teachers 9th Standards
What makes a society civil? High school freshmen search for examples of justice, kindness, peace, and tolerance in news media and brainstorm how they can promote these attributes in their schools, communities, and world. The well-rounded...
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Eastconn

Women of the California Gold Rush

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The California Gold Rush was not just an opportunity for the male gold miners sifting for shiny nuggets. Small groups read accounts of the ways women took advantage of the influx of workers to run hotels, bake pies, and wading out into...

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