Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing in which they identify and provide examples of American symbols, with an emphasis on the American Flag and the connection to Flag Day. Students engage with the sources...

Explore the impact of transcendentalism on the life of Louisa May Alcott and American society in this video [4:00] from the American Masters film Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind 'Little Women.' Emphasizing self-reliance, civil...

Was prohibition necessary to protect family values or was it an over-reach by the government? Students will debate this question while analyzing documents from this era. Documents include political cartoon, photos, letters from citizens,...

This is a collection of eight readings about Native Americans each from a different region of the United States. Each discusses how they got there, their culture, their life today, and photos and slide shows.

This site is a lesson plan focused on post-World War II America and the film making career of Billy Wilder. Details on the Film Noir genre and its reflection of shifting American values. Click to a biography and timeline of Billy...

This paper from Journal of American Indian Education describes the plight of the 1965 American Indian and addresses the difficulty of living in a bicultural society.

Text of the first chapter of Catharine Beecher's 1841 "Treatise on Domestic Economy, a best-seller of its time, which tries to reconcile women's position in society with Christian and democratic values.

A list that provides either the teacher or the student with a list of books that gives a representation of the multicultural society that exists in the United States. A brief synopsis of each book is given along with a suggestion for the...

This instructional task asks students to identify an American leader from the past and to explain the significance of his contributions. It contains a set of authentic source documents. Students engage with the sources to build their...