For classes tackling To Kill a Mockingbird, this lesson plan sets readers up for discussions or essay writing with questions and prompts. The prompts encourage individuals to explore beyond the novel itself, looking at...

"Words, words, words." Despite Hamlet's opinion, words can be significant. In this inquiry lesson, middle schoolers learn how the words in Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, in the view of many, lead to the American Civil War. To...

"How did the slavery system undermine the United States' democratic principles?" This question launches a study of how the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence, Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, and Article IV,...

In this lesson, students learn how to plan their research, find relevant primary and secondary sources, and use those sources in your research papers. W.11-12.8 Sources/Integrate/Cite

Presented in textbook format, this is a lengthy discussion of the political, economic, and legal reasons West Virginia became a state that joined the Union in the middle of the Civil War. Includes an excellent collection of downloadable...

This site discusses primary lighting sources and gives information on the different properties and spectral characteristics of each. Also includes links to some interactive Java applets.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on finding and evaluating relevant sources for a research project. It includes primary and secondary sources and print and internet sources. W.11-12.2...

In this lesson, students will examine the relationship of man and nature as portrayed in "The Open Boat," based on Crane's suffering from a shipwreck on The Commodore in which he spent thirty hours on a small boat at sea before being...

This interdisciplinary site explores the relationships between Dickinson and her editor Higginson, and that between Whitman and Ralph W. Emerson. Includes ideas for investigations, a bibliography and many primary sources.