Curated OER
Suffragettes 1903-1913
For this suffragettes worksheet, students read 4 passages about the suffragettes and women's fight to earn the right to vote. Students use a glossary to help them understand the passages.
Curated OER
Atlatl Lessons
Fifth graders study math patterns and relationships as well as learn about the heritage of Aboriginal peoples of Saskatchewan. In this patterns and heritage lesson, 5th graders research the daily lives of First Nations People in...
Curated OER
Political and Social Impact of World War II
Sixth graders study the life in Jewish ghettos during World War II and learn about tolerance and compassion. In this WWII lesson, 6th graders discuss Jewish ghettos but with a mistreatment of the kids with stickers to signify the Jewish...
Curated OER
Three Chicago Painters: Self-Portraits
Students examine self-portraits on a Website. They create self-portraits which reveal something about themselves. They include objects which give clues to Students' personalities. The portraits are displayed in the school.
Curated OER
Sea Turtles: An Issue Investigation
Fifth graders explore sea turtles and the issues relating to them as endangered species. They research sea turtles on the Internet and find reasons why the turtles are endangered. They identify potential issues to be considered when...
Curated OER
Pocumtucks In Deerfield
Students read a story about the Pocumtucks' religious beliefs. Using the text, they discover their concept of land ownership and how they migrated within their territory in different seasons. They use primary and secondary sources to...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Women's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Women's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Theories of Attitude and Behavior Change Questions
This ten-question quiz helps to prepare for the MCAT pertaining to theories of attitude and behavior change.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Smoking Cessation and Behavioral Change
Read this passage and study the chart to complete the five-question quiz concerning smoking cessation and behavioral change.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Choose Your Attitude
This lesson engages students in determining the importance of attitudes on many facets of life. Students will view movie clips, view PowerPoint presentations, discuss how attitudes can change and influence people's lives, and look at...
International Reading Association
Reading Online: A Friendly, Welcoming Attitude Toward Change
Research and ideas about developing a climate that welcomes change.
The Dirksen Congressional Center
Congress for Kids: Citizenship: Attitudes/actions of Responsible Citizenship
Understanding how your values and attitudes influence your views as a citizen can be difficult. This activity will help you become aware of your actions, attitudes, beliefs, and values maybe for the first time. So be prepared to...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Changing Attitudes in America
A collection of lesson plans that help teachers examine diversity, institutional racism, and other topics in social justice.
Other
Brookings Institution: Bush's New Cabinet: Changes in Attitude
An editorial on the reasons President Bush had to move fast to replace his first term Cabinet. Author also gives reasons for resignations and replacements. (November 21, 2004)
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The Social Gospel and the Progressive Era
Essay on the shifting tide and changing attitudes brought about by social science during the Progressive Era with an increased emphasis on social welfare, race relations, and fair labor practices in an industrial age.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Federalism
A learning module on federalism. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include how state and federal powers are defined in...
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Social Science Education Consortium
Ssec: Inflation: Are Higher Prices the Only Problem? [Pdf]
This investigation begins with a discussion of spare change. Students are asked to compare and analyze peoples' attitudes toward coins today to those of the past. Students then complete an activity that teaches them how to compare...
Brown University
World War Ii: Diversity in American Society
Detailed and comprehensive picture of the social changes and events in the United States during World War II. Includes legislation and its effects, race riots, the position of women in the work force, African Americans and job...
British Library
British Library: Dreamers and Dissenters
How do people work to change society for the better? The British Library presents case studies of visionaries, dissenters and rule breakers through the past centuries. Counter culture, the struggle for democracy, and utopias are looked...
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 35: The Melting of the Cold War
As the Cold War evolved over four decades, the end of the world seemed imminent as the nuclear arms race continued to escalate. Popular music, especially in the 1980s, reflected this growing pessimism. By 1989 and 1990, as the Berlin...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Psychology: Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
This learning module looks at how normal behavior is defined and perceived by society. The definitions of normal behavior shifts as societal norms change over time. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a...
OpenStax
Open Stax: New Century, Old Disputes
As the United States entered the twenty-first century, old disputes continued to rear their heads. Some revolved around what it meant to be American and the rights to full citizenship. Others arose from religious conservatism and the...
PBS
Pbs Nature: Gray Wolf
Gray wolves were a frequent sight on the American plains, however, they are now an endangered species despite attempts to reintroduce them to their former habitats in the continental United States. Learn about their natural history in...
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Suffrage Strategies: Voices for Votes Lesson Plan
Students will learn all about the history of suffrage for women and what influences were used to change people's attitudes. They will then use their understanding to create a modern-day election document of ephemera, for example, a...