Students use a primary source of a political cartoon to set the context for a lesson. They answer key questions in writing or orally. Students conduct a class discussion about the issue to stimulate higher order thinking skills like...

Students use vocabulary related to the Underground Railroad. They identify key facts related to the Underground Railroad, evaluate their personal responses to the Underground Railroad and make a judgment about the morality of the...

Students analyze stories to study the value of honesty. Songs and role playing are included in this lesson of character education. Activities include: brainstorming situations that would be easy to be dishonest, drawing pictures to...

Students work in groups to draw a map of their town or neighborhood. They include their homes, major public buildings and places. Students analyze their maps from a human rights perspective.

Students investigate the influence of political and societal forces on judicial decisions. Among the topics they examine are the selection of judges and the cause and effect relationship between politics, society, and the law. to...

Students identify and explain the significance of key terms, such as: 19th Amendment, Femisnism, Flappers, Immigration and Jobs in Wisconsin. They identify and analyze viewpoints, events, social classes, and people of various years.

Students analyze the reasons why groups build monuments and memorials. Using the Holocaust as an example, they reflect on issues that are addressed in monuments related to it. They create a monument of their own and write an essay about...

In this brain drain worksheet, students create a product name for a new product on the market, identify why the product is special and decide the target audience. Students then design a magazine, radio, or TV. advert for their product....

In this spelling worksheet, learners will look at 3 boxes each containing 10 words. Of those 1o words, 5 words are spelled incorrectly. Students will underline each incorrect word and then spell it correctly. The words are in British...

In this spelling worksheet, students analyze a list of 100 commonly misspelled words which are written in alphabetical order. There are no questions on the page.

Students improve their spelling skills by completing activities for homophones, antonyms, and synonyms. Students complete a spelling worksheet for 'ie' and 'ei' words. Students then identify 12 homophones, 12 antonyms, and 12 synonyms.

Learners discuss what satyagraha is understanding that it is the driving force which enables social reform. In this social science lesson, students try to internalize the principles of nonviolence on an individual level and then a global...

This is the text of Senator Margaret Chase Smith's "Declaration of Conscience," a list of how Republicans and Democrats should act, delivered on June 1, 1950.

Margaret Chase Smith was the first woman elected to both houses of Congress. She was the first woman to enter the Senate without being appointed to the position. During World War II, she was the only civilian woman to go to sea in a Navy...

The full text of the novel Prisoners of Conscience by Amelia E. Barr. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

The full text of the short story "The Story of a Conscience" by Ambrose Bierce. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

This is an overview of the Catholic understanding of the human conscience as a guide to making moral decisions. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource...

This rticle looks at the traditional Catholic understanding of the necessity to examine one's conscience to ascertain moral culpability. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in...

The full text of the short story "A Dollar on the Conscience" by T.S. Arthur.

Read the full text of the short story "Conscience" by Eliza Lee Follen about love and forgiveness.

Would you accept being drafted into military service if your family was being held in an internment camp? That was the question on many a Japanese American's mind during World War 2. Explore the stories of those who resisted service and...

Joseph McCarthy's initial attacks against the State Department and his all-out hunt for Communists in hiding in the government was met by Senator Margaret Chase Smith's Declaration of Conscience advocating for the protection of...

Hendrik Conscience statue (Antwerp)

This site features the author Amelia E. Barr including the full text of seven novels including Prisoners of Conscience and Remember the Alamo.