Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement:african Americans and the New Deal's Civilian Conservation Corps

For Teachers 9th - 10th
One of the New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps, provided over a quarter of a million young black men with jobs and was thus another arena of the struggle for greater equality. This lesson explores that struggle and its...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Mental Health and Disasters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
During and after large disasters such as devastating hurricanes, floods, oil spills that have changed lives, fires, war and other natural and man-made disasters, how does a person cope? How do people deal with severe loss? How do they...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: The Whole World Is Watching: Iran, 2009

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A complete lesson plan about the current changes going on within Iran and how it relates to the United States. (June 24, 2009)
Article
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Did Climate Change Drive Katrina?

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Alister Doyle's article deals primarily with the issue of global warming and the possibility of it as a cause for Hurricane Katrina.