On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. Four video clips reveal the events of that time, including the shift in the focus of the Civil Rights Movement, the aftermath of the assassination, and...

Discuss the differences between the North and the South and how those differences led to the Civil War. Middle schoolers examine and analyze a famous speech or writing by President Lincoln in order to better understand the speaker's...

Learners discuss the significance of the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation and the assassination of Lincoln. They analyze how historians use evidence and develop differing interpretations. Students examine historical bias and...

In this famous leaders worksheet, students read a passage about Muqtada Al-Sadr and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...

In this famous leaders worksheet, students read a passage about Jose Ramoshorta and then complete a variety of activities including spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and scrambled sentences.

In this famous leaders worksheet, learners read a passage about Naguib Mahfouz  and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...

In this famous leaders worksheet, students read a passage about Sonia Gandhi and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...

In this President John Kennedy worksheet, students read a 2 page article and then circle 8 multiple choice answers to 8 questions or facts referring back to the article on President John Kennedy.

A 13-page packet introduces high schoolers to a lady of amazing firsts. Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to Congress, the first Black woman to run for President of the United States, and a leader of the Women's Rights...

Blanket, gossip, assassination, champion, generous. What do these words have in common? They were all coined by Shakespeare (or was it Shackespe, Shaxberrd, or Shake-Speare?) and are still in use today. Fustilarian, trundletail,...

A lot has happened in the month of October in the past 100 years or so. Kids fill in the blank for 31 events, each of which occurred on a day in October. Each event can be found in a New York Times article from the past 100+ years....

Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were contemporaries. Both were gifted orators, both were preachers, both were leaders during the Civil Rights era, both were assassinated. But the two had very different views on violence and...

High schoolers identify and gain an understanding of the politics behind the killing of President McKinley, as well as the anarchist movements that continue to exist worldwide. Then they select a form of anarchy and write a short story...

Middle schoolers examine the clash between the North and the South. In this Civil War lesson plan, students watch segments of the Discovery video "The Civil War: A Nation Divided". Middle schoolers conduct further research...

Learners examine the world of forensic science, focusing on fingerprint analysis. In the lesson, they implement a method by which fingerprints of class members are categorized and identified. Elementary students study classification...

Students classify information regarding American involvement in wars. In this classification lesson, students examine the causes of the war in which the United States has been involved, and classify them as mainly political, social,...

From Douglas O. Linder's extensive website covering famous trials primarily in U.S. History, this famous trial is the Garfield Assassination Trial of Charles Guiteau. Find the chronology of events, a diagram of the train station where...

A full website devoted to the attempted Assassination of Ronald Reagan Describes John Hinckley's life indepth.

Describes John Hinckley's life in depth.

This is the text, audio, and video [1:47] of Robert F. Kennedy's speech to the nation concerning the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.; it was delivered on April 4, 1968, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the factors that led John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Lincoln. Also involves comparing and contrasting Lincoln's and Andrew...

Follows the events leading to the trial of those accused of conspiring to assassinate Abraham Lincoln. Historical documents and primary sources describe the events.

This is Lyndon Baines Johnson's speech "Let Us Continue," on the occasion of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 27, 1963; it is offered in a You Tube Video, an mp3 audio, and in text. [6:11]

Allan Pinkerton saved Abraham Lincoln from an assassination attempt, started the United States Secret Service and helped slaves seek freedom via the Underground Railroad. Learn about his early life in Scotland and view a photograph of...