US National Archives
National Archives: Lesson Plans Congress, the President, and the War Powers
Examine the power of Congress to make war by studying primary source documents from various wars throughout U.S. history. Students will analyze how the balance of authority between the legislative branch and executive branch has changed...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Looking for Lincoln: Looking for Lincoln During the Civil War
Using interactives and videos, this lesson explores the unique challenges Lincoln faced during the five years of bloody civil war which made him America's greatest but most controversial wartime leader.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: American Diplomacy in World War Ii
In this Curriculum Unit, students will consider "American Diplomacy in World War II" in 4 Lessons. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
US National Archives
National Archives: Congress's First Declaration of War Under the Constitution
The War of 1812 was the first war in which Congress used its power of declaring war. Using primary sources such as the Constitution and the War Manifesto of June 3, 1812, students will understand why and how Congress decided to declare...
Stanford University
Sheg:document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: New Deal and World War Ii
[Free Registration/Login Required] An inclusive unit on the New Deal and World War II with lessons about Social Security, the Zoot Suit Riots, the Dust Bowl, Mexican migration in the 1930s, the atomic bomb, Japanese internment, and the...
Other
Teaching Social Responsibility: Teachable Moment.: u.s. And Iraq War
This resource provides materials to enhance debates between students about the Iraq War.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The American War for Independence
The decision of Britain's North American countries to rebel against their Mother Country was a risky one. The teaching unit is comprised of three lesson plans. Students explore the diplomatic and military aspects of the American War for...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The Korean War: "Police Action," 1950 1953
In this lesson plan, students will consider "The Korean War: "Police Action," 1950-1953." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The Origins of the Cold War, 1945 1949
In this Curriculum Unit, students will consider "The Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1949" in 3 Lessons. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Woodrow Wilson and American Entry Into Ww I
This lesson plan explores the ways President Woodrow Wilson tried to keep America out of war as World War I raged in Europe. Examine documents, speeches, and other primary sources to follow America's path from neutrality to war.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The u.s. In Ww Ii: The Proper Application of Overwhelming Force
In this Curriculum Unit, students will consider "The United States in World War II:"The Proper Application of Overwhelming Force"" in 4 Lessons. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the...
The Newberry Library
Newberry: Political and Military History: Map 15: The World at War, 1944
Lesson for K-12 using historical map teaches learners about the relationship between perspectives of the world and map projections.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Wartime Poetry Working With Similes
Contains plans for four lessons that use photos and depictions of World War II to inspire similes to use in poems. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
US National Archives
Docsteach: Confronting Work Place Discrimination on the World War Ii Home Front
In this activity, learners will analyze primary sources and evaluate the degree to which they demonstrate Civil Rights advances following President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1941 Executive Order providing equal opportunity in defense...
US National Archives
National Archives: Congress Debates the Fate of the Nation
Students will use a copy of the Wilmot Proviso and a map used by President Polk in an address to Congress to debate whether territory acquired through the Mexican War should be free or slave states. This debate in Congress served as a...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Boycotting Baubles of Britain
A great lesson plan that examines the role consumer boycotts of British goods in colonial America had in the run-up to the Revolutionary War. Find learning objectives, lesson activities, and assessment options.
Other
National Council: War and Terrorism: Current Events: Iraq and 9/11
A variety of teaching resources to address the September 11th tragedy. Content includes personal insights from teachers, lesson plans, articles, and much more.
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: Conflict on the Homefront: Wartime Economy [Pdf]
Find out how the people of the United States, and Wisconsin in particular, stepped up to help the war effort in World War I. Read about the way industries retooled to produce wartime goods and see brochures that advertised Liberty Bonds.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Inst.: Japanese Americans and Constitutional Guarantees
A lesson plan that explores the history of the treatment of Japanese-Americans during World War II and a discussion of some of the resulting Supreme Court cases.
iCivics
I Civics: Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court decision that determined that Dred Scott, having lived in a free territory, was not entitled to his freedom. Students learn about the impact of the Court's decision, and how it was...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Researching Information: Comparing Electronic and Print Texts
This instructional activity allows students to compare and contrast print text structure with that of an online site. Students work together and use worksheets in comprehending the informational text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 Conduct...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Courage
In this lesson plan, students will consider "The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Courage." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
PBS
Pbs Frontline: Ghosts of Rwanda
Frontline provides a great teacher resource for educating learners about Rwandan genocide. Features firsthand accounts, Rwandan history, and facts about genocide in World War II.
US National Archives
National Archives: Indian Nations vs. Settlers on the American Frontier
When the Revolutionary War ended, there was an ongoing conflict between the Native Americans and American settler in the Northwest Territory. Students will study two documents from each side of the issue and answer questions and/or hold...
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