Your class members may know that Jackie Robinson was the first African American man to play Major League Baseball, but they may not be aware of his efforts to achieve social justice. A clip from Ken Burns: The Jackie Robinson Collection...

Students research the role played and contributions made by African American soldiers during World War I. They discuss the evolution of civil rights in America's history, and the progress that has been made in the last 100 years.

After reflecting on jobs people perform in the present day, scholars discuss what they believe jobs would have been like in Colonial Virginia during the American Revolution. Small groups then perform a jigsaw using informational packets....

Witness the birth of the Americas in this presentation, which details the European Explorers who contributed to adding vital details on our modern-day maps. Viewers' worlds will literally expand after seeing the results of Cortes and the...

Third graders "travel" from Europe to North America as Columbus did. They organize the information into chronoglogical order.

For this map of South America worksheet, students identify and label the countries in South America. Students improve their understanding of South America.

The instructions say to use a text-book to label 11 different regions in modern Latin America. If a text-book is not available a map can be found on-line and printed for student reference.

In this South America facts worksheet, students read the statements about South America and select the best choice to complete the 10 statements.

In this vocabulary activity worksheet, students read the statements about South America and complete them with 10 words from the word bank.

Students learn where Jazz came from and why it is an important part of America's history.

Students explore jazz and its origins by focusing on the people in which Jazz came from.

Fifth graders explore cool jazz and how it reflected American culture in the 1940's and 1950's.

Students learn the basic elements of music and gain an understanding of the elements found in Jazz.

Students explore different instruments and what role they play in Jazz. They also each person's role in a democratic society.

Possibly helpful in the context of a larger unit, this presentation about 19th-20th century immigration leaves much to be desired. Some useful information about limitations of immigration and the rate of growth could be incorporated into...

Learners explore discrimination issues in America. In this homosexual rights activity, students listen to their instructor lecture on antidiscrimination laws and gay rights. Learners respond to questions about the Romer v. Evans case.

Students research women that have made an impact in America. They create a front page article sharing the information they have collected. They also can create other articles for the newspaper relating to the time period.

In this capitals of states in America instructional activity, students answer multiple choice questions about the capitals of states. Students complete 10 questions total.

The first part of this article by PBS on the Miss America pageants can be used in a health class when it's time to talk about body image. There are links to related articles. There are some great questions for discussion. There are ideas...

Students participate in a series of activities to explore the types of food Americans eat, how food choices differ in various parts of the country, and how the availability of various foods has changed over time.

Get your historians to hop into someone else's 18th century shoes with a simulation on rights in early America. Each individual gets an identity card, indicating their race, gender, and status (slave or free). Areas around the room are...

Students investigate the working conditions during the Age of Industrialization. They research how workers reacted to the conditions and discuss the results of labor movement.