York University
Classics in the History of Psychology: Attitudes and Cognitive Organization
This resource provides a paper from 1946 by Fritz Heider on how attitudes of one person can influence the attitudes of others. A very basic concept put into detail.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Women's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Women's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Why Animals Have Attitude
From ABC News in Science, Marlowe Hood's article on animals with attitude covers topics related to the evolutionary process whereby certain animals within the same species can react differently in given situations based on differing...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Tone: A Matter of Attitude
This site focuses on tone and audience with examples.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Contextual Factors to Consider
This lesson plan focuses on contextual factors to consider when analyzing your audience including physical contexts, values, beliefs, attitudes, and needs, audience opinion of you and your topic, and audience knowledge of your topic.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What Is Your "Bat"itude?
This lesson plan is for use at the beginning of a unit on bats to help determine students' previous knowledge about bats as well as their bat attitudes. Students will begin by drawing an illustration describing their feelings about bats....
Other
Personal Site: Inter Religious Attitude
A long essay from this personal site detailing Hinduism's tolerance of other religions and downplaying Hindu-Muslim tension in present-day India. Claims that Hindu India has always been a sanctuary for oppressed members of other...
Other
Nctp: Ez Audits Accountability Made E Z
The National Center for Technology Planning (NCTP)offers five QUICK-START guidelines that will help you achieve success in your accountability efforts. These five steps are broken down to: Attitude, Organization, Maintenance, Growth and...
NASA
Nasa: Pre and Post Sputnik Public Attitudes
This site from NASA provides a paper that describes the public's attitiude before and after the launch of the Sputnik satellite. Originally presented as part of the "U.S. President's Committee on Information Activities Abroad."
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Anti Immigrant Sentiment
Botswanans express some of their attitudes toward the influx of Zimbabwean migrants in this Wide Angle video segment.
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Georgetown College: Introduction to American History: Progressivism (1900 1920)
Check out this page for a good overview of some general goals of Progressives. Material is presented in outline form and identifies major Progressive issues and attitudes.
University of California
History Project: Debate Over the California Constitutional Convention, 1878 1879
Lesson on immigration, conflict and nativism in which students examine primary source documents to evaluate public policy and attitudes towards Chinese immigrants in California, 1878-1879.
National Geographic
National Geographic: The Impact of the Bay of Pigs Invasion on Fidel Castro
This lesson focuses on how the Bay of Pigs invasion influenced the attitude of Fidel Castro towards Kennedy and the United States. Includes role play, discussion, and research. Students then write a letter from Nikita Krushchev to Fidel...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: The Radio: Blessing or Curse? A 1929 Debate
Lesson on how the debate over commercial radio reflected American attitudes toward technological change in the 1920s. Includes teacher notes, background, strategies for text analysis and close reading questions as well as follow-up and...
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Coming to America: The Era of Mass Immigration
From 1865 to 1914, up to 25 million people immigrated to the United States. This tutorial examines their reasons for coming, where they came from, the Ellis Island processing center, and how they adapted to their new country. The...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: America in Class: Lexington and Concord: Tipping Point of Revolution
Lesson where students examine primary texts from 1775 and 1776 to explore the impact of the Battles of Lexington and Concord on people's attitudes towards the British. Up to that point, protests against the British had not been violent,...
Code.org
Code.org: Lesson 2: Persistence & Frustration: Stevie and the Big Project
In this lesson plan, young scholars will develop an understanding of what it means to be frustrated while working on a large project. It's possible that not every student will experience frustration with this activity, but there are many...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Robert Clive
This site is provided for by the Fordham University. Read an excerpt from Clive's speech to the House of Commons regarding the rule of the East India Company over India. Offers excellent perspective on the imperialistic, superior...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: What Do We Know About Who Drops Out and Why?
Students decide to drop out for many reasons. This overview classifies the reasons as either status (e.g., age, socioeconomic status, geographic region or mobility) or alterable (e.g., grades, disruptive behaviors, school climate,...
The History Place
The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: Attack on France
Discusses France's attitude towards the Germans at the beginning of World War II and its indecision and defensiveness, factors which made the country an easier target when Germany invaded it in 1940. It discusses Hitler's maneuvers on...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Smoking Prevention Campaign
Study facts about tobacco and smoking, survey peers' attitudes about experiences with smoking and create a schoolwide smoking prevention campaign.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Sports Screeners
Examine how physical activity and sports are depicted in movies and on television. Hypothesize how images of physical activity and sports depictions in entertainment can influence young people's attitudes and behaviors.
PBS
Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Francis Cabot Lowell
This American industrial pioneer left as his legacy a manufacturing system, booming mill towns, and a humanitarian attitude toward workers.
Other
Northwest Journal: Women of the Fur Trade, 1774 1821
This article is useful in discussing the role of women in the fur trade, as well as the attitudes and policies of the trading companies towards family life. As this comes from an organization dedicated to historical re-enactments of...
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