Presidents' Day lessons for Grades 10-12 on the constitutional legacies of George Washington, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan, and how they shaped the history and Constitution of our nation. Each lesson was written and...

Students will compare and contrast the First 100 Days of Franklin Roosevelt with those of Barack Obama.

This resource provides step-by-step lesson plans that detail the Presidential Inauguration. It offers links to superb primary sources (photos, poems, audio, etc.) that catalog past inaugurations. This resource will certainly help...

This lesson fosters an understanding of a major event in American history. It uses this event to guide young scholars into research of how the event affected an 'ordinary' person's life. Each student will be responsible for interviewing...

On November 3, 1936, President Roosevelt was swept back into office by what was, at the time, the largest landslide victory, of the twentieth century. Roosevelt carried all but two states and won 523 electoral votes to Landon's 8. Such...

In the 1830s, President Andrew Jackson pursued a policy of Indian Removal, forcing Native Americans living in Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi to trek hundreds of miles to territory in present-day Oklahoma.

Here is a terrific lesson plan that involves all students in examining the reasons Senators had for and against civil service reform following the assassination President Garfield. All the source materials are available for the lesson...