Teach students how to read with understanding, think straight, and write clearly using document-based questions.

For this activity, students will analyze documents that span the course of American history to see examples of 'checks and balances' between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches in action. Students will then match the...

This is a collection of classroom resources to engage students during the 2016 Presidential elections. These include links to news, debates in the classroom, the election process, lesson plans, historical presidential speeches, etc.

The National Center for History in the Schools at UCLA (NCHS) and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) have developed the following lessons for teaching with primary sources. This unit, like others co-published by NCHS and OAH,...

Students will examine the Salem witchcraft trials through primary and secondary sources with an emphasis on different viewpoints of the trials.

This "Teaching with Documents" lesson on Lincoln's spot resolutions explores the Mexican War, Lincoln's questioning of the propriety of the war, and the power of the U.S. President at that time. Content includes extensive historical...

Teacher resources for teaching and reviewing negative numbers by themselves and with thermometers. There are games, PowerPoint presentations, pdf files, Word files, and Excel files available for download at several different skill levels.

This activity presents students with two versions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous speech following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor-an earlier typewritten draft and his final reading copy. Students will read, analyze, and...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of 18th and 19th-century images from the Victoria and Albert Museum which includes three images inspired by Shakespeare's Macbeth. Ideas for their use is also provided.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of images of 18th and 19th-century paintings from the Victoria and Albert Museum which includes three images inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest. Ideas for their use is also...

For this activity, students will analyze images from President Nixon's visit to China in 1972 to determine the sequence of events and learn more about American and Chinese cultural differences.

An extensive biography of Anne Sullivan Macy, who pioneered techniques for teaching the blind and deaf through her work with Helen Keller. Includes many images and primary source documents, such as letters. Anne had a difficult...

The 9/11 Tribute Center site can best be described in its own words: "The 9/11 Tribute Center is a project of the September 11th Families' Association which brings together those who want to learn about 9/11 with those who experienced...

Learn about prewar life for the Jewish people by studying Jewish symbols, researching synagogues, and reading testimonies. Students will use the Zagreb Synagogue, which was destroyed during WWII, as a case study. Materials include...

This is a site for a 14-day United States History unit on the events leading up to the American Revolution. The point of this unit is to help students form an understanding of events by using multiple primary accounts (teaching...

In this lesson plan, we will read and understand the story "Through My Eyes" by Ruby Bridges. We will then compare and contrast this first-hand account with the secondhand account of "The Story of Ruby Bridges" by Robert Cole. A video...

The main site is huge with interactive links to different time periods, archival documents, photos, and artifacts. This section focuses on the time period 1600-1867 which included the first interactions between First Nations and...

The main site is huge with interactive links to different time periods, archival documents, photos,and artifacts. This section focuses on the time period 1867 - to Present. The building and growing of Canada through immigration,railway,...

Here are a few resources to use with your students when teaching about line graphs or pie charts.

Website with primary source material on the Declaration of Independence history, teaches students about why it was written, how it was recieved and accepted, and how it is structured.

Take a fresh look at the Longfellow classic "Evangeline" in its historical context, with a look at a number of primary sources, and a connection with "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood."

Basic information about the Old Mormon Fort and an accompanying lesson plan for grades 5-12.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this series of activities, students will compare Sojouner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech". Students will look at literal and implied...

This British site provides free worksheets, flashcards, and other educational resources for teachers of 4 to 9 year olds.