Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Memorial Day Shoebox Parade

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners examine the history of U.S. conflict and Memorial Day. They conduct research, develop a timeline of U.S. conflict, and create a shoebox Memorial Day parade to commemorate veterans and soldiers.
Lesson Plan
Constitutional Rights Foundation

History of Immigration From the 1850s to the Present

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The Statue of Liberty may embrace the huddled masses of the world, but has American society always joined in? After young historians read a passage about the history of American immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mexico: Introduction to History and Literature

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the geography of Mexico (i.e. major cities, surrounding countries and bodies of water, mountain ranges, rivers, volcanoes), They take turns reading aloud information provided (xerox copies) about Mexico. After each...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Spanish Entrada

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Arizona history worksheet, students read a 5 page selection that includes primary sources about time periods in the state's history. Students then respond to 5 short answer questions based on the selection.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Culture in Art

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore how cultural aspects of their lives are depicted in society. They view a video on Frida Kahlo and identify the cultural elements that she referenced in her work.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Study of the Spanish-Speaking People of Texas: Immigration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the meaning of the following terms: immigrant, immigration, migrate, and assimilation. They identify reasons that immigrant groups came to Texas and explain where groups settle and the influence these groups have on...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study westward expansion. For this US history lesson, students describe the adventures and hardships faced by the explorers known as Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Students write a report to the President about...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

BEAN and SEED MOSAIC

For Teachers All
To gain the students' attention pose the following question: How many of you know what Cinco de Mayo is and who it is important to? After some discussions on the students' responses explain to them exactly what Cinco de Mayo is and its...
Unit Plan
The Newberry Library

Newberry Library: Perspectives on the Mexican Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source material and learning excercises for students to explore the social conditions that contributed to the Mexican Revolution and examine how the U.S. influenced Mexico as well as how artists and writers responded to the war.
Activity
Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: Reaction and Reform: Land, Liberty, and the Mexican Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Activity on the Mexican Revolution in which students read the article provided, answer questions for discussion, and write an informed essay on why they think Villa or Zapata or both should or should not have become president of Mexico.
Lesson Plan
John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Five Artists of the Mexican Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
In this 9-12 instructional activity, young scholars will create original artwork demonstrating the style of an early 20th-century artist of the Mexican Revolution. They will research how art was influenced or created in response to major...
Website
Other

The Mexican Revolution of 1910

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the Mexican Revolution of 1910.
Graphic
Other

Maps: The Mexican Revolution: 1910 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
Five maps of the Mexican Revolution, with battle sites and areas of power.
Website
University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Robert Runyon's Photographs of the Mexican Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A history and some photographs taken of events from the Mexican Revolution.
Handout
Other

November 20 Commemoration of the Mexican Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A short account of the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920).
Article
Other

People of Mexico Living Up to the Ideals of the Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides in-depth information about the Mexican Revolution and the people that took part in it.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Us and the Mexican Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This article contains history and detailed facts about United States intervention and involvement in the Mexican Revolution (1910 - 1920).
eBook
University of Texas at Austin

Lanic: Zapatistas! Documents of the New Mexican Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Primary source documents describing the Zapatista revolt in Southern Mexico. These were written, either by the revolutionaries, or supporters of the revolution. This is a good resource to get background on why this revolt took place in...
Article
Library of Congress

Loc: The History of the Mexican Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the history of the Mexican Constitution of 1917, where Mexican President Venustiano Carranza put into effect the Constitution that is still in force today in Mexico.
Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Mexican Immigrants

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As America grew and spilled into bordering lands, people found themselves living two cultures. LOC brings us a comprehensive site that traces the history of Mexican Americans and their culture.
Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Madero's 1910 Address to the Mexican People

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of Francisco Madero's call to Mexicans to take up arms against the government, which marks the beginning of the Mexican Revolution.
Activity
Mex Connect

Mexico Connect: Mexican Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
An article written for a newspaper about the Mexico Revolution of 1910.
Website
Digital History

Digital History: Impact of the Mexican Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
Seee how Mexico's independence from Spain affected not only the Mexicans who lived in California, but also the native population, and the white Americans.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Mexican Muralism: Los Tres Grandes David Siqueiros, Diego Rivera

For Students 9th - 10th
Siqueiros, Diego Rivera, and Jose Clemente Orozco-known as Los tres grandes-cultivated an artistic style that defined Mexican identity following the Revolution. They crafted epic murals on the walls of highly visible, public buildings...