Students create a memoir. They compare writing with story telling and personal experience. They analyze how they learn, so they can begin to look critically at their own learning.

Learners examine legislation on immigration policies. They discuss current immigration laws, read a handout, complete a chart, and answer discussion questions.

Students relate chemistry to an object they use everyday. They research information related to chemistry and create their own webpage. They are to keep their page up to date as new observations are taken.

Learners review and discuss a given set of questions regarding ecosystems. They analyze essays, maps and historical documents on timber harvesting and regeneration and then complete worksheets.

In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read excerpts from articles and determine whether statements made are true or false. 

Handwritten bibles were seldom found anywhere but within the walls of churches or in the hands of clergymen until the printing press afforded the opportunity for more production, faster, so that anyone willing and able to purchase one...

In this lesson, students examine primary source materials to investigate how ideas change and evolve over time and what impact past ideas have on people's perceptions of the present, or how the present may be perceived at some future time.

Recognize the causes of the reformation in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. This slideshow thoroughly features this history of Europe.

A comprehensive summary of the impact the creation of the printing press had during the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century.

A July 2007 look at the level of public support in six different nations for the newly proposed European Reform Treaty. Also provides links to related topics.

This resource explores the lives of ordinary working men and women of Britain during the Reformation in Essex and Suffolk. Content includes an analysis of the Bible in English, rebellion and restriction of Bible reading, and the fight...

A scanned copy of the 1872 publication of Footsteps of the Reformers in Foreign Lands, a nonfiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of A History of the Reformation for Children by Edward Nangle, a nonfiction book for children.

Article introduces era of political and social reform known as Progressivism, in late 19th through early 20th Centuries.

Includes links to primary documents of the Protestant reformation. Links to essays and a photo gallery. Some links to sites in German.

Comprehensive teaching unit that explores the Progressive period in America and the reform movements that accompanied it. Contains video and text materials, web interactives, student oriented activities, and a timeline of key events from...

This site describes the reform movements with which Bronson Alcott (1799-1888) was associated, including the Abolitionists and the Non-Resistance Society.

A brief explanation of the Reformation along with pictures of significant manuscripts and letters of the reformers from the Treasures of Saxon State Library at the Library of Congress.

Learn about the Religious Reformation in Europe that allowed for the spread of new ideas in both science and religion.

Political boss George Washington Plunkitt explains how big city politics work, and reformer Lincoln Steffens, in an excerpt from The Shame of the Cities, attacks the corruption Plunkitt represents.

This site discusses the birth of the Progressive movement came about when the ascension of Theodore Roosevelt to the presidency after the assassination of William McKinley and the new face of American politics that sought to reform...

The history of the reformation of beef in Nebraska is detailed in this impressive compilation.

Article reports on the final findings of an investigation into deaths and identification of remains discovered at the former Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida. Former students have reported horrible abuse and violence during...

A narrated slideshow detailing the problems Franklin Roosevelt ran up against with putting his New Deal plans into effect. The conservative justices on the Supreme Court determined that many of the reforms were unconstitutional. Find out...