Using the communicative means of cartooning, students examine essays from various Peace Corps volunteers and recount them by writing their own cartoons.

Volunteers have begun an effort to transcribe the pages of more than 2,000 diaries written by ordinary people during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Their voices, filled with anxiety, isolation and uncertainty, resonate...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides information about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s impact on American history. In addition, there are links to related topics.

This lesson will be a creative approach to learning latitude and longitude, and will introduce the middle schoolers to new technology. Seventh grade students will be given the opportunity to utilize GPS Handheld Tracking Units to...

A lesson for exploring the history of the U.S. armed forces and conscription of military recruits. A good lesson for debating the value of required military service in America.