Map the geographical area of a watershed, evaluate watershed use and describe land use practices of the people within one. Investigate the events surrounding the war over the Owens River in California at the turn of the 20th century.

An online game where students travel the path of the American Revolutionary War by answering questions about the time period.

Explore the history and status of women in the U.S. military and their roles in the war in Iraq with this "NewsHour" lesson plan. Calls for students to examine their personal feelings as well as national policy about women serving in the...

A lesson plan that draws on the work of the Seeds of Peace, an international organization of teenagers from troubled regions of the world (with a focus on the Middle East) that fosters meaningful dialogue among people with opposing...

How will history remember George W. Bush? Article discusses his early years, the Iraq War, the economy, health, education, and Katrina.

Web page with biographical information about key players in the war with Iraq.

Peek inside the highs and lows of adolescent friendships. Learn strategies to get through a fight with a friend, to overcome the urge to gossip and spread rumors, and to make or accept a sincere apology.

Assess how the Emancipation Proclamation expanded ideas of freedom and liberty, looking at the antislavery debate that led to the proclamation, the influences on Lincoln's decision, and the provisions of the document. In this interactive...

This is a collection of two video lessons about Louisa May Alcott and her works especially "Little Women."

This learning module includes several lessons that help promote kindness, empathy, and resilience among students.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the cultural impact of swing dancing.

This collection uses primary sources to explore social realism in American art.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the politics of the Gilded Age.

This collection uses primary sources to the history of food stamp programs.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the New Deal.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Great Migration.

A collection that uses primary sources to explore Shays' Rebellion.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the Fifteenth Amendment.

This collection uses primary sources to explore the history, successes, and failures of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction.

This collection uses primary sources to explore John Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath.

This collection uses primary sources to explore blackface minstrelsy in modern America.

By watching a short video and engaging in two primary source activities, students will examine the career of tenacious champion Muhammad Ali and learn about his remarkable athletic achievements.

Through an examination of primary sources and watching a short video, students will learn about Whitman's love for and criticism of the United States.

Through two primary source activities and a short biographical video, learners will understand the remarkable courage of this leader who stood up for his people.