A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that takes young scholars through an investigation of two key battles of the Civil War--Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Students determine why these...

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines how new technology and scientific advances of the nineteenth century changed America. Includes ideas for directing students through a...

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that guides learners through an examination of the outcomes of the Civil War. Includes discussion prompts related to the effectiveness of...

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the political and educational limitations women faced in early America. Students will describe early developments in the progression...

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the Truman-Dewey election of 1948. Students learn how Truman and Dewey campaigned, how they got their messages across to the American...

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that directs students in a role-playing dramatization involving past presidents of the United States and activists Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Henry...

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the conditions under which George Washington's troops lived and trained at Valley Forge. It also tells the story of Peter Francisco,...

Read about how "the Populists challenged white supremacy by forming coalitions between black and white farmers who shared a common cause." Part of a larger website called "Jim Crow Stories", this brief article paints the Populist Party...

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the factors that led John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Lincoln. Also involves comparing and contrasting Lincoln's and Andrew...

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that directs students to examine Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points. They will discuss how Wilson's plan and the establishment of the League of...

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that draws on young scholars' understanding of the word "trait" to comment on President Truman's ability to make difficult decisions. Also includes...

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that lets learners analyze how the image of President and Mrs. Kennedy influenced American government and culture. Includes a discussion of some of...

A lesson plan from the producers of the 16-episode PBS series "Freedom: A History of US" that examines the rules by which the Continental Congress governed colonial America. Learners will identify people who held positions of leadership...

See how much public education has changed from the one-room schoolhouse days of the frontier. From a companion essay to the PBS series, Frontier House.

Would you clean your plate if you had to eat what frontier families served in eastern Montana? Find out what's on the menu from this companion essay to the PBS series, Frontier House.

Making a house a home was a struggle on the plains. This companion essay to the PBS series, Frontier House, describes the problems with getting water, outhouses, and furnishing the sod house.

An essay provided as part of the PBS series, Frontier House, describes the housing options of pioneers on the prairies in eastern Montana.

Part of an interactive timeline which focuses on the history of exploration, development, and use of oil and petroleum products in the United States from 1855-1919 with links at the bottom that continue through 2004.

A biography of the inspirational Ida B. Wells, who, as a journalist, railed against violence against African-Americans in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

This resource will provide a step-by-step guide to help in the design of an interdisciplinary curriculum.

A comprehensive site that looks at the life, culture and environment of the Inuit. Suggested readings for students are included as well as assignments of varying levels of difficulty.

Learners explore the growth population of China and use graphs and equations to display data.

Patterns and sequences of numbers are explored through this instructional activity.

Students explore polyhedron's through technology and paper/ pencil constructions.