History Resources

Founding Fathers: Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison

Lesson Plan

Government and Civics

4, 5, 6

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

Video

Government and Civics

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

The Presidential Election of 1800: A Story of Crisis, Controversy, and Change

Essay

Joanne B. Freeman

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Guided Readings: Federalists and Jeffersonians

Guided Readings

Economics, Government and Civics, World History

"The Authentic Voice of Today": Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton

Essay

Elizabeth L. Wollman

Art

The Rise of an American Institution: The Stock Market

Essay

Brian Murphy

Economics, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Andrew Jackson and the Bank War

Lesson Plan

9, 10, 11, 12

Ratification of the US Constitution in New York, 1788

Spotlight on: Primary Source

Government and Civics

The Real Treason of Aaron Burr

Video

Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy

8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

Aaron Burr, fugitive and traitor, 1804

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