Lesson Plan The Resignation Speech of Richard M. Nixon Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this two-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan War, Immigration Policies, and Dissent: Landmark Moments in Latina/o History 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this three-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan The History of the Supreme Court, 1787 to 1937 Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this five-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan Free Speech in US History, 1917-1988 Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download the middle school lesson unit. Click here to download the high school lesson unit.
Lesson Plan After World War II: The Nuremberg and Tokyo War Crimes Trials Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this lesson.
Lesson Plan The Decision to Escalate in Vietnam 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this three-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan The US Government and Indigenous Peoples before the Trail of Tears, 1770-1839 Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this five-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Immigration and Migration: Pairing Text and Visual Materials Art 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this five-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan The Trail of Tears 5, 6, 7, 8 Historical Background In 1830, under President Andrew Jackson, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act directing the executive branch to negotiate for American Indian lands. The act set the tone for President Jackson in dealing with...
Lesson Plan Children’s Attitudes about Slavery and Women’s Abolitionism as Seen through Anti-slavery Fairs 6, 7, 8 Overview Over two days, students will examine the attitudes that children from northern states had about slavery during the 1830s to 1860s and how abolitionists tried to change their way of thinking. They will also explore how woman...
Lesson Plan Latino and Latina Civil Rights, 1930-1970 Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 About This Lesson Plan Unit The objective of the unit is to have students recognize the economic, social, and political challenges faced by Latinas and Latinos throughout the United States from the 1930s through the 1960s, as...
Lesson Plan Prominent Latinos and Latinas in the Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century United States 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 About This Lesson Plan Unit The objective of the unit is to have students recognize the economic, social, and political challenges faced by Latinas and Latinos throughout the United States from the 1930s through the 1960s, as...
Lesson Plan Latino Immigration to the United States in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 About This Lesson Plan Unit The five lessons in this unit explore Latino and Latina immigration to the United States in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, emphasizing how immigrants understood and experienced this...
Lesson Plan Pilgrims, the Plymouth Colony, and Thanksgiving, 1608-1621 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 About this Lesson Plan Unit The five lessons in this unit explore the Pilgrims’ journey to the British colonies and their early settlement. Students will read primary sources, including excerpts from William Bradford’s “Of...
Lesson Plan Spain and the American Revolution: Contributions to the Patriot Cause 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 About This Lesson Plan Unit The five lessons in this unit explore Spain’s contributions to the American Revolution. Students will read and examine correspondence, a royal order, a map, and a combat diary. You will assess the...
Lesson Plan Debating Chinese Immigration and Naturalization, 1869-1898 Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this three-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan The Gettysburg Address Literature, Religion and Philosophy 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this four-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan Colonial Pennsylvania and the Paxton Massacre, 1763 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 About this Lesson Plan Unit The four lessons in this unit explore a massacre in colonial Pennsylvania in which the Paxton Boys—immigrants from Ulster, Northern Ireland—murdered twenty Conestoga people. Students will examine...
Lesson Plan “A City Upon a Hill” from John Winthrop’s “A Modell of Christian Charity,” 1630 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 About This Lesson Plan Unit This four-lesson unit focuses on the “city upon a hill” passage from John Winthrop’s “A Modell of Christian Charity” lay sermon, delivered in 1630 as the Puritans arrived in Massachusetts Bay. The...
Lesson Plan Apprenticeship and Indentured Servitude: Contract Labor in the British Colonies 5, 6, 7, 8 About This Lesson Plan Unit The three lessons in this unit focus on labor contracts and what was required of the people who signed them. The three primary sources include a 1742 contract for an apprentice in New York, a 1784...