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 Generations of Chinese in America, 1880s–1940s/1940s–1990s 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download Unit 1. Click here to download Unit 2.
Essay What’s That Sound? Teaching the 1960s through Popular Music Brian Ward Art There’s Something Happening Here . . . The 1960s was one of the most dramatic and controversial decades in American history. Opinions about its achievements and failures continue to be divided between those who condemn the decade as...
Essay The Fight for LGBT Rights after World War II Timothy Stewart-Winter The oppression of LGBT Americans did not begin in the post–World War II decades, but they faced increasingly systematic exclusion from public life, in part resulting from the Cold War political climate of fear and distrust of people...
Essay The Disability Rights Movement in America Jaipreet Virdi Disabled people have always fought for their rights. This is because they know that every policy issue, health crisis, inaccessible space, and fight for justice is a disability issue. Demanding access and advocacy for all people,...
Essay The United States and the Space Race James Spiller Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History On July 20, 1969, 650 million people witnessed an astounding event. They tuned in to live broadcasts of the first lunar landing and heard American astronaut Neil Armstrong’s famous words, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap...
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.
Interactive The History of Race Relations in America: African American Experiences, 1492-Present Government and Civics
Interactive Timeline: Fulfilling America's Founding Principles: African American History Government and Civics