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 Sharecropping Contracts in the Reconstruction-Era South, 1867-1870 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this three-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan Westward Migration: Opportunities and Dangers K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Click here to download this four-lesson unit.
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: The Whiskey Rebellion and United States Great Seal Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ On June 1, 2023, our curators were joined by Dr. Gautham Rao (American University) to discuss the Whiskey Rebellion and the United States Great Seal. The program explored the broader context of the Whiskey Rebellion and how it, like...
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.
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.
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: 1796 Civics Textbook Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ On July 6, 2023, our curators were joined by Dr. Adam Laats (Binghamton University) to discuss the 1796 book A Plain Political Catechism Intended for the Use of Schools in the United States of America . The program explored the...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Twentieth-Century Voting Rights Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ On August 3, 2023, our curators were joined by Dr. Barbara Perry, Gerald L. Baliles Professor and director of Presidential Studies at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center, to discuss materials related to twentieth-century...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: The Treaty of Paris Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ More than 240 years ago, the United States became independent from England when the Treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War. On September 7, 2023, our curators discussed and examined key parts of the treaty with Dr....