Lesson Plan Environmentalism, Love Canal, and Lois Gibbs, 1953-1997 Economics, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this four-lesson unit
Lesson Plan The Civil Rights Movement: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X Government and Civics Click to download this three-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan Understanding President Washington through His First Inaugural and Farewell Addresses Government and Civics 8 Lesson Overview In this lesson, students will read and analyze excerpts from two of George Washington’s most important addresses. The first is the speech he gave to Congress on the day of his first inauguration in 1789; the second is...
Lesson Plan How Hamilton Solved the Economic Problems Facing the United States Economics, Government and Civics 5, 6, 7, 8 Lesson Overview In this lesson students will develop an understanding of the economic challenges facing the newly independent United States. Those challenges included the lack of a national currency, the national government’s...
Classroom Resources Infographic: Life in Colonial America: Climate, Commerce, and Culture Geography, Government and Civics K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Click here to learn more about the New England Colonies. Click here to learn more about the Middle Colonies. Click here to learn more about the Southern Colonies.
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: Abraham Lincoln Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Originally broadcast on November 12, 2020, this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores Gilder Lehrman Collection materials relating to the life of Abraham Lincoln, both before and after he...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: The Emancipation Proclamation & FDR’s Advice to Students Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The Gilder Lehrman curators were joined by Hamilton ’s Tyler Belo on September 3, 2020, in this session of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection where they celebrated the start of the school year with three...
Video: Inside The Vault Inside the Vault: July Anniversaries 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ The June 26, 2020 edition of Inside the Vault: Highlights from the Gilder Lehrman Collection explores a rare South Carolina printing of the Declaration of Independence and a soldier’s experience at the Battle of Gettysburg. The...