Lesson Plan Dawes to Burke to McGirt: Tribal Sovereignty, 1887–2020 Geography 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this three-lesson unit.
Classroom Resources Historical Context: Why Do People Migrate? Economics, World History 13+ In trying to understand why people migrate, some scholars emphasize individual decision-making, while others stress broader structural forces. Many early scholars of migration emphasized the importance of "push" and "pull" factors....
Spotlight on: Primary Source Surrender of the British General Cornwallis to the Americans, October 19, 1781 World History 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ These three documents—a map, a manuscript, and a print—tell the story of the surrender of British commander Charles Cornwallis to American General George Washington. In October 1781, the successful siege of Yorktown, Virginia, by...
Video: General Witnessing History: The Pardon of Homer Plessy Government and Civics In conjunction with our panel, Witnessing History: The Pardon of Homer Plessy (presented in partnership with the Office of the Governor of Louisiana), the Gilder Lehrman Institute has compiled this list of resources on the Plessy v....
Video Reason and Emotion in Revolutionary America Government and Civics, World History 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ New York University historian Nicole Eustace discusses the "tempest of emotion" that swept through the Age of Reason, epitomized by the earliest call for a full break between the American colonies and Great Britain, Thomas Paine’s...
Video Taxation and Representation: The Imperial Debate between Britain and the Americans Government and Civics 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Brown University historian Gordon Wood describes the British and American conceptions of representation during the eighteenth century, widely diverging points of view that were forged by radically different experiences with...
Spotlight on: Primary Source The Province of Massachusetts Bay requests aid from Queen Anne, 1708 Economics, Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Queen Anne’s War (1702–1713) was the second of four great wars for empire fought among France and England and their Indian allies. This struggle broke out when the French raided English settlements on the New England frontier....
Video Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974 Art, Economics, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History
Spotlight on: Primary Source The Great West Illustrated, 1869 Science, Technology, Engineering and Math The exploration and settlement of the American West coincided with the development of the medium of photography. Photographic images, reproduced in books and newspapers and available for purchase on their own, helped shape Americans’...
Spotlight on: Primary Source John Winthrop describes life in Boston, 1634 Between 1629 and 1640, 20,000 Puritans left England for America to escape religious persecution. They hoped to establish a church free from worldly corruption founded on voluntary agreement among congregants. This covenant theory...