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 The History of Federal, State, and Tribal Powers, 1788–2020 Government and Civics 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 “A City upon a Hill” from John Winthrop’s “A Modell of Christian Charity,” 1630 Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this four-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan Apprenticeship and Indentured Servitude: Contract Labor in the British Colonies 5, 6, 7, 8 Click here to download this three-lesson unit. 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,...
Lesson Plan Colonial Pennsylvania and the Paxton Massacre, 1763 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this four-lesson unit. 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,...
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 Ratifying the US Constitution: Federalists v. Anti-Federalists and the State Debates, 1787-1788 Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this five-lesson unit.
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 Lewis and Clark: Exploring the Louisiana Purchase Government and Civics 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this four-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan Free Black Resistance in the Early Republic, 1813 and 1833 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to access this lesson plan.