Lesson Plan Pilgrims, the Mayflower Compact, and Thanksgiving Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy, World History 3, 4, 5 Click here to download this four-lesson unit.
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 The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere: Literature v. History Literature 3, 4, 5 About this Lesson Plan Unit Over the course of three lessons, students will compare and contrast two documents describing one of the most iconic events in American history: Paul Revere's ride of April 18–19, 1775. They will...
Lesson Plan Pilgrims, the Mayflower Compact, and Thanksgiving 3, 4, 5 About This Lesson Plan Unit The four lessons in this unit explore the voyage of the Pilgrims to America aboard the Mayflower , the writing of the Mayflower Compact, and the origins of Thanksgiving. Students will read or...
Spotlight on: Primary Source Bartolomé de Las Casas debates the subjugation of the Indians, 1550 Art 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ This tract, a summary of a debate concerning the subjugation of Indians, contains the arguments of Bartolomé de Las Casas, the Bishop of Chiapas, Mexico, and Juan Gines Sepulveda, an influential Spanish philosopher, concerning the...