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Eleanor Roosevelt on Democracy and Citizenship

Government and Civics, World History

4, 5

Unit Objective This unit is part of Gilder Lehrman’s series of Common Core State Standards–based teaching resources. These units were developed to enable students to understand, summarize, and analyze original texts of historical...

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Debating Chinese Immigration and Naturalization, 1869-1898

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > Over the course of three lessons, students will focus on the late-nineteenth-century history of Chinese immigration and the immigration and naturalization policies of...

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The Gettysburg Address

Literature, Religion and Philosophy

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > In the four lessons in this unit, students will learn how to read and understand President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, given at the dedication of the soldier’s cemetery at the battlefield....

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Lewis and Clark: Exploring the Louisiana Purchase

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > The four lessons in this unit explore the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which mapped the Louisiana Purchase. Students will read entries from journals written during the expedition. They will...

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The Annexation of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, 1875-1898

Government and Civics

About This Lesson Plan Unit > The four lessons in this unit explore the process by which the United States overthrew the Kingdom of Hawai‘i and annexed the territory. The students will examine government documents,...

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Vietnam in Verse

Literature

9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > In the two lessons in this unit students will analyze four songs and two poems from the Vietnam War era. These songs and poems in many ways reflect the experience of the average soldier and...

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Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns - "Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo"

World History

Dayton Duncan is an award-winning writer and documentary filmmaker as well as the author of fourteen books. Ken Burns has been making documentary films for almost fifty years. Order Blood Memory at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We...

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Kathleen DuVal - "Native Nations: A Millennium in North America"

World History

Kathleen DuVal is a professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Order Native Nations at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank...

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Luke A. Nichter - "The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968"

Government and Civics

Luke A. Nichter holds the James H. Cavanaugh Endowed Chair in Presidential Studies and is director of the Presidential Studies Program at Chapman University. Order The Year That Broke Politics at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We...

Video: Citizenship Exam

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

Government and Civics

What did Susan B. Anthony do? Explained by Sara Charles Educator from New York Question 77

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1,584 items

Eleanor Roosevelt on Democracy and Citizenship

Debating Chinese Immigration and Naturalization, 1869-1898

The Gettysburg Address

Lewis and Clark: Exploring the Louisiana Purchase

The Annexation of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, 1875-1898

Vietnam in Verse

Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns - "Blood Memory: The Tragic Decline and Improbable Resurrection of the American Buffalo"

Kathleen DuVal - "Native Nations: A Millennium in North America"

Luke A. Nichter - "The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968"

What did Susan B. Anthony do?

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