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The American Revolution: The Boston Massacre, “Yankee Doodle,” and the Declaration of Independence, 1770-1776

Government and Civics

3, 4, 5

About This Lesson Plan Unit In the four lessons in this unit, students will explore the Revolutionary era through three primary sources: an image of the Boston Massacre, the song “Yankee Doodle,” and the preamble to the...

Lesson Plan

“A City Upon a Hill” from John Winthrop’s “A Modell of Christian Charity,” 1630

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit This four-lesson unit focuses on the “city upon a hill” passage from John Winthrop’s “A Modell of Christian Charity” lay sermon, delivered in 1630 as the Puritans arrived in Massachusetts Bay. The...

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H. W. Brands - "America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War"

World History

H. W. Brands holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. Order America First at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided....

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Apprenticeship and Indentured Servitude: Contract Labor in the British Colonies

5, 6, 7, 8

About This Lesson Plan Unit The three lessons in this unit focus on labor contracts and what was required of the people who signed them. The three primary sources include a 1742 contract for an apprentice in New York, a 1784...

Lesson Plan

Milestones in African American History, 1865–2020

Art, Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > In the lessons in this unit, students will learn and practice literacy skills that will help them develop knowledgeable and well-reasoned points of view on the experiences of African Americans...

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Fareed Zakaria - "Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present"

Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History

Fareed Zakaria is host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, a columnist for the Washington Post , and a bestselling author. Order Age of Revolutions at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase...

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Envisioning the Moon Landing, 1901–1969

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

7, 8, 9

About This Lesson Plan Unit > In the four lessons in this unit students will explore fiction and non-fiction texts that set Americans’ expectations about travel to the Moon. They will then use their understanding of public...

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Noliwe Rooks - "A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune"

Government and Civics

Noliwe Rooks is the L. Herbert Ballou University Professor and chair of Africana Studies at Brown University. Order A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every...

Essay

American Indians

Elliott West

Economics, World History

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

If history is the story of what people have done, then American history began thousands of years ago, and by far most of it is that of Indian peoples and their ancestors before Europeans arrived. Historians, however, disagree over...

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Inside the Vault: First Black Cadets at West Point

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

In the 1870s, the United States Military Academy admitted its first Black cadets. However, this attempt at racial integration during the Reconstruction Era failed due to shocking degrees of forethought and deliberation. On November 7...

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The American Revolution: The Boston Massacre, “Yankee Doodle,” and the Declaration of Independence, 1770-1776

“A City Upon a Hill” from John Winthrop’s “A Modell of Christian Charity,” 1630

H. W. Brands - "America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War"

Apprenticeship and Indentured Servitude: Contract Labor in the British Colonies

Milestones in African American History, 1865–2020

Fareed Zakaria - "Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present"

Envisioning the Moon Landing, 1901–1969

Noliwe Rooks - "A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune"

American Indians

Inside the Vault: First Black Cadets at West Point

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