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The National Bank Debate

Economics, Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

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

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The Preamble to the US Constitution, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Declaration of Independence

Government and Civics

K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

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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The Evolution of the US Constitution: The Preambles to the Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution

Government and Civics

9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

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

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Remember the Maine, 1898

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

On February 15, 1898, the battleship USS Maine exploded in Havana’s harbor in Cuba, killing nearly two-thirds of her crew. The tragedy occurred after years of escalating tensions between the United States and Spain, and the “yellow...

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Founding Fathers: Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison

Government and Civics

4, 5, 6

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

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Survival in the American Wilderness: Fiction v. Nonfiction

7, 8

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Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

7, 8, 9, 10

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America in Song

Government and Civics

3, 4, 5

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Rural America: The Westward Movement

Geography

7, 8

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Hubert Humphrey’s Speech to the 1948 Democratic National Convention

Government and Civics

11, 12, 13+

Unit Introduction As the United States moved into the post-WWII world, it faced struggles over diversity and race relations. Soldiers returning from Europe recognized the disparities between races in the United States and, by the late...

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1,567 items

The National Bank Debate

The Preamble to the US Constitution, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Declaration of Independence

The Evolution of the US Constitution: The Preambles to the Articles of Confederation and the US Constitution

Remember the Maine, 1898

Founding Fathers: Franklin, Jefferson, Hamilton, and Madison

Survival in the American Wilderness: Fiction v. Nonfiction

Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

America in Song

Rural America: The Westward Movement

Hubert Humphrey’s Speech to the 1948 Democratic National Convention

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