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Analyzing Primary Source Media

Analyzing Primary Source Media

In this media-rich, self-paced lesson, students analyze primary source news footage to gain insights into public sentiment toward historical figures, issues, and events of the past 50 years.

6-12

Self-paced Lesson

Baseball and Social Change: The Story of Roberto Clemente

Baseball and Social Change: The Story of Roberto Clemente

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students explore how a culture changes as new groups of people enter it, focusing on the experiences of baseball player Roberto Clemente and the influence of Latino culture in the United States.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Building the Erie Canal

Building the Erie Canal

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students look at how the construction of the Erie Canal brought about major changes within United States, particularly in New York City, upstate New York, and the Midwest.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

The Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore the movement of plants, animals, and diseases that characterized the Columbian Exchange and learn how it changed the world.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Conflict Over Western Lands

Conflict Over Western Lands

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore how the differing worldviews of white settlers and Native Americans led to conflicts over land when Americans surged westward in the 1860s.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

From Slavery to Freedom in Colonial Times

From Slavery to Freedom in Colonial Times

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students examine the life of Venture Smith, an African man enslaved in America, to learn about the experiences of enslaved and free African Americans in the New England colonies.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

The Powers of Government

The Powers of Government

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn how power is divided and shared among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the U.S. government.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Reconsidering <i>Brown</i>

Reconsidering Brown

In the video segments presented in this activity, leading historians and legal scholars reflect on the promise of the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, and why it remains unfulfilled.

9-12

Self-paced Lesson

Slavery and the U.S. Constitution

Slavery and the U.S. Constitution

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore how delegates to the U.S. Constitutional Convention in 1787 addressed slavery in the Constitution as they debated the idea of fair representation in the government.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

The Story of Pocahontas

The Story of Pocahontas

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore what may have happened when Pocahontas and John Smith met by comparing popular and historical versions of the famous story.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Trail of Tears: The Cherokee Fight Against Removal

Trail of Tears: The Cherokee Fight Against Removal

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students examine the struggles of the Cherokees to remain on their land in the early 1800s.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Understanding Character: The Life of Percy Julian

Understanding Character: The Life of Percy Julian

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students learn about the character of chemist Percy Julian through his struggles with racism in his education, work, and community.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Who Was Alexander Hamilton?

Who Was Alexander Hamilton?

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore the key role that Alexander Hamilton played in shaping the U.S. government and how his early experiences helped him achieve this success.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

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