Social Studies Lesson Plans
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Social Studies Lesson Plans
African American HistoryAfrican American Identity in the Gilded Age: Two Unreconciled Strivings
After Reconstruction
Baseball, Race Relations and Jackie Robinson
Segregation: From Jim Crow to Linda Brown
Slavery in the United States: Primary Sources and the Historical Record
African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War
African-American Soldiers After World War I: Had Race Relations Changed?
After the American Revolution: Free African Americans in the North
Native American History
Indian Boarding Schools
American Indian Reservation Controversies
American Revolution
George Washington: First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen
Colonial Broadsides and the American Revolution
Declare the Causes: The Declaration of Independence
Arts & Culture
1900 America: Primary Sources and Epic Poetry
America at the Centennial
Civil War Photographs: The Mathew Brady Bunch
Civil War Photographs: What Do You See?
Civil War Photojournalism: A Record of War
The Civil War Through a Child's Eye
The Evolution of the Book: Introducing Students to Visual Analysis
Explorations in American Environmental History
Found Poetry with Primary Sources: The Great Depression
The Grapes of Wrath: Scrapbooks and Artifacts
The Great Gatsby: Primary Sources from the Roaring Twenties
Mark Twain's Hannibal
The Minerva Mosaic of the Library of Congress: Taking a Closer Look
Music and U.S. Reform History: Stand Up and Sing
Natural Disasters: Nature's Fury
Photographs from the Great Depression: The World of Jacob Have I Loved
Political Cartoons: Finding Point of View
To Kill a Mockingbird: A Historical Perspective
Civil War
Civil War Photographs: The Mathew Brady Bunch
Civil War Photographs: What Do You See?
Civil War Photojournalism: A Record of War
The Civil War Through a Child's Eye
Slavery in the United States: Primary Sources and the Historical Record
Women in the Civil War: Ladies, Contraband and Spies
Government, Law & Politics
The Bill of Rights: Debating the Amendments
The Constitution: Counter Revolution or National Salvation?
The Constitution: Drafting a More Perfect Union
The Declaration of Independence: Created Equal?
The Declaration of Independence: From Rough Draft to Proclamation
George Washington: First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen
The Great Depression and the 1990's
Thomas Jefferson'sLibrary: Making the Case for a National Library
The U.S. Constitution: Continuity and Change in the Governing of the United States
A Landmark Lesson: The United States Capitol Building
Maps & Geography
Drake's West Indian Voyage 1588-1589
Geography and Its Impact on Colonial Life
Journeys West
Local History: Mapping My Spot
Marco Paul's Travels on the Erie Canal: An Educational Voyage
Mark Twain's Hannibal
Women's History
Nineteenth Century Women: Struggle and Triumph
Suffrage Strategies: Voices for Votes
Suffragists and Their Tactics
Women in the Civil War: Ladies, Contraband and Spies
Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less
World History
300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae: Herodotus's Real History
Egypt's Pyramids: Monuments with a Message
Hammurabi's Code: What Does It Tell Us About Old Babylonia?