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Lesson Plans Created by FWISD Social Studies Teachers
"Lesson Plan Causes of the American Revolution" "Road to the American Revolution" Lesson Plan, Tansparencies "Searching for a Unique America" "The Events that Led to Union Victory" and power point "Drummer Boy: A Child's Place in the Civil War" "Sherman's March to the Sea" and power point "The Emancipation Proclamation" "From the Emancipation Proclamation to Juneteenth" "Oh Captain, My Captain' - the effect of Lincoln's Assassination" Slavery with Slave Narratives "Analyzing Photos of the Civil War" (power point, NARA analysis worksheet power point of how to use analysis worksheet) "Technology and the Civil War" "Midnight Watch, the Emancipation Proclamation" "Child Labor in America" (power point of photos, NARA analysis worksheet NCLC "Japanese-Americans Internment Camps"
Internet Lessons
Grades 3-5 Balancing Three Branches at Once: Our System of Checks and Balances This lesson has everything a class needs; readings, primary sources, activities to learn how our government works Grade 5 A Look at Slavery Through Posters and Broadsides This lesson from the Gilder Lehrman Institute uses primary sources, group work and critical thinking skills to investigate the institution of slavery. Grades 3-5 Dust Bowl Days - This lesson looks at the cause and effect aspect of the Dust Bowl through maps, photographs and letters Grade 8 Examining the Middle Passage Using first person accounts, this Gilder Lehrman lesson investigates the treatment of Africans as they crossed over the "middle passage." Grade 6-8 Women of the Industrial Era - Indivdual lessons on Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Clara Barton Grade 6-8 On the Oregon Trail - This lesson uses diary entries and photographs of the time period to help students discover the trials and tribulations of the Trail. Grade 6-8 Before Brother Fought Brother: Life in the North and South 1847-1861 This is a unit with four different lessons, looking at economics, slave life, women in society and life before the Civil War Grade 8 The Civil War as Photographed by Matthew Brady - In small groups, students will analyze Civil War photographs, create an in-class gallery and write a diary entry from a Civil War soldier's viewpoint Grade 5-12 Presidential Inaugurations -The Gateway to Educational Materials created by the Department of Education, has put together links that give students the history of inaugurations, primary sources such as presidential speeches and photographs, and articles comparing different inaugurations throughout our history. Grade 8 & 11 Voting Rights for Women: Pro and Anti Suffrage - Students will investigate the struggle for women's suffrage from 1848 to the 19th Amendment in 1920 Grade 8 & 11 Battle Lines: Letters from American's Wars - Listen to readings and examine the original letters (from Revolutionary War through World War II) covering such subjects as enlisting, missing the comforts of home and love
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