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Lesson Plans for United States History Special Exhibit by the National Archives - Eyewitness: American Originals includes documents and podcasts Lessons using paintings from the Sid Richardson Museum and documents from the NARA-Southwest Region The Gilder-Lehrman Institute has posted twenty teaching modules on the major eras of United States History. Each unit is filled with primary source documents, photographs, data, songs, etc. It is truly a "one stop shopping" site for all teachers to use. - click here
EDSITEment - The National Endowment for the Humanities has incredible lessons filled with primary source documents and activites for both world history and United States history Lesson Plans for August 26, Suffrage and the 19th Amendment - click here "Reporting on the Battle of Antietam" "Executive Orders: Emancipation Plus" "African-American Medal of Honor Recipients" "The Human Toll of the Civil War" "Introduction to Culture of the Twenties" "The 1930's Dustbowl" with a movie (click and play or right click and save target to your desktop and then play) "The U.S. is Drawn into World War II" "Japanese-Americans Internment Camps" "To Drop or Not Drop the Atomic Bomb" "Vietnam War Political Cartoon"
Internet Lessons and Podcasts Podcast - The American Experience (click on POD on the right for a long list of topics)
Grade 11 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 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 Grade 9-12 The Industrial Age in America: Robber Barons and Captains of Industry Using primary sources, students will learn the pros and cons of wealth, by studying the lives of Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan Grade 9-12 The Industrial Age in America: Sweatshops, Steel Mills and Factories What was it like to live and work in a factory during the last 1800's? How were immigrants treated? Why were some unions successful and some not? Grade 9-12 United States Entry Into World War I: A Documentary Chronology Students will consider the U.S. entry into the Great War by exploring documents of the time. Grade 9-12 Sow the Seeds of Victory! Posters from the Food Administration During World War I Use poster art to show how the government expanded its powers to persuade the public during wartime. Grade 9-12 The Debate in the United States over the League of Nations Students will learn the basics of the League, and hear the voices of consent turn into dissent Grade 9-12 Powers of Persuasion-Poster Art of World War II - In this one to two day lesson, use poster art produced by our government to teach about the "homefront." Grade 9-12 From Jim Crow to Linda Brown - A Retrospective of the African American Experience from 1897-1953 This lesson,for grades 9-12, from the Library of Congress uses primary sources to explain the days of segregation caused by Plessy v Fergusen. Two Day Lesson to Teach the Cold War - Using a list of Cold War events from Yalta to the collapse of the Soviet Union, students quickly research their assigned topic, write a brief newspaper article and post on a timeline on the bulletin board. Students make an oral presentation of their findings. Teaching the Vietnam War Through Photographs - Students will analyze Vietnam War photographs and create a "museum exhibit" on the bulletin board describing the aspect of the war shown in each photo.
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