National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Indian Country Today
Essay on contemporary Native American lands and the environmental impact they have suffered, policy regarding them and public perception of how land and resources should be used.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Eyes on the Prize: Civil Rights Today, 2006
PBS American Experience website documentary on race relations and the current struggles for equality. Site offers primary and secondary resources and links to related material.
ProCon.org
Pro Con: Should Prescription Drugs Be Advertised Directly to Consumers?
Website presents research and comprehensive information on the pros and cons of advertising prescription drugs directly to consumers.
ProCon.org
Pro Con: Insider Trading by Congress
Website outlines the debate about insiders trading by Congressional leaders. Comprehensive resources for a full discussion and debate. (Archived material)
ProCon.org
Pro Con: Privatizing Social Security: Should Social Security Be Privatized?
Website dedicated to exploring contemporary controversial issues looks at the debate over whether to privatize Social Security.
ProCon.org
Pro Con: Should Performance Enhancing Drugs Be Accepted in Sports?
Website dedicated to controversial issues explores the topic of performance enhancing drugs and asks whether they should be accepted in sports.
Other
Big History Project: Chapter 5: The Modern Revolution and the Future
Big History Project, Chapter 5, picks up after the development of agriculture and the rise of cities and powerful civilizations and looks at industrialization, transportation and modern global interactions of today and asks, "what next?".
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: The European Union: Toward a "United States of Europe"?
Learning activity on the economic and political unification of Europe. Article outlines the history and reasons for a European Union. Includes questions for discussion followed by small group activity asking students to evaluate the idea...
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Copying Music and Movies From the Internet: Digital Piracy and Fair Use
Activity-based resource on digital piracy and fair use. Students read the literature on the topic and participate in a role play acting as congressional members arguing about the lawfulness of file sharing copyrighted material over the...
American Academy of Achievement
Academy of Achievement: David Boies
Informative biography on counselor and human rights advocate, David Boles, provides an overview of his life and career as a formidable litigator. Students can listen to interviews with Boies, read his profile and look at pictures in the...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: Black Lives Matter: Continuing the Civil Rights Movement
Learning module with multi-media resources, including interactive timeline, video, photos and articles, from which students can explore the current Black Lives Matter movement and make connections to activism of the past and the role of...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: Facing the New Millenium
[Free Registration/Login Required] A thought-provoking essay discusses the political, social, and technological trends facing the United States at the turn of the 21st century. Of particular focus is the Bush presidency, 9/11, and the...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 9: Modern Times
This extensive learning module examines the extent to which conservatism successfully challenged liberal dominance in American culture and politics, and redefined economic policies and political behaviors. It looks at how the end of the...
Digital History
Digital History: Overview of the 21st Century
Articles, timelines, links, and quizzes which cover historical and cultural events of the 21st century in the United States.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: A New Presidency
A brief description of Bill Clinton presidency ushering in the 21st Century.
University of Groningen
American History: Outlines: The American Economy in the 1990s
Brief discussion of the economic changes brought about by new technologies in the 1990s.
PBS
The Sixties: The Years That Shaped a Generation
Companion Web site to the PBS series. Provides an overview of the pivotal events, culture, and politics of the Sixties. Links to lesson plans and related material for a more in-depth study.
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Social Darwinism and American Laissez Faire Capitalism
Activity-based resource in which students apply Constitutional ideas to evaluate the Federal State Tax Law as they make a case for or against abolishing the tax. Site contains comprehensive resources on the topic.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: Period 9: 1980 Present
This Khan Academy resource provides a table of contents with notes for several sections of AP US History: Period 9: 1980-present.
Digital History
Digital History: Entering a New Century
As the U.S. approached the new century, it was an appropriate time to reflect on the accomplishments and failures of the 1900s both within the country and internationally.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The End of the American Century
A quick look at America in the 20th century and a peek at the challenges of the 21st century.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Toward a New Millennium
A brief overview of the United States and the world on the cusp of the 21st century.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Living in the Information Age
Read about the technological advances that brought on the information age at the beginning of the 21st century. The internet, e-mail, and the spread of fiber-optic cables revolutionized the amount of information available to the ordinary...