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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Colonial Broadsides and the American Revolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Colonial Broadsides and the American Revolution." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Understanding the Salem Witch Trials

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Understanding the Salem Witch Trials." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Mathematics of History

For Students 9th - 10th
What can mathematics say about history? From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, Jean-Baptiste Michel shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns. [4:26]
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Lesson Plan
J. Paul Getty Trust

J. Paul Getty Museum: One Pager: Analysis of Dorothea Lange's Photographs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The lesson investigates Dorothea Lange's photographs. Objectives, materials, and lesson steps are included.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Random Strategies in Archeology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a three-part archeological interpretation activity. First, they learn the principles of archaeology and the importance of material culture, and then they question ideas and interpret artifact evidence. Finally,...
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Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: How Effective Were the Efforts of the Freedmen's Bureau?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will analyze documents from the War Department's Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands - better known as the Freedmen's Bureau - that Congress established on March 3, 1865, as the Civil War was...
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Article
Virginia Historical Society

Virginia Museum of History and Culture: Early Images of Virginia Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of images of early Virginia Indians that includes information on interpreting the images and shows fanciful images that were not historically accurate.
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Interactive
Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

Teaching History: Interactive Historical Thinking Poster (Secondary)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an interactive historical thinking poster. History is an argument about the past. Constructing a narrative about history involves several tasks: Analyzing Primary Sources, Examining Source Information,Using Evidence to Support...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Indian Pride: Historical Overview: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will develop an understanding of major United States history and policy and develop awareness of the impact and integral role American Indians and/or sovereign cultural groups play in United States history.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: Indian Pride: Spirituality: Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners will be able to understand the connection between land and spirituality for Native Americans (specifically Sioux or Lakota/Dakota) and how this impacts economic decision-making.
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eBook
Curated OER

National Park Service: Interpretation in the National Park Service

For Students 9th - 10th
Although this on-line book is from 1986, it can give the student a good perspective of the National Park Service and their never-ending quest to interpret the history that took place on their grounds for the American public.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Tom richey.net: Columbus and the Legacy of Discovery [Ppt]

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents key ideas for examining how Christopher Columbus is remembered in America and how his legacy has been re-interpreted at various times in history.
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EL Education

El Education: Nautical Expedition Ships Log

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
After spending three days as a working crew on a three-masted ship, and learning to navigate by the stars, students create fictional entries for a ship's log throughout various periods in history.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Primary Source Interpreting Media Photos

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart teachers can share primary source photos with students who will take part in an activity to interpret them.