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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Populists and Progressives

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students study the Gilded Age in American History. They present a speech demonstrating knowledge of the platforms of the Progressives and Populists.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Time Marches On

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discover the times of Colonial America by creating a timeline.  In this U.S. History lesson, students research a teacher-directed website about African Americans in early colonial times.  Learners utilize their information to...
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Lesson Plan
Indian Land Tenure Foundation

A Sense of Belonging

For Teachers K - 2nd
In order to understand how the land changes over time because of the people who live there, learners interview an elderly person about the past. Children ask an older family member to describe what the local area was like when they were...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dragon's Gate

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students read Dragon's Gate as a shared literature book. This instructional activity provides excellent extension activities students can engage in while they are reading, and after they have finished the book.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Latinos Spice Up Melting Pot

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate the history of early Hispanic workers in the U.S. They complete an online Webquest, explore various websites, read about Latinos in the U.S. today, view a mural, and answer discussion questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Migration During the Great Depression: Living History

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students interview immigrants of Central Florida and photograph them to learn their oral history and life stories. In this immigration lesson plan, students discover where people come from, and write about the life story of this person.
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Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Settlement House Movement SAC

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and view a movie on Social Gospel and Settlement Houses. In this Social Reform lesson plan, students view the movie, read the passages and answer questions on the social reform movement of this time.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Progressives and Direct Democracy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers analyze the Progressive Movement. In this Bill of Rights lesson, students listen to their instructor lecture on the Progressive Movement and direct democracy. High schoolers respond to discussion questions connected to the...
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Lesson Plan
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Curated OER

Constructing Narrative from the Migrant Experience in Literature

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Excerpts from John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath and from John Fante's Ask the Dust, as well as a variety of primary source documents provide the background for an examination of the migrant experience from 1920-1945.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Celebrate Sunflowers

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars skip count with sunflower seeds. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students discuss the history of sunflowers. Young scholars count by 1's, 2's, and 10's with bags full of sunflower seeds.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Child Labor in the Carolinas

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore child labor and how children were exploited and used in the work place. In this Industrial Revolution lesson, 5th graders research child labor by reading, looking at photographs and drawing conclusions then sharing...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Who Dropped What into the Melting Pot?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students show the movement of people to the United States from other countries on maps. They study the geographic cultural roots of foods that contribute to the melting pot of food in America. They research where an ingredient comes from...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Snapshot of the Connecticut River Valley - 1880

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze a variety of images and documents and make inferences from their readings and articulate causality.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Victorian Philosophies in the Connecticut River Valley: The Connection between Mind, Body, and Spirit

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore late 19th century concepts of physical and spiritual health, which includes spiritualist and conservation movements, heath tonics, the perceived relationship between climate and physical well being.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Railroads in Antebellum Augusta and Franklin Counties

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders are divided up into groups and work on separate worksheets. They reassemble as a class and discuss the different articles and how the railroads affected people's lives.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Reconstruction Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this social studies worksheet, students look for the words in the puzzle that are related to the theme of the word search. Spelling skills are worked on.
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Article
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Effort to Deport Central American Families

For Students 9th - 10th
Article reports on efforts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to deport families who were part of the surge of Central Americans who crossed into the U.S. illegally over the past two years.
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: The Immigrant Experience: Down the Rabbit Hole

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through a series of six activities, students read about, connect to, and draw conclusions about the immigrant experience, via personal experience and a collection of resources, including Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland," oral...
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Garifuna Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Garifuna Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Destination America

For Students 9th - 10th
Why did they come? When did they come? Find out the answers and learn much about immigration to America that has been going on for generations.
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Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Gerson Rosales, Salvadorenos in Michigan

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on Salvadoran refugees and an offshoot of the Central American Peace and Solidarity Movement (CAPSM) that was devoted to aiding Central American refugees during the 1980s, the Deliverance Movement bailed refugees out...
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Handout
Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Terence Powderly

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography of Terence Powderly, formative leader of the Knights of Labor, as well as an official in the Bureau of Immigration.
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Activity
Cocori

Cocori: Working Your Way Through Paradise

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this web-article to learn some very interesting facts about working in Costa Rica in this article written by the President of Central American Consulting Services. It's actually against the law for tourist to work for pay in Costa...
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Handout
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Latinos

For Students 9th - 10th
Latinos, also referred to as Hispanics, lived in North Carolina in relatively small numbers until the 1980s, when many people of Mexican and Central American descent began coming to the state in search of seasonal farm work. By the end...