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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: The Neolithic Revolution

For Students 5th - 9th
A look at some of the earliest humans and their cultures from the prehistoric era.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: How Art Made the World

For Students 9th - 10th
A companion to the PBS series, How Art Made the World, this site shows the vital role art has played in the development of humanity beginning with very early civilizations. With text, images, and interviews with scholars, the site shows...
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Website
Other

Simon Frasier University: A Journey to a New Land

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive site examines questions about early human migration to North America offers grade-level appropriate information for primary, elementary, middle, secondary and post-secondary levels. Teacher resources, simulations, video,...
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Historos Cave

For Students 9th - 10th
An activity for students to draw conclusions about how early humans lived by drawing on information from earlier lessons and researching caves.
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Handout
University of Oxford (UK)

Pitt Rivers Museum: Methods of Making Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative article summarizing the history of fire, how humans have used it and the various methods humans have used to start a fire.
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Interactive
The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: The Ancient Americas

For Students 9th - 10th
Gain a deeper understanding of the Americas on this journey through 13,000 years of human ingenuity and achievement in the western hemisphere.
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Website
Oregon State University

History of Western Philosophy: Bartolome De Las Casas (1484 1566)

For Students 9th - 10th
Famous for early advocacy for indigenous peoples of America, he attempted to outlaw the econmienda system enjoyed by the Spanish colonists. Included is a time line of his activities.
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Article
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Jazz and the African American Literary Tradition

For Students 9th - 10th
Article explores the influence of jazz on African American literature from the early history of jazz, noted jazz artists, the black-white tensions within jazz, to its literary influence after World War II.
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Claim Testing: Collective Learning

For Students 9th - 10th
An exercise where students will make determinations about whether claims about collective learning are true or false using the claim-testing procedure.
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eBook
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Early America: The First Americans

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives an overview of the timeline of humans establishing themselves in the Americas, starting with the crossing of the Bering Sea land bridge some time before 12,000 B.C. Archaeological evidence shows humans moving south and eventually...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Energy Through Time

For Students 9th - 10th
The quest for energy has always been a balancing act. As humans have gained greater control over their environment, they've found abundant resources - and faced numerous challenges. This article traces the history of our quest for energy.
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Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: World History: 600 Bce 600 Ce Second Wave Civilizations

For Students 9th - 10th
We have 2 resources from here but should be cross-checked against embedded videos.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Massive Resistance and the Little Rock Nine

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about resistance to desegregation and the nine African American students who dared to integrate Little Rock's Central High School.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: The Montgomery Bus Boycott

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Rosa Parks's courageous decision to fight discrimination and the boycott that ended segregation on public buses.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Emmett Till

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the brutal murder of a fourteen-year-old boy that became a rallying point for the Civil Rights Movement.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Supreme Court ruling that outlawed school segregation in the United States.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: African American Veterans and Civil Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Dorie Miller, Amzie Moore, Medgar Evers and other African American veterans who played a role in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: Introduction to the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the origins, strategies, and unfinished business of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1800 1848: The Cotton Kingdom

For Students 9th - 10th
During the first half of the nineteenth century, demand for cotton led to the expansion of plantation slavery. By 1850, enslaved people were growing cotton from South Carolina to Texas.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Art History: Henri Matisse: Dance 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a comprehensive discussion by two art historians of Matisse's painting 'Dance 1', which is considered a Fauve masterpiece.
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Lesson Plan
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 27: The Faust Theme

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Faust theme, that of risking eternal damnation by selling one's soul to the devil in exchange for magical powers, can be found in virtually every genre of music as well as in literature and the visual arts. Examples utilizing this...
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Article
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: French and Indian War's Impact

For Students 3rd - 8th
This elementary-friendly site from the Department of Humanities Computing at the University of Groningen provides information on the French and Indian War. The print is large and the vocabulary is manageable. Contains some awkward...
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Foraging

For Students 9th - 10th
An article discussing the evolution of humans and animals relying on nature for their food. Learn about how humans have used the natural environment to hunt and gather food.
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Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lucy and the Leakeys

For Students 9th - 10th
An article that discusses the Leakey's investigations to find human origins in Africa.