+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Power of Images

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore emotions represented in artwork.  In this cross curriculum social studies and art lesson plan, students explain examples of political and social issues expressed in artwork by Dorthea Lang, Diego Rivera, Dan Eldon, as...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lesson 9: After Slavery: Uncle Tom's Cabin in Popular Culture

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, in groups, explore the popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin, even in the post-slavery America.
+
Interactive
Curated OER

Oliver Cromwell

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive history instructional activity, students respond to 7 short answer questions about Oliver Cromwell. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive instructional activity.
+
Interactive
Curated OER

The Turbulent 1960s (6)

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive American history worksheet, students answer 13 matching questions regarding 1960's America. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Voice for the Times

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students make connections with events of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's with songs made popular by Aretha Franklin.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Vietnam: A Divided Nation

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine events leading up to and during the Vietnam War. They research assigned topics utilizing interviews, Powerpoint presentations, timelines, and collages in their presentations.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Laws of Civil Rights

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In this segregation instructional activity, students explore the rights that were guaranteed by the legislation as well as attempts by southerners to stop African Americans from voting....
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Political Movements: Political parties

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners list current federal parliamentary parties, consider the role of political parties, practice party based representation, state the relationship between parties, elections and Australian policy, and define specific parliamentary...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Oliver Cromwell: Hero or Villain?

For Students 7th - 8th
In this Oliver Cromwell worksheet, students read 10 facts about Cromwell and label each "hero" or "villain" depending on which each given fact supports.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fallen Angels

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read the novel, Fallen Angels, and examine the theme of coming of age during the Vietnam War. They create timelines of the 1960s, highlighting important issues of the era. They write research papers focusing on one particular...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

An American Ballad - Lesson 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers listen to and analyze the ballad "American Pie." They utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan. They circle the appropriate descriptive words of the song's medium form, melody, tempo and dynamics, and style.
+
Lesson Plan
National First Ladies' Library

Science: The Purloined Letter

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine Edgar Allan Poe's "the Purloined Letter" from the perspective of a profiler. To sharpen search procedures, they examine the text and make lists of items and places in the house that were searched. Then students discuss...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Indian Policewomen Slap Dating Couples

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English activity, students read "Indian Policewomen Slap Dating Couples," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
+
Website
PBS

Pbs: American Roots Music

For Students 9th - 10th
If teaching a unit about the history of popular music in America, this PBS web site supporting their four-part TV broadcast of a few years ago would make a great resource. Includes lesson plans and oral histories too.
+
Website
PBS

Pbs: Independent Lens: Strange Fruit: Protest Music Past and Present

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen to audio clips of songs of protest from eight eras of U.S. history. Explore the lyrics, learn about the songwriters, and gather background information on the music that served and continues to serve as a catalyst for thought,...
+
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Collaboration of Sites, Sounds: Wikis to Catalog Protest Songs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This instructional activity makes a connection to popular culture by asking students to research and analyze contemporary and historic protest songs and to catalogue them in a class wiki.
+
Website
University of Virginia

University of Virginia Library: The Psychedelic '60S

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is a comprehensive online exhibit featuring 1960's American culture. Topics include civil rights, psychedelic drugs, rock music, social protest and cultural change.
+
Website
University of Virginia

Psychedelic 60s: Literary Tradition and Social Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition is an attempt to revisit, share, and interpret the 60s.
+
Website
Other

The Progressive Magazine

For Students 9th - 10th
Homepage of the national magazine for peace and social justice, THE PROGRESSIVE. Read recent news regarding social justice here.
+
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Making of Dead Man Walking (Classroom Content)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Go directly to two lesson plans developed by the producers of the PBS documentary "The Making of Dead Man Walking" about an opera based on the work of Helen Prejean. Use the lessons to help students examine how art and music can define...
+
Article
A&E Television

History.com: Why the Watershed 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival Was Overshadowed for 50 Years

For Students 9th - 10th
The 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival brought over 300,000 people to Harlem's 20-acre Mount Morris Park from June 29 to August 24, 1969 against a backdrop of enormous political, cultural and social change in the United States. The summer...
+
Lesson Plan
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Pete Seeger Lesson Plans: Abiyoyo

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Use this resource to learn more about Pete Seeger who sings about struggle and courage. This site provides links to lesson plans, resources and more.