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Get to Know Your Bill of Rights

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research and examine the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America. They sequence events significant to this time period, read and discuss text, and in small groups prepare and present the...
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Community Treasures (Rivers and Trees): An Integrated Curriculum Unit

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders demonstrate an understanding of geography and its effects on lifestyles and culture. Then they apply basic economic terms and principles and identify the United States government and history. Students also identify and...
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United States Entry into World War I: A Documentary Chronology of World War I

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders reconsider the events leading to U.S. entry into World War I through the lens of archival documents.
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The Foreign Policies of Harry S. Truman

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars read an article about the new interest in Harry S. Truman. In groups, they review his foreign policy decisions and how situations might have been different if he had made a different decision. They also examine the...
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National First Ladies' Library

The History of Jim Crow: Legal Racism in America

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students study the history and culture of Jim Crow, as well as the scope of Jim Crow laws across the United States. They consider the concepts of terror and triumph with respect to the history of Jim Crow, the recognition of evidence of...
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American History: The United Farm Workers (UFW) and Pesticides

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to answer research questions through internet research. They write a bridf history of the UFW using research. Students are able to create resumes of Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta by researching their biography.
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The United State of NATO

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the past fifty years of NATO, focusing specifically on NATO's involvement and actions in conflicts around the world and the results of their involvement.
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Women's Suffrage: Their Rights and Nothing Less

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore women's rights. In this women's history activity, students examine primary and secondary sources regarding the women's suffrage movement in the United States. Students compare and contrast the states' methods for...
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The Civil War

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students are able to describe all of the Civil War terms. They are able to wonder why things happened. Students are able to tell that the United States used to be two countries.
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The Battle Over Reconstruction: The Aftermath of Reconstruction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Reconstruction Era. In this American history activity, students explore the condition of the United States following the Civil War as they read statistical data. Students analyze the Reconstruction policies to...
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Using Primary Sources to Discover Reconstruction

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover how reconstruction had an impact on racial issues in the United States. In this Reconstruction lesson, 5th graders are introduced to primary vs. secondary resources and then rotate through stations to view...
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Library of Congress

Oral History and Social History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the Great Depression. In this oral and social histories instructional activity, students analyze primary sources to develop an understanding of the America in the 1930's.
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Wheeling and The Big City Lesson 1

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders consider how immigration impacted the East. In this West Virginia history instructional activity, 8th graders research the effects of immigration on Wheeling, West Virginia. Students also gather information about...
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The Peanut Wizard

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and discuss information regarding George Washington Carver and how the peanut became cultivated in the southern colonies of the United States. In this George Washington Carver instructional activity, students develop...
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Carolina K-12

Exploring the Electoral College

For Students 8th - 12th
Does your vote really count? This activity helps young voters learn about the electoral college through a TED talk, a helpful handout, discussion prompts, and then a role-playing activity that has participants simulating an election on a...
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Strange Fruit: Lynching in America

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
To continue their study of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the beginning of the civil rights movement, class members watch the YouTube video of Billie Holiday singing "Strange Fruit" as an introduction to an examination of lynching in...
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Name That Place: Cultural Place Names in the United States

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the origin of the people that settled in the United States.  In this United States History instructional activity, students work in small groups to complete several activities that explore early settlement, such as a...
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United States Events at Home-2

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the main historical events of the 1970's.  In this United States History lesson, students work with a partner to gather information about their chosen topic on the internet.  After the research is complete, the partners...
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African American History Challenge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research and retrieve information from the Internet. They participate in an online quiz. They identify areas of cultural diversity in United States history.
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George Washington on the Sedition Act

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students investigate the Sedition Act and George Washington's position on the act. In this United States Colonial history lesson, students read about George Washington's position on the Sedition Act. Students then participate in a...
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The Vernor's Lesson

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students review list of statements pertaining to United States History, and determine whether statements happened during the Civil War, after the Civil War, or had no connection to War. Students then speculate about connection between...
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Yours and My Trail of Tears

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the Trail of Tears. In this United States history lesson, students identify the reason for removing the Cherokee Nation and role play a modern day situation similar to the Indian Removal Act. Students reflect their...
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Mystery State #46

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this United States mystery worksheet, students determine which state is described by the 5 clues listed on the sheet and then mark it on the outline map of the United States.
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Mystery State #49

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this United States mystery worksheet, young scholars determine which state is described by the 5 clues listed on the sheet and then mark it on the outline map of the United States.

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