Lesson Plan After World War II: The Nuremberg and Tokyo War Crimes Trials Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this lesson.
Lesson Plan The Origins of US Cold War Fears, 1946–1961 World History 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this two-lesson unit. This unit was created in partnership with World101 from the Council on Foreign Relations .
Lesson Plan The Cold War as a Culture War: Visualizing Values and the Role of Pop Culture World History 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this two-lesson unit. This unit was created in partnership with World101 from the Council on Foreign Relations .
Lesson Plan The Cold War Across Time (1945–1990): A Jigsaw with Expert Groups Economics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Objective To discover the impact the Cold War had on multiple aspects of life, both in the United States and around the world, by exploring changes over time. Overview of Jigsaw Process Expert Groups will create four timelines...
Lesson Plan Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Unit Overview This unit is part of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Teaching Literacy through History resources, designed to align to the Common Core State Standards. These units were developed to enable students to understand,...
Lesson Plan The Cold War: Discussing the Speech of President Kennedy in 1963 Government and Civics, Literature, World History 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Introduction The Cold War is the term for the rivalry between the two blocs of contending states that emerged following the Second World War. It was a series of confrontations played out on the world stage between the non-Communist...
Lesson Plan The Big Bang! The Birth of Rock and Roll Art, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Overview In the early 1950s, a new form of music exploded onto the scene, exciting a growing teenage audience while startling many others who preferred the music of Bing Crosby and Patti Page. Popularized by disc jockey Alan Freed in...
Classroom Resources Presidential Election Results, 1789–2020 Government and Civics 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Introduction The Electoral College consists of 538 electors, who are representatives typically chosen by the candidate’s political party, though some state laws differ. Each state’s number of electors is based on its congressional...
Lesson Plan America’s First Ladies on Twentieth-Century Issues 8 Unit Overview Over the course of three to four lessons the students will analyze five primary source documents. These documents are the abridged transcripts of speeches by five of our country’s first ladies: Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty...