Lesson Plan The History of the Supreme Court, 1787 to 1937 Government and Civics 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download this five-lesson unit.
Video Eleanor Roosevelt’s Role in the White House Government and Civics 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video Defining the Twentieth Century Economics, Government and Civics, World History 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+
Video Chat with the Curator: Amelia Earhart and Neta Snook Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Curator of the Gilder Lehrman Collection, Sandra Trenholm, describes documents in the Neta Snook Collection, including letters and photographs of Amelia Earhart. Biographer Susan Butler (East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart)...
Video Visions of State in the New Deal Era: International Perspectives Economics, Government and Civics, World History 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Historian Alan Brinkley looks at the New Deal era with an international perspective, exploring the evolution of global experiments in government occurring around the world, particularly fascism, communism, and liberal democracy. ...
Essay The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945 David M. Kennedy Economics, Government and Civics 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ Across the long arc of American history, three moments in particular have disproportionately determined the course of the Republic’s development. Each respectively distilled the experience and defined the historical legacy of a...
Classroom Resources Historical Context: American Slavery and Abolition through Hollywood 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Throughout the twentieth century, many influential Hollywood films, such as Birth of a Nation , Gone with the Wind , Glory , and Amistad , have helped shape the way Americans have thought about slavery and its legacy. Birth of a...