Lesson Plan America's Role in the World: World War I to World War II 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 Eleanor Roosevelt on Democracy and Citizenship Government and Civics, World History 4, 5 Unit Objective This unit is part of Gilder Lehrman’s series of Common Core State Standards–based teaching resources. These units were developed to enable students to understand, summarize, and analyze original texts of historical...
Lesson Plan Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady for Social Justice: A Common Core Unit (Grades 9–12) Government and Civics, World History 9, 10, 11, 12 Objectives Students will be asked to read and analyze primary and secondary sources about Eleanor Roosevelt and the work she did to support social justice issues both in the United States and around the world. They will look at the...
Lesson Plan National Security, Isolationism, and the Coming of World War II Government and Civics 11, 12, 13+ Unit Overview The two decades following the end of "The Great War" witnessed significant changes in American economic, social, and cultural life. The affluence and optimism of the 1920s were tempered by memories of the war and an...
Lesson Plan The Preamble to the US Constitution, the Pledge of Allegiance, and the Declaration of Independence Government and Civics K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Unit Objective This unit is part of Gilder Lehrman’s series of Common Core State Standards–based teaching resources. These units were developed to enable students to understand, summarize, and analyze original texts of historical...
Lesson Plan The Soldier's Experience: Letters from Four American Wars 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this four-lesson unit.
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...
Essay The Great Depression, the New Deal, and World War II in the American West Elliott West Economics, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math The Great Depression and World War II, far and away the worst economic calamity and the costliest foreign war in American history, profoundly affected every part of the United States. Changes in the West were especially obvious. From...
Essay The Human Toll of the Great Depression Steven Mintz Economics 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ After more than half a century, images of the Great Depression remain firmly etched in the American psyche—breadlines, soup kitchens, tin-can shanties and tar paper shacks known as "Hoovervilles," penniless men and women selling...