Lesson Plan World War II Posters and Propaganda Art, Government and Civics Click here to download this four-lesson unit.
Lesson Plan Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Immigration and Migration: Pairing Text and Visual Materials Art 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Click to download this five-lesson unit.
Spotlight on: Primary Source Eleanor Roosevelt’s four basic rights, 1944 Government and Civics First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, a lifelong advocate of equal rights, used her position as First Lady to advocate against discrimination in the United States. However, Mrs. Roosevelt’s ideas were not embraced by everyone in the pre-civil...
Spotlight on: Primary Source The origins of FDR’s New Deal, 1932 Economics, Government and Civics When the nation fell into the Great Depression following the stock market crash of 1929, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was serving as New York’s governor and was responsible for shaping the state’s response to the crisis. The origins of...
Lesson Plan Generations of Chinese in America, 1880s–1940s/1940s–1990s 9, 10, 11, 12 Click here to download Unit 1. Click here to download Unit 2.
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.
Guided Readings Guided Readings: Reflections on the Great Depression and the New Deal Economics, Government and Civics Reading 1 I want to tell you about an experience we had in Philadelphia when our private funds were exhausted and before public funds become available. . . . One woman said she borrowed 50 cents from a friend and bought stale bread...
Guided Readings Guided Readings: The Atomic Bomb Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History 9, 10, 11, 12 Reading 1 Nuclear bombs cannot possible remain a "secret weapon" at the exclusive disposal of this country for more than a few years. The scientific facts on which their construction is based are well known to scientists of other...