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Colonial Pennsylvania and the Paxton Massacre, 1763

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About this Lesson Plan Unit The four lessons in this unit explore a massacre in colonial Pennsylvania in which the Paxton Boys—immigrants from Ulster, Northern Ireland—murdered twenty Conestoga people. Students will examine...

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Lesson Plans "Taking a Stand for Voting Rights: Six States, Six Stories, One Goal" This unit, written by 2010 National History Teacher of the Year Nathan McAlister, is one of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Teaching Civics through History (TCTH)...

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Spain and the American Revolution: Contributions to the Patriot Cause

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit The five lessons in this unit explore Spain’s contributions to the American Revolution. Students will read and examine correspondence, a royal order, a map, and a combat diary. You will assess the...

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Latino Immigration to the United States in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit The five lessons in this unit explore Latino and Latina immigration to the United States in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, emphasizing how immigrants understood and experienced this...

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Latino and Latina Civil Rights, 1930-1970

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit The objective of the unit is to have students recognize the economic, social, and political challenges faced by Latinas and Latinos throughout the United States from the 1930s through the 1960s, as...