"Life in this New Land": The Story of Immigrants and Refugees from Asia
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Expansion and Exile: Indigenous and Euro-American Perspectives on Westward Migration
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The Declaration of Independence
View the Declaration in the Gilder Lehrman Collection by clicking here and here. For additional primary resources click here and here. Unit Objective This unit is part of Gilder Lehrman’s series of Common Core State Standards–based teaching resources. These units were written to enable students to understand, summarize, and analyze original texts of historical significance. Students will demonstrate this knowledge by writing summaries of selections from the original document and, by the end of the unit, articulating their understanding of the complete document by answering...
Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady for Social Justice: A Common Core Unit (Grades 9–12)
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 role of first lady and see how Mrs. Roosevelt expanded that role to influence the political, social, and economic issues of the twentieth century. Students will increase their literacy skills as outlined in the Common Core Standards as they explore the social justice actions taken by Eleanor Roosevelt, which at times changed the course of world events....
Every Four Years: Qualifications for the Office of President and Electing the President
OverviewStudents will examine aspects of Article II of the Constitution for specific information related to the requirements for and method of electing the president.Materials (attached)KWL Chart (PDF)The United States Constitution: Article II; Section 1 (excerpts) (PDF)The Presidency: Unofficial Requirements (PDF)American Presidents: A Reference Resource on the website of the Miller Center, The University of Virginia at millercenter.org/presidentEssential QuestionTo what extent should the qualifications to become president be changed?Learning ObjectivesStudents will:Students...
Back in 1734
Introduction Present the following scenario to your students. You can either read it to them or enlist students to act it out. The scenario is about two children who lived in 1734 and were the age of your students. "Anna Elizabeth and her brother Samuel live in a small house with a thatched roof. Their father built the house himself. Both children help their parents by completing many chores each day. Anna Elizabeth is learning how to run a home. She feeds the chickens and gathers eggs each morning. Her mother is teaching her how to spin yarn and weave cloth on a loom. She...
Common Man and Contradictions: A Mock Trial of Andrew Jackson
Overview The election of Andrew Jackson in 1828 marked a change in American politics. For the first time a presidential candidate had been elected from west of the Appalachian Mountains, marking an end to the streak held by wealthy eastern elitists. Jackson represented the emergence of a new middle-/working-class America. The war hero from the Battle of New Orleans who did not have a college education, chewed tobacco, and dueled with pistols to defend his wife’s honor reflected the ideals of the western portion of the United States. The appeal of Jackson to the ordinary man...
Colonial America: Pilgrims, the Mayflower Compact, and Thanksgiving
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