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World War II Posters and Propaganda

Art, Government and Civics

About This Lesson Plan Unit > Over the course of the four lessons in this unit, the students will analyze and assess a collection of posters that were produced, distributed, and displayed in the United States during World...

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The Declaration of Independence

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > Over the course of five lessons the students will be asked to “read like a detective” to discover the meaning and significance of what is explicitly stated in the Declaration of Independence ...

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Immigration in the Gilded Age: Using Photographs as Primary Sources

Geography, Government and Civics

6, 7, 8

Aim / Essential Question How successful were photographs in demonstrating the conditions of immigrants during the Gilded Age? Background The latter portion of the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century witnessed the start...

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The Soldier's Experience: Letters from Four American Wars

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > Over the course of the four lessons in this unit, the students will analyze and assess letters and other documents by American soldiers who fought in the Civil War,...

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Generations of Chinese in America, 1880s–1940s/1940s–1990s

9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > > 1880s–1940s This unit explores how the different generations of Chinese in America made the US their home despite racism and exclusionary governmental practices. The lessons in this unit...

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America's Role in the World: World War I to World War II

World History

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

> In the two lessons in this unit the students will analyze and assess cartoons, speeches, government documents, and other texts created between 1915 and 1941. The objective is to have students...

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Understanding Citizenship: Rights and Responsibilities

Government and Civics

3, 4, 5

About This Lesson Plan Unit > This lesson explores the rights and responsibilities of citizenship by engaging students’ interpretive and critical thinking skills. You will assess their understanding through class...

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Naturalization and Citizenship in the United States, 1790–2024

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > The five lessons in this unit explore the history of how citizenship has been defined in the United States, particularly regarding naturalization and citizenship status. It also looks at the...

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Immigration and Citizenship: Milestones in Japanese American History, 1906-1988

World History

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > The three lessons in this unit explore the twentieth-century history of Japanese Americans, particularly in regard to immigration and citizenship status. Students will examine and assess...

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Federal, State, and Tribal Governance

Federal, State, and Tribal Governance Teaching Civics through History In this unit, students will learn how federalism forms the basis of the relationship between national, state, and tribal governments in the United States. Image Source: Map...

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President Dwight Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the Nation, 1961

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+

About This Lesson Plan Unit > Over the course of four lessons the students will analyze the text of President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Farewell Address to the Nation, given on January 17, 1961. They will “read like a...

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Washington's Farewell Address

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > Over the course of five lessons the students will read, analyze, and gain a clear understanding of George Washington’s Farewell Address, which was published on September 19, 1796. The first...

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Emancipation and Juneteenth, 1862–1865

9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > The four lessons in this unit explore the avenues by which emancipation was enacted, providing a context for the federal holiday of Juneteenth. Students will read...

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Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?

7, 8, 9, 10

About This Lesson Plan Unit > Over the course of five lessons, students will read, analyze, and gain a clear understanding of the speech Frederick Douglass delivered on July 5, 1852, in which he asked, “What, to the...

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The History of the Supreme Court, 1787 to 1937

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > The five lessons in this unit illuminate pivotal moments in the US Supreme Court’s history from 1787 to 1937, including Marbury v. Madison , Dred Scott v. Sandford , and President Franklin D....

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America in Song

Government and Civics

3, 4, 5

About This Lesson Plan Unit > The four lessons in this unit explore songs written by Americans about America in the nineteenth century. Students will read lyrics of four songs and brief essays placing those songs in...

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The Cold War as a Culture War: Visualizing Values and the Role of Pop Culture

World History

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > Over the course of the two lessons, the students will analyze and assess visual primary sources, including political cartoons, art, advertisements, propaganda, and...

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The Resignation Speech of Richard M. Nixon

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > In this lesson, which can be done over two class periods, students will read the entire text of Richard Nixon’s “Resignation Address to the Nation,” one of the most important speeches of the...

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"The Spirit of Empire": America Debates Imperialism

World History

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > In the two lessons in this unit the students will analyze and assess political cartoons, newspaper and magazine articles, opinion pieces, government documents, speeches...

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Letter from Christopher Columbus on Returning from His First Voyage to the Americas, 1493

Geography, World History

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About this Lesson Plan Unit > Over the course of five lessons, students will read, analyze, and gain a clear understanding of Christopher Columbus’s letter of March 1493 to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain...

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The US Government and Indigenous Peoples before the Trail of Tears, 1770-1839

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > The five lessons in this unit explore several moments when Indigenous people and government representatives sought to communicate with each other and about each other. Students will read and...

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The Origins of US Cold War Fears, 1946–1961

World History

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > Over the course of the two lessons, the students will analyze and assess primary source documents, including speeches, government documents, and images from 1946 to...

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Late 19th- and Early 20th-Century Immigration and Migration: Pairing Text and Visual Materials

Art

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > In these five lessons, students will explore European and Asian immigration to the United States, the Great Migration, and deportation of Mexicans and Mexican Americans in the late nineteenth...

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Environmentalism, Love Canal, and Lois Gibbs, 1953-1997

Economics, Government and Civics, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > The four lessons in this unit explore an environmental disaster in the Love Canal neighborhood of Niagara Falls, New York. Students will analyze the causes of the Love Canal hazardous waste...

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9/11 and the War on Terror, 2001

Government and Civics, World History

9, 10, 11, 12

About This Lesson Plan Unit > The four lessons in this unit examine Al-Qaeda’s attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, and the first days of the War on Terror. Students will read and analyze a scholarly essay,...

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