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Doris Kearns Goodwin - "The Leadership Journey: How Four Kids Became President"

Government and Civics

Doris Kearns Goodwin is the author of No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II , Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln , and Leadership in Turbulent Times . Order The...

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Richard Haass - "The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens"

Government and Civics, Religion and Philosophy

Richard Haass is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, which he led from 2003 to 2023, and a veteran diplomat and national security official who served in the White House and the Departments of State and Defense....

Classroom Resources

Westward Migration | Elementary Curriculum

Elementary Curriculum: Westward Migration Find lesson plans, student activity sheets, interactive resources, classroom videos, and free professional development resources to expand your knowledge of westward migration. Source: John Senex, A Map of...

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Leonne Hudson - "Black Americans in Mourning: Reactions to the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln"

Government and Civics

Leonne M. Hudson is an associate professor emeritus at Kent State University. Order Black Americans in Mourning at the Gilder Lehrman Book Shop We receive an affiliate commission from every purchase through the link provided. Thank...

Online Exhibition

The Declaration of Independence and the Pursuit of Equality

The Declaration of Independence and the Pursuit of Equality In July 1776, the Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence to announce the separation of the North American British colonies from Great Britain. Its preamble set forth...

Lesson Plan

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

Government and Civics

7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

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Lesson Plan

The Origins of US Cold War Fears, 1946–1961

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 .