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The US Government and Indigenous Peoples before the Trail of Tears, 1770-1839
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World War I, African American Soldiers, and America’s War for Democracy
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Apprenticeship and Indentured Servitude: Contract Labor in the British Colonies
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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,...
The Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
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...
Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress Concerning the Indian Removal Act of 1830
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Washington's Farewell Address
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The Declaration of Independence
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“A City upon a Hill” from John Winthrop’s “A Modell of Christian Charity,” 1630
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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech
Unit Overview This unit is part of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Teaching Literacy through History resources, designed to align to the Common Core State Standards. These units were developed to enable students to understand,...
Our Constitution: The Bill of Rights (Grades 7–9)
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Our Constitution: The Bill of Rights (Grades 4–6)
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Our Constitution: The Bill of Rights (Grades 10–12)
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