For this Pennsylvania worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about history of Pennsylvania's firsts. Students answer 10 questions.

In this Pennsylvania worksheet, students answer questions in a crossword representing Pennsylvania's history of firsts. Students answer 10 questions.

Students examine the history of the black press. In this media awareness activity, students watch videos and conduct research regarding the history of the black press in America. Students explore media careers as they read provided...

High schoolers examine the role of the Black Press. In this African American history instructional activity, students watch segments of a video titled, " Too Long to Have Others Spoken for Us." High schoolers respond to discussion...

Middle and high schoolers read and discuss articles about the mussel industry in Arkansas. They pay close attention to the history of pearling and button making industries on the Black and White Rivers of Arkansas. This impressive,...

Students read primary source newspaper articles from mid 19th century United States. The topics of the articles are slavery, abolitionism and colonization. Students are given several options for activities based on the readings.

Track the transformation of Malcolm Little into Malcolm X and then into El Jajj Malik El-Shabazz with the second part of Make it Plain, a documentary on the famous civil rights activist. Viewers consider not only how events shaped and...

In this assassination study guide worksheet, students discover the background and significant details of this event in world history. Students read 5 sections of information and examine photographs. Students respond to 1 of 3 questions...

Take a step back in time with this political cartoon analysis worksheet, which features editorial cartoons from the 2008 presidential campaign. Background information allows pupils to "read between the lines" in their analysis, and three...

Get the facts straight when it comes to the Reconstruction Era! In this United States history worksheet, students utilize a word bank of 10 terms or phrases to answer 10 fill in the blank questions about the nation following the Civil...

Explore how the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation affected everyday individuals in the Civil War era. Learners are given the opportunity to read and evaluate primary and secondary source material, and then to compose a writing...

Seventh graders research the life of Fredrick Douglass. For this Fredrick Douglass lesson, 7th graders read about his life and discuss it. They write poetry describing his experience as a slave and create their own monument for Fredrick...

In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the Bill of Rights and respond to 3 talking point questions.

For this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about women by women. Students then respond to 2 short answer questions.

Seventh graders investigate what goes in to starting a retail store. In this business economics lesson plan, 7th graders brainstorm products they would like to sell and use magazines, newspapers and real estate listings to bring their...

Students survey information on the Constitution. In these history lessons, students explore the founding principle's of the United States.

Read the complete autobiography of Henry Ossian Flipper, the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point. This tells of his life through the time of his graduation and receipt of his...

Digitized collection of the first newspaper owned and produced by African-Americans (1827-1829).