Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Community and Memory, Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
A story that defines community as a connection between the past and the present. This resource links to Henry Dumas's short story, "Ark of Bones" and reviews its social commentary as it applies to African American community.
Unit Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Black Lives Matter: Continuing the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Learning module with multi-media resources, including interactive timeline, video, photos and articles, from which students can explore the current Black Lives Matter movement and make connections to activism of the past and the role of...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Now and Then and Back Again: Study of Transportation

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
By using a slideshow presentation and a Conestoga wagon project, students will experience different ways people have conquered the human and social need for transportation in America. Students will begin by studying ancient and Native...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Political Dr. Seuss (Lesson Plans)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Go directly to two lesson plans that help students explore how the cartoons of Dr. Seuss reflected the political and social issues of his day. Lessons also direct students to examine broader issues associated with political cartooning,...