Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Philippine American War

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry lesson allows students to examine how advocates and critics of American...
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Newspapers in Education

Ni Eonline: Cartoons for the Classroom: Cartoon Analysis Worksheet [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Newspapers in Education and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists developed this activity as a classroom handout to aid lessons in dissecting the visual and verbal messages of political cartoons.
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Other

Gettysburg College: Civil War Era Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
A special collection of political cartoons, maps, letters, photographs, artifacts, etc. all relating to the Civil War Era.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making: Civil War, a Nation Divided

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A wonderful resource using primary and secondary source materials to explore many facets of the Civil War from the war itself to its impact on the home front. Includes video and text downloads.
Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Thomas Nast

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learners read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry lesson allows students to analyze two cartoons drawn by Thomas Nast, and to chart...
Website
National Archives (UK)

Cold War: The Potsdam Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth study of international relations at the time of the Potsdam Conference. Includes political cartoons, primary source documents, and teacher resources.
Article
The Washington Post

Washington Post: Special Reports: Revisiting Watergate

For Students 9th - 10th
A retrospective of the Watergate crisis, compiled from the resources of the newspaper largely responsible for first bringing the crimes of the Nixon administration to light. Includes a chronology, an analysis of key players, links to...
Primary
Other

Middle Tennessee State University: The Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a plethora of primary source documents to further your understanding of the Progressive Era. Background on this time period and a bibliography for further research are provided. Documents include flyers, pictures,...
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: African American Odyssey: Reconstruction and Its Aftermath

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Library of Congress, this resource documents the course of post-Civil War, post-slavery life for black Americans. Topics include education, constitutional amendments, voting rights and the many challenges African Americans faced...
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US National Archives

National Archives: The Legislative Process

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will follow the legislative process for how a bill becomes a law by analyzing primary source documents. Included are worksheets that include a chart to be filled out in small groups, worksheets, materials, and an answer key....
Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based: Reading Like a Historian: Chinese Immigration, Exclusion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students reading primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This inquiry lesson allows students to explore the social and economic factors that fueled the wave of...