Young scholars examine Hitler's "Final Solution." They watch and discuss a PBS documentary, read handouts, conduct Internet research, and read and discuss a personal memoir.

learners compare The rule of law with the rule of men and consider life under each of these types of governments.In this government lesson plan, students read a primary source to examine the importance of the rule of law.They will also...

Students create posters or skits based on specific adaptive characteristics of elephant seals.

Young scholars describe difference between immigration and emigration, and summarize impact that immigration and emigration have on a community.

Learners create a work of art and write a story about "Man with a Hoe Five Years Later." students also photograph their hands with a tool and write about what wonderful tools hands are.

Learners explore nonfiction writing by completing a worksheet in class. In this research questions lesson, students read several stories about the Wild West icons Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickok. Learners answer study questions about the...

Students create drawing that tell a story about a young girl's life in an internment camp. In this internment camp lesson plan, students hear stories and analyze photographs of internment camps and then create their own drawings.

Students study compass' and their use in navigation. In this compass lesson, students use a compass and a globe to answer the questions about navigation.

Students examine how mining and other industry operations can lead to acid runoff.  In this mining lesson students study weathering and complete a lab on it. 

Students complete a variety of activities that go along with the study of and possible fieldtrips to see various Victory Ships along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the U.S.

Details Russian expansion across Asia, over the Bering Strait to Alaska, and then down the coast to California. Their settlement, relations with the Spanish, life in Ft. Ross, and departure are chronicled here.

See how the discovery of gold changed California and introduced lawlessness, violence, and vigilantism.

At this PBS site, read about the histories of eight African-American newspapers: The Chicago Defender, The California Eagle, The Afro-American, The Pittsburgh Courier, Amsterdam News, Atlanta Daily World, Freedom's Journal, and Norfolk...

This resource covers what primary sources are, where we can find them, and how we can assess them in the classroom.