CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...

Twenty-seven university-level lectures on the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War. Available in audio, video, or text format.

The sidebar of this site reads "Understand the War Through People Then and Now." That is the mission of the site, and when you click on each word or phrase, you open up a world of information about the Civil War. Compiled resources help...

Analyze the Civil War through a multitude of primary source documents. This comprehensive site chronicles the Civil War in Virginia from its roots to the battles, and finally the consequences of this divisive war. Read letters and...

In this instructional activity, 5th graders look at causes and consequences of the American Revolution, at nations and individuals that impacted the outcome, at the roles women played, and at how the war affected families, economics, and...

This lesson uses primary sources - diaries, letters, and photographs - to explore the experiences of women in the Civil War. By looking at a series of document galleries, the perspectives of slave women, plantation mistresses, female...

A lesson plan for that seeks to teach young scholars about the domestic casualties, including civil rights restrictions, that often happen as a result of decisions made during a war.

Provides information on the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the consequences of its passing. From "The Civil War and Reconstruction" by Randall and McDonald.

An in-depth look at the Battle of Prairie Grove detailing the strategy involved, the troops who fought, and the consequences of the Prairie Grove Campaign. Hyperlinks to additional information on the battle.

Dedicated to the memory of U.S. veterans who fought in the U.S.-Mexican War, this website provides documents, images, maps, and FAQs.

Students can examine original sources and how these have been used to support different viewpoints and perspectives on the Great War.

View works created by eight artists in response to war and its consequences.

Consisting of twenty-six video lectures, this resource provides a history of the U.S. role in the world, with a particular emphasis on commercial expansion and warfare, and their domestic consequences, in the 20th century.

Brief overview from LeMO of the founding and history of the League of Nations, which was formed as a consequence of the Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended World War I.

A module that addresses what changes in America came about as a result of the Revolutionary War. Who was impacted? How? Did it improve life in the new nation? Dive into the details of the changes through a collection of articles and...

Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine the causes and consequences of historical events and international relations on a shift in U.S. foreign policy which eventually led to U.S. involvement in...

The Spanish-American War was fought on two fronts, in Cuba and the Philippines. Read about the fighting in Cuba, the terms of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the war, and the insurrection in the Philippines when the United States...

A map of British India in 1804, at the end of the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-1804). The map is color-coded to show the British dominions, the subsidiary and protected states, the independent states at the time, and the Portuguese...

Exhibition documents the birth and growth of the Grand Old Party during the period from 1854-72. Includes information about the party's early character and issues of consequence that affected its development, including Lincoln's...

This Human Rights Watch Report provides a detailed summary of the war in the Congo, the war's causes and consequences, and the responses of the international community to the war's escalating violence. The report can be read online or...

In August 1984, the Republican National Convention was held in Dallas, Texas. On August 22, a group of about 100 demonstrators marched through the streets of Dallas to dramatize the consequences of nuclear war and protest certain...

A map from 1904 of the Panama Canal showing terrain relief of the isthmus, noting the 'Canal always follows the line of the Railroad’ from Colon to the city of Panama. "For generations the Panama Canal had been the dream of man and for...

War is not confined to the battlefield. The economic consequences were great for the Americans during the Revolutionary War. Find out about what British occupation meant, and how women stepped up to keep the economy going while the men...

Women supported the American Revolution by making homespun cloth, working to produce goods and services to help the army, and even serving as spies.