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Using Rock as Primary Source Material
High schoolers listen to a song which functions as an entertaining primary source. It illustrates the part angry, part irreverent anti-war sentiments of the counter-culture in the late 1960s. After hearing the song, students discuss how...
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Stitching Truth Lesson One: What is Civil Society?
Ninth graders create a working definition of civil society. For this US History lesson, 9th graders create a list of terms that help make up the term civil society. Students examine the case study of life in Pinochet's Chile.
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Diversity Grade 12
Twelfth graders explore injustices that natives of Canada want rectified. In this diversity lesson, 12th graders discuss former Canadian policies that were morally objectionable. Students discuss how the past indiscretions should be...
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On the Road with Marco Polo: From Venice to Hormuz
Students take virtual trip with Marco Polo from Venice to China. They explore terrain of Iran.
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On the Road with Marco Polo: Crossing the Deserts of China
Students explore the geography of China. They describe the geography of the Taklimakan. Students discover the best route to travel from one end of the desert to the other. They investigate how some of the local inhabitants make a...
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Propaganda During World War I
Eighth graders consider how propaganda was used during World War I. For this World War I lesson, 8th graders analyze posters that were used to garner support for World War I. Students use the provided worksheet to...
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Visual History of the Civil War III
Eighth graders examine the Civil War. In this Civil War lesson, 8th graders analyze various images about the Civil War. Students write an essay in relation to the images of the Civil War.
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Couriers in the Inca Empire: Getting Your Message Across
Students explore how the Inca communicated across the bast stretches of their mountain realm.
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Casting Light On The Dark Ages
Students write a 250-word report on their findings, comparing life in the Middle Ages to what they already know about life today. They explore a website imbedded in this plan to do their research.
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My Holiday Portfolio
Students create a holiday portfolio by participating in these three lessons. They experience using the computer by using the provided student guides.
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Using Primary Documents: "Agreeable to His Genius"
Students use primary sources to reconstruct events in the life of John Partidge Bull.
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Lives, Fortunes, Sacred Honor
Learners discover details regarding the signers of the Declaration of Independence. In this civics lesson, students read mini-biographies of some of the signers of the document. Learners then create a model of one of the 10 signers.
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Medium Studies
Students consider the evolution of newspapers. In this current events instructional activity, students investigate changes in newspaper production as they visit selected websites to educate themselves about the topic. Students...
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Progressive Movement in Kansas
Seventh graders examine the Progressive Movement in Kansas. In this Progressive Era lesson, 7th graders study various facts about this era in Kansas. Students create a presentation on a law that was passed during this time.
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On the Homefront: Indiana Family Letters
Young scholars analyze primary source material from the Civil War. They describe the war as it was perceived by those on the homefront in Johnson County, Indiana. Students describe how Hoosiers responded to the draft. They write a...
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What's on the Outside/Inside?
Students read about the idea of gender perspective in the writing of German history. They generate definitions from a list of given vocabulary words. They write definintions using their own words.