Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Family Customs Past and Present: Exploring Cultural Rituals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will use photos, documents, and music from the Library's digital collection. Then they will students investigate rituals and customs of various cultures.
Unit Plan
Digital History

Digital History: Children and the Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Digital History tells the story of children's lives during the Civil War through their own words. The eight sections are titled: Child Soldiers, Conditions in the Contraband Camps, The Southern Homefront, the Northern Homefront, Near the...
Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource focuses on the King National Historic Site in Atlanta, Georgia and includes some interesting biographical information. Includes photographs of his family home.
Lesson Plan
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Liberation and Survival

For Teachers 7th - 9th
The return to life after liberation was a hard time for many Jewish survivors. Many of the people had no home, family, or community to return to. Using primary sources such as pictures and testimonies, students will learn how the Jewish...