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Myth and Truth: The Gettysburg Address
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore myths surrounding the Gettysburg Address. They think critically about commonly b...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Engaging Students in a Collaborative Exploration of the Gettysburg Address
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, Literature, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, groups of students investigate the historical significance of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Addres...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0A House Dividing: The Growing Crisis of Sectionalism in Antebellum America
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States History, U.S. ConstitutionIn this unit of four lessons, from EDSITEment, students trace the development of sectionalism in the United States as it was dri...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0An Early Threat of Secession: The Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Nullification Crisis
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States History, U.S. ConstitutionIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students explore the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Nullification...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Slavery's Opponents and Defenders
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Literature, United States History and 2 additional..In this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students explore the wide-ranging debate over American slavery by pres...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854: Popular Sovereignty and the Political Polarization over Slavery
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, History-Social Science, U.S. ConstitutionIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students explore the wide-ranging debate over American slavery by pres...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Abraham Lincoln, the 1860 Election, and the Future of the American Union and Slavery
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, History-Social Science, U.S. ConstitutionIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students explore the wide-ranging debate over American slavery by pres...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Exploring Women's History
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: United States History, Literature, History-Social Science, Visual Arts and 2 additional..This page from EDSITEment features resources relating to women's history, and presents information about the history of the wome...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Lady Liberty
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis page from EDSITEment features resources relating to the Statue of Liberty and presents information about immigration and El...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Fighting Injustice by Studying Lessons of the Past
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, United States History, World History, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students study the experience of European Jews during the Holocaust, and then compare their exper...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Strategic Reading and Writing: Summarizing Antislavery Biographies
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, United States History, Literature, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students practice writing effective summaries using biographies. They first read selections from ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Child Labor: Giving Voice to Child Laborers Through Monologues
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, United States History, History-Social Science, Visual Arts and 3 additional..In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students learn about historical and modern instances of child labor. Students gather information ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Web Resources for the Selected Inventors
Grades: 3 to 5Subjects: Reading Comprehension, United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsThis page, from a ReadWriteThink lesson, provides links to Web resources related to inventors Alexander Graham Bell, George Wash...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0"An Expression of the American Mind": Understanding the Declaration of Independence
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceThis lesson plan, from EDSITEment, looks at the major ideas in the Declaration of Independence, their origins, the Americans' ke...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The First Great Awakening
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students examine primary documents from the mid-18th century, and are ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Religion and the Argument for American Independence
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students use primary documents, to learn how the American revolutiona...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Religion and the Fight for American Independence
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students use primary documents to understand how religion aided and hi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study in Productivity (Part 1)
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, EconomicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EconEdLink, students learn about Henry Ford's use of mass production strategies to...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Henry Ford and the Model T: A Case Study in Productivity (Part 2)
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, EconomicsIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EconEdLink, students identify Henry Ford as an innovator who helped revolutionize ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0In Defense of Liberty: The Magna Carta in the American Revolution
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will carefully examine an authentic Massachuset...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0