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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFederal Reserve System: Purposes and Functions
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, EconomicsThis resource, part of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Web site, provides a detailed look at the structure, responsibi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPolitical Cartoons Illustrating Progressivism and the Election of 1912
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: Mathematics, American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States History, Data Analysis, Statistics, and ProbabilityThis lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, relates to the goals of the Progressives at the state...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" The Effects of the New Deal on the Great Depression
Grades: 10Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language ArtsThis Library of Congress lesson takes students through the process of examining primary sources, both photographs and life histo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Great Depression and the 1990s
Grades: 11Subjects: Oral Presentations, American Democracy, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History-Social Science and 5 additional..This Library of Congress unit of three lessons uses the American Memory s American Life Histories, 1936-1940 documents, personal...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrom Jim Crow To Linda Brown: A Retrospective of the African-American Experience from 1897 to 1953
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Electives, American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis Library of Congress mini-unit allows students to explore to what extent the African American experience during the first ha...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe New Deal: North Carolina's Reconstruction?
Grades: 8Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, History-Social Science, Types of Media, Visual Arts and 3 additional..This Library of Congress lesson plan is a guide for teachers that will result in imaginary Works Progress Administration (WPA) i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Country Study: Vietnam
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, World History, History-Social Science, EconomicsRead about the geography of Vietnam in this country study, provided by American Memory at the Library of Congress. Included is i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkStanding Up by Sitting Down: Early Bus Riders for Civil Rights
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States HistoryMore than ten years before Rosa Parks sat down on a Birmingham, Alabama, bus and refused to get up, and 15 years before Freedom ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Sociology, History-Social Science, Electives and 2 additional..The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929 contains sources that document widespread prosperity during the Coolidge ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Memory: The Learning Page Lesson Plans - What Is an American?
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, American Democracy, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, students read and analyse Jean de Crèvecoeur s definition of an American, written in 1782. They go on to look at...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Memory: The Learning Page Lesson Plans - Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself
Grades: 5 to 8Subjects: Psychology, Electives, American Democracy, Sociology, History-Social ScienceWhat was the World War II experience like for the thousands of Japanese Americans living on the West Coast? The activities in th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Memory: The Learning Page Lesson Plans - German Immigrants
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, students use photographs and primary source documents to investigate the reasons why Germans immigrated to the U...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkRemembering Pearl Harbor: Attack Map
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Geography, World History, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis interactive, multimedia attack map and timeline follows the events of December 7, 1941 - the day that Japanese forces attac...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Memory: The Learning Page Lesson Plans - Immigration/Migration
Grades: 10 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Sociology, History-Social Science, Electives and 2 additional..In this lesson, students compare immigration/migration experiences of their families to those of people living through the Great...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Memory: The Learning Page Lesson Plans - Jackie Steals Home
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson students draw on their previous studies of American history and culture as they analyze primary sources from the ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAmerican Memory: The Learning Page Lesson Plans - Visions in the Dust
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Literary Analysis, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language ArtsThis unit helps students gain an understanding of Dust Bowl history through the eyes of a child. Using Karen Hesse s Newbery Awa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPort of Entry Activity
Grades: 4 to 8Subjects: Geography, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this activity students assume the role of historical detective and investigate photographs and eyewitness accounts of immigra...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDocuments Related to Brown v. Board of Education
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, History-Social Science, Writing Strategies, United States History, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, relates to the 14th Amendment, primarily the equal pr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWomen of the West Museum: This Shall be the Land for Women - Hawaii
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Electives, American Democracy, Sociology, History-Social ScienceThis Web page is part of a virtual exhibition entitled This Shall be the Land for Women: The Struggle for Western Women s Suffr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWomen of the West Museum: This Shall be the Land for Women - Timeline
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Electives, American Democracy, Sociology, History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis Web page is part of a virtual exhibition entitled This Shall be the Land for Women: The Struggle for Western Women s Suffr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0