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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: History-Social Science, United States History, American Democracy, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, MathematicsThis 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: United States History, History-Social Science, Oral Presentations, American Democracy 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: History-Social Science, United States History, Electives, American DemocracyThis 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: History-Social Science, United States History, Types of Media, English-Language 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: World History, History-Social Science, Geography, 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: History-Social Science, United States History, American DemocracyMore 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: History-Social Science, United States History, Electives, American Democracy 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: History-Social Science, United States History, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, 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: Sociology, History-Social Science, Psychology, Electives, American DemocracyWhat 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: History-Social Science, United States History, Reading Comprehension, 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: World History, History-Social Science, United States History, GeographyThis 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: History-Social Science, United States History, Electives, American Democracy 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: United States History, History-Social Science, American DemocracyIn 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: History-Social Science, United States History, Literary Analysis, 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: History-Social Science, United States History, GeographyIn 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: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, United States History, American Democracy, 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: Sociology, History-Social Science, Electives, American DemocracyThis 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: Sociology, History-Social Science, United States History, Electives, American DemocracyThis 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