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Women in the White House
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Writing Strategies, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from EDSITEment, students explore the role and impact of recent First Ladies through research and family intervi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Powers of Persuasion: Poster Art from World War II
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, History & Culture, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, United States History and 2 additional..This online exhibit features 33 World War II posters and 1 sound file from a more extensive exhibit that was presented in the Na...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0From Arms Race to Arms Sales
Grades: 7 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Economics, World HistoryIn this PBS lesson, students examine geographic, economic, and political factors that influence the illegal running of guns an...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Breadline: 1929-1939
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, United States History, Economics and 2 additional..This PBS Teacher s Guide accompanies the Breadline segment of their People s Century series. This program focuses on the after...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Political Cartoons Illustrating Progressivism and the Election of 1912
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability, Mathematics, United States HistoryThis lesson, provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, relates to the goals of the Progressives at the state...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Attu: North American Battleground of World War II
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, World History, United States History, World War IIAttu: North American Battleground of World War II is the site of the only land battle on the North American continent during Wor...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Native Words, Native Warriors Lesson Plan
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, Native Peoples, United States History, World War IIOnline exhibit examines how Native code talkers used their languages to serve their country and to continue the warrior traditio...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0Billie Holiday Is Born
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension, MusicThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the life and work of jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday. A classroom activity is featu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Battle of Midway: Turning the Tide in the Pacific
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: History-Social Science, World History, United States History, World War IIThe Battle of Midway: Turning the Tide in the Pacific examines a pivotal World War II battle. In the spring of 1942, Japan atte...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Learn More About the New Americans
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, United States History, Geography, World HistoryThis page, from the EDSITEment-reviewed PBS Web site, provides links to resources on American immigration, with particular focus...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Great Migration
Grades: TK/K to 4Subjects: History-Social Science, Visual Arts, Geography, United States HistoryIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from ARTSEDGE, students learn about the migration of African Americans to Harlem, begin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0America on the Move Classroom Activity Guide - Unit 2: 1920's Industrial Nation - Image Cards
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this classroom activity from the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, students will use visual, analytical, and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Message Drafted by General Eisenhower in Case the D-Day Invasion Failed and Photographs Taken on D-Day
Grades: 8 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, American Democracy, Writing Strategies, United States HistoryArticle I,Section 8, Paragraphs 11 through 16 , of the U.S. Constitution grant Congress the power to declare war and provide for...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Egypt and Israel Sign Formal Treaty, Ending a State of War After 30 Years; Sadat and Begin Praise Carter's Role
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, World History, United States HistoryThis historical article, from the New York Times Learning Network, announces that Prime Minister Begin and President Anwar el-Sa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Martin Luther King, Jr.
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Literature, Reading Comprehension, United States HistoryThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his contributions to the Civil Rights moveme...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0New Deal Network
Grades: 5 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThe EDSITEment-reviewed New Deal Network is a database of primary source materials, including photographs, political cartoons, a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Standing Up by Sitting Down: Early Bus Riders for Civil Rights
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, 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: 0A New Deal for the Arts
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts, History & Culture, Visual Arts & Performing ArtsThis Web site, from the National Archives and Records Administration, is an online exhibit, adapted from A New Deal for the Art...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Defense Spending and Federal Outlays
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, EconomicsIn this reproducible worksheet, from an EconEdLink lesson, students answer questions regarding defense spending and the federal ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Was the United States Ready for Pearl Harbor?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, World History, Geography, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from Xpeditions, students consider the United States' level of preparedness for the Pearl Harbor attack and disc...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
