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Using Primary Sources with American Memory Resources
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, United States History and 2 additional..Ideas for using primary sources from the Library of Congress have been summarized in this guide. Project ideas have been arrange...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Troubled Times: Helping Students Express Wartime Fears and Anxieties
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, United States History and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students address their questions, anxieties, and other feelings about ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Right to Know: Discussing Disclosure and Intelligence Gathered Prior to 9/11
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students examine clues that show Al Qaeda had been active in the U...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Cost of "Living": Examining the Financial Compensation for Victims of September 11
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Economics, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students will explore their memories of September 11 and discuss h...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0That's Not Fair! Examining Civil Liberties With the U.S. Supreme Court
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, U.S. Constitution, Reading Comprehension, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students work in groups to explore civil liberty issues by conducting Internet research on ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Remembrance of Things Past: Exploring the Power of Words Through the Speeches of American Presidents
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the value of language to express messages that seem t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Remembrance of Things Past: Examining the Role of Personal Memory in Retelling Historical Events
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students share their recollections of September 11, 2001, or another s...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Reign of Terror? Learning About Acts of Terrorism Around the World in Modern History
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students research acts of terrorism around the world over the past thi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Rebuilding and Recovering: Moving Forward, One Year After the Events of September 11, 2001
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the theme of rebuilding through personal writing and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Reaching Out: Exploring Ways That You Can Help in the Wake of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the United States
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, Electives and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students reflect on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and ex...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Pardon Me, Please: Examining Executive Pardons of Capital Cases
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, American Democracy, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about a decision to commute all death sentences in one ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0N.A.R.A. - The Digital Classroom: History in the Raw
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Technology, American Democracy, Literary Analysis and 3 additional..National Archives and Records Administration (N.A.R.A.) - The Digital Classroom: History in the Raw. This page discusses the imp...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Last Days of a President: McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition, 1901
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Film & Video, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Theatre and 4 additional..The 28 films in Last Days of a President: Films of McKinley, 1901 include footage of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Japan's Textbook Case: Exploring How Perspective Impacts the Telling of History
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore how accurately textbooks account for historical event...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Inquiring Minds: Exploring Issues Related to the Joint Congressional Investigation of the Events of September 11
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students participate in a "fishbowl" discussion to address the notions...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0In Memory: Exploring Issues in Designing Memorials
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Visual Arts & Performing Arts, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts, Reading Comprehension and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the issues that designers and civic planners face in ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Give Me Liberty or Give Me Freedom: Analyzing the History, Culture, and Politics of the Words "Liberty" and "Freedom"
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Grammar, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the ways in which the terms "liberty" and "freedom" h...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Finding Primary Sources: Beginning Research Activities
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Technology, American Democracy, Literary Analysis and 3 additional..National Archives and Records Administration (N.A.R.A.) - The Digital Classroom: Finding Primary Sources: Beginning Research Act...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Field of Inquiry: Examining the Investigations Into the Events of September 11, 2001
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies and 2 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about German intelligence data used in an independe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Economics: The Effects of Globalization
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Economics, World History, History-Social ScienceIn this PBS lesson, students use China as a case study to explore the entry of developing countries into the WTO and the effects...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0