Teacher Lesson Plans

To increase awareness of the plight of women and children, specifically in Afghanistan and the United States involvement there, through comparing and contrasting.

Students will conduct research about the Florida Panhandle region and its veterans during World War I

Students will write an essay comparing aspects of the Great Depression and today's economic turndown or work cooperatively on an exhibit board.

Research and photograph analysis of a primary source photograph from the Great Depression

Students will learn about the Great Migration through discussion, analyzing primary sources in cooperative groups, watching a TED Talk, and reading an excerpt of a secondary source.

Students will work in learning communities (small groups) to create a presentation explaining the role of The Hello Girls in WWI.

Multi-dimensional activities focused on the Holocaust

This lesson helps students reflect on what they can do when they encounter unfair treatment.

Six sessions of activities centered around the Newbery Award-winning novel Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

A class debate: To what extent was the leadership responsible for the carnage of the First World War?

Students will research a major battle of the Civil War and prepare a resource paper that outlines all aspects of the battle: the overall military objectives, the reasons for troop placement, the personalities and goals of the overall commanders on both s

Students will conduct and script an interview of a veteran of the Korean War and submit a finished product (video and script of questions and answers) for evaluation.

The student will: be able to analyze how foreign policy decisions are reached and how global events impact U.S. Presidential administrations

To understand the Korean War and how it changed the Cold War.

To assist students in developing skills that will enable them to analyze political cartoons and political posters and develop an understanding of the different perspectives of the Korea War, students will analyze political cartoons and political posters.

Students will evaluate the effectiveness of Truman’s Executive Order #9981 on American society by the time of the Vietnam War

The students will use both individual assignments and cooperative learning to explore a case study on the creation of the state of Israel.

Students will research and analyze the lives and legacies of a US President or US First Lady, utilizing at least three online websites and at least one written source.

Students will complete in-class and outside of class assignments using political cartoons, posters and documents.

Students will examine the Marshall Plan through political cartoons of the era.

Students will analyze the Marshall Plan (primary sources) and draw conclusions as to the pro and cons to the aid.

Individual assignments using primary sources.

Technological project: Photostory or Movie Maker. The student is to create a visual presentation that tells the historical facts of the Vietnam War. They are also to include in their presentation music that reflects the era of the war.

Students will be analyzing New Deal programs and comparing them to similarly funded government programs we have today. They are to determine who the programs benefit and if they should remain intact.

The curriculum emphasizes cause and effect relationships to better understand history (1850-2005). The Nuremberg trials are a perfect example.

Students will examine the historical interpretation of the origins of the Cold War and use primary documents to defend or refute a particular historical interpretation.

Students will research in a group setting and prepare a written report or a PowerPoint presentation (complete with notes) about some aspect of the 1920s that does not fit the stereotype this era.

Students will participate in a simulation of the Potsdam Conference between the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union.

Critically analyzing media/print bias is an important skill in today's world to avoid being manipulated by advertisers, news sources or politicians.

The student will analyze the role of the President of the United States in the Civil Rights movement and desegregation.

Political Cartoons from the Red Scare will be analyzed.

Students will research requirements and qualities of presidential leadership and create a PowerPoint to share their research findings

This activity is designed to help students make connections between the actions taken by Imperialistic nations and the post World War II world, specifically as it relates to Middle East diplomacy and the creation of the state of Israel.

Students will conduct technology based research in primary sources on the Treaty of Versailles and participate in a Socratic Seminar for assessment.

Students will examine three cornerstones of American foreign policy during the Cold War -- the Truman, Eisenhower & Nixon Doctrines.

Students will do individual exploratory research, using the internet and primary documents provided, which they will utilize in the group creation of a power point presentation over at least three accomplishments/events/activities

The students will analyze primary sources, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They will apply this information to historical circumstances of human rights violations in a written piece.

Students, after learning about WWI and the Armenian massacres will create newspapers analyzing the role of the media and the U.S. in the massacres.

Students will complete a set of analytical questions (on paper or electronically) while using primary and secondary map resources individually, pair-share, and then discuss as a class/group as a formative assessment or review tool over the Electoral College and demographics.

Students will take a letter from Harry Truman to Bess Wallace and compare it to the war material from their textbook.

Students will analyze pictures and primary sources to discuss human rights in the Middle East.

Students will learn about the three branches the of U.S. federal government and complete activities that help solidify and expand their knowledge

Students must understand the progression of events in the 1850s to comprehend how difficult it became to reconcile differing opinions in the nation over slavery, states rights, and territorial expansion. Chronological analysis and cause/effect are both important skills for students to master prior to the national Advanced Placement United States History exam.

Students will be able to identify a few relevant Civil Rights issues AND how the president of that era confronted/handled/resolved the issue, along with causes/effects; then students will reveal how many issues of the past affect their own lives today and explain how.

In this lesson, students will be asked to analyze two groups of the letters written to President Truman concerning the desegregation of the United States military.  One group of letters will be supportive of the Desegregation of the US military and the second group of letters will voice opposition to the desegregation of the military.  

To assist students in developing skills that will enable them to analyze primary documents and political cartoons which will help them develop an understanding of the different perspectives of Truman's recognition of Israel.

Students will analyze the power of the Presidency in the U.S. Using a timeline of events of the Korean War (all events and people will be hidden in pseudonym during simulation), students will determine how the President exercises his authority.

Students will research members of Lincolns cabinet to better understand the process of emancipating the slaves.

Socratic Circle, Individual Assignment-Poster focused on League of Nations.