Henke, Joe

The Presidential election gives a wonderful opportunity, every four years, to spark student interest in the election process and the candidates involved. The scrapbook project allows the students to work with primary sources and current materials and develop a working knowledge of the electoral process.

Students will compare and contrast the United States Bill of Rights and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Students will research the impact of World War II on Major League Baseball and create a trading card using a draw program.

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

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.  

Geography, the rise of the Middle East, and the recognition of Israel.

The lesson will be an individual assignment that will lead into group discussion. The lesson will be based on the reading of two primary sources (John Brown Speech to the Court and the Kansas Emigrant Song by J.G. Whittier) and completing a written document analysis worksheet on both. 

For this lesson, the student will create a mock Facebook page for a historical figure from Missouri during the Civil War time period.

Students, working in teams, will analyze the rapid rise in automobiles and the growing need for a stable road system in the United States/Missouri

Students will be required to put together a PowerPoint or poster board presentation on a theme from the Roaring Twenties. The presentation (PowerPoint slides or poster board) must include pictures, descriptions, and various other items.