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Lesson Plan on the American Civil War
A 90-minute Grades 5-8 history lesson plan on the causes, major events, and consequences of the American Civil War.
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Lesson Plan on the Civil Rights Movement
A 90-minute Grades 9-12 history lesson plan tracing key turning points in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement from 1909 to the present.
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U.S. history & civicsHistorical reading & sources
Tecumseh's Speech to the Osage- Analysis, Questions, Assessment
A primary-source analysis lesson pack built around 'Tecumseh's Speech to the Osage', teaching students to read and analyze a historical primary-source document using a structured Four-Reads method, then assess their understanding.
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Ancient civilizationsProjects & simulations
Peloponnesian War Battle Strategies Lesson Plan
A lesson plan (for the teacher) describing an activity where students devise Athenian and Spartan battle strategies for the Peloponnesian War before being told what actually happened.
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World history & cultureProjects & simulations
Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic Lesson`
A history lesson plan that uses a classroom simulation game to teach the causes and effects of hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
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World history & culture
Iowa State Unit Study (Capital, Bird, Flower, Flag, Animal)
A 5-day homeschool/co-op unit study teaching Iowa's capital, state bird, flower, flag, and animal through videos, readings, worksheets, and interactive-notebook activities, with an optional written report and podcast extension activity.
U.S. history & civicsHistorical reading & sources
American History: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers
Complete multi-day lesson plan package for teaching the short story 'American History' by Judith Ortiz Cofer, covering plot, characterization, and other literary elements.
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Great Brains of the Enlightenment
A cooperative 'speed dating' style history activity teaching students about ten key Enlightenment thinkers (occupation, country, major work, and core belief) and their influence on democratic revolutions.
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U.S. history & civics
King (1978 Mini-Series) - 2-Hour Lesson Plan for High School
Teach Civil Rights Movement history and analysis of biographical film/leadership using excerpted viewing of the 1978 NBC mini-series 'King' (about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.), for Grades 8-12 ELA/Social Studies.
Ancient civilizations
Ancient Civilizations: Indus Valley Unit Study
A multi-resource unit study packet to teach elementary/middle grades about the Ancient Indus Valley (Harappan) civilization: geography, daily life, inventions, and key sites.
World history & culture
The History of Pirates
A multi-lesson unit teaching the history of piracy from the ancient Mediterranean through the Golden Age of Caribbean piracy to modern piracy, using a slide presentation, worksheets, and a crossword puzzle.
U.S. history & civics
American Revolution and Enlightment
A high-school lesson plan and worksheet on how Enlightenment thinkers (John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Baron de Montesquieu, Voltaire, Cesar Beccaria) influenced the American Revolution and the establishment of U.S. government.
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Science & invention history
The Scientific Revolution World History Unit
Multi-part world history unit on the Scientific Revolution covering the roots (Aristotle, Ptolemy, alchemy), astronomy (Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Newton), and new inventions, with lesson plans, information sheets, worksheets, and assessments.
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Scientific Revolution Experiments Lesson
A hands-on history lesson plan in which students rotate through four experiment stations to test claims made by ancient philosophers (Aristotle, Galen) against the findings of Scientific Revolution figures (Galileo, Copernicus, Vesalius), illustrating the shift to the empirical scientific method.
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U.S. history & civics
State of the Union Address 2023
Use this historical lesson set to discuss the purpose of the State of the Union and revisit the 2023 address. Students read the background FAQ and answer related questions before examining the prediction prompts and policy-term bingo sheet. The materials name President Biden and the 2023 event, making them suitable for that specific speech rather than an unchanged current-year lesson.
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Science & invention history
Astronomy Facts and Fun - A Topical Study eBook
Comprehensive multi-part homeschool/classroom topical unit study on the history of astronomy, covering key astronomers, the planets, and the development of the telescope and microscope, with review games and hands-on lapbook activities.
World history & culture
California State Unit Study (Capital, Bird, Flower, Flag, Animal)
A 5-day unit study introducing elementary students to California's state symbols (capital, bird, flower, flag, animal) through videos, readings, worksheets, and interactive-notebook activities.
U.S. history & civics
Presentation: Robber Barons or Captains of Industry
A U.S. History lesson (aligned to Standard 11.2.5) on Gilded Age industrialists, teaching students key terms (Robber Barons, Captains of Industry, Sherman Antitrust Act) and having them evaluate whether John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie were more beneficial or harmful to American society.
World history & culture
Polynesian Unit
Multi-lesson unit teaching the geography, history/culture, and myths of Polynesia.
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Science & invention history
Electricity Unit Study | First Electric Inventions
An elementary unit-study booklet on the history of early electrical inventions: static-electricity 'magic tricks', the Leyden jar, Volta's battery, and Morse's telegraph/Morse code.
World history & culture
Connecticut State Unit Study (Capital, Bird, Flower, Flag, Animal)
A five-day, low-prep homeschool/co-op unit study exploring Connecticut's capital, state bird, state flower, state flag, and state animal, with a daily pacing guide of suggested videos, readings, worksheets/discussion, and hands-on activities, plus extensive optional graphic organizers for deeper research.
Science & invention history
Da Vinci Unit Study
Multi-topic unit study book compiling nine mini-units on the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci, for use in a hands-on class over an extended period.
Science & invention history
High Air: The History of Trampolines: Emergency Lesson Plan
An emergency (substitute-ready) Language Arts lesson plan pairing a narrative reading passage about the invention of the trampoline with comprehension and writing activities, for Grades 5-6.
Historical reading & sources
We All Scream for Ice Cream: Emergency Lesson Plan
An ELA/reading 'emergency lesson plan' packet built around a nonfiction passage on the history and manufacturing of ice cream, used to build reading comprehension, sequencing, vocabulary, graphing, and word-search skills for a substitute-teacher or general classroom day.
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