This course covers French politics, culture, and society from Louis XIV to Napoleon Bonaparte. Attention is given to the growth of the central state, the beginnings of a modern consumer society, the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, including its origins, and the rise and fall of Napoleon.

Set of articles evaluating France's involvement with the American Revolution. Articles can be used as case studies and done as a class or can be used as enrichment for students to explore there are also a few videos that quickly go over their involvement.

Students examine the life of Francisco Menendez--a powerful warrior and leader of Fort Mose, the first free Black settlement in North America in this video from Secrets of Spanish Florida: A Secrets of the Dead Special. Utilizing video, discussion questions, teaching tips, and maps of the region, students analyze this important community and its place in American history.

Students will learn how to spot scam, find examples of online scams and learn how to recognize and protect themselves  from questionable behavior.

This video segment from Between the Lions shows the practice of sounding out the word rocket part by part, blending sounds together to form a word.

This article is an overview of the life of Frederick Douglas. Access to this resource requires a free educator login.

This resource is a Social Studies student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Gale's Biography in Context - to help students learn about Federick Douglass. 

Students explore what it means to speak out for your beliefs, or to right a wrong. After watching a short video, they will reflect on Douglass’s courage and the importance of literacy in his activism. They will read excerpts from Douglass’s autobiographies and examine an 1850 etching of Douglass being pulled away from a stage prior to giving a speech. Finally, they will reflect on Douglass’s importance as both a historical figure and as a role model for their own lives.

The papers of nineteenth-century African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), who escaped from slavery and then risked his freedom by becoming an outspoken antislavery lecturer, writer, and publisher, consist of approximately 7,400 items (38,000 images), most of which were digitized from 34 reels of previously produced microfilm. The collection spans the years 1841-1964, with the bulk of the material dating from 1862 to 1895. Many of Douglass’s earlier writings were destroyed when his house in Rochester, New York, burned in 1872.

In 1845, the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, and Written by Himself was published. In it, Douglass criticizes directly often with withering irony those who defend slavery and those who prefer a romanticized version of it.

This task is intended to engage students into considering how margin of error can be estimated from examining the results of repeated simple random sampling.

This video lesson is an example of ''teaching for understanding'' in lieu of providing students with formulas for determining the height of a dropped (or projected) object at any time during its fall. The concept presented here of creating a chart to organize and analyze data collected in a simple experiment is broadly useful. During the classroom breaks in this video, students will enjoy timing objects in free fall and balls rolling down ramps as a way of learning how to carefully conduct experiments and analyze the results. The beauty of this lesson is the simplicity of using only the time it takes for an object dropped from a measured height to strike the ground. There are no math prerequisites for this lesson and no needed supplies, other than a blackboard and chalk. It can be completed in one 50-60-minute classroom period.

In partnership with the National Science Digital Library and Apple, NCAR and UCAR offer podcasts that provide a brief and accessible overview on climate and climate change. These podcasts, short 5-8 minute videos you can download on your computer or iPod, are a part of the NSDL on iTunes U collection.

Charles Lindbergh was a genuine American hero. He was the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic. When his infant son was kidnapped, the trial of the alleged kidnapper developed into a sensational news story. The reaction of the public to this highly publicized crime, and the effects that modern publicity had on the jury, seriously challenged the limits of freedom of the press. The controversies raised by the media coverage of the Lindbergh kidnapping trial still resonate today. Access to this resource requires a free educator login.

FreeReading is an open source instructional program that helps educators teach early literacy. Because it is open source, it represents the collective wisdom of a wide community of teachers and researchers. FreeReading contains, Intervention A, a 40-week scope and sequence of primarily phonological awareness and phonics activities that can support and supplement a typical kindergarten or first grade "core" or "basal" program.

This PE Game is one of many quick and easy physical education games that teachers can use in their own PE class. It's all about the best games for exercise, skills, activities, games, learning, fitness, and FUN. Simple school games in just minutes. This is a fantastic throwing and catching (as well as other skills) game idea! Prisoners, Soldiers, Dragons, a castle… players are going to love this game. Not much equipment is needed (Thanks Daniele Penna for this game idea)

This is a great explanation for teachers and students about the standards that governments need to meet before, during, and after an election to ensure that the election is "free and fair".

With the help of Northern missionaries, the Freedmen’s Bureau and African American churches, formerly enslaved people made impressive strides under the protection of federal reconstruction policies. Thousands of freedmen, old and young alike, were learning to read and write. A handful of these schools would grow into Black colleges, which began to appear across Tennessee, as the need for African American teachers intensified.