Students analyze a letter written by Jackie Robinson to the White House in 1972. Students are guided to understand that racial equality still had not been achieved during this time. Students analyze tone, audience and context and draw conclusions. Background about Jackie Robinson's role in the Civil Rights movement should be provided to students.

This case study explores how indian boarding schools impacted thousands of Native youths and allows students to examine the effects of assimilation. Designed for High School, but easily adaptable for upper elementary or middle school. Full lesson plan included.

An introductory lesson that overviews the four main causes of World War I.Lesson focuses mainly on Conflict, Imperialism, Militarism, Nationalism and System of Alliances.Enduring Understanding:Students will understand the causes and effects of WWI on our world today.

The Cold War was less like a war and more like a rivalry—a struggle for global influence between the United States and Soviet Union. In this investigative video, students learn about the Cold War. They explore the causes and events of the Cold War, and contemplate how the Cold War shaped the world today.

Students analyze two photographs and make a T-chart to list characteristics of urban and rural life in the early 1900s in New York.

This resource is a Social Studies student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, World Book Encyclopedia - Behind the Headlines to help students learn about current events.  

n this lesson, students will learn about causes and combatants of the Cold War. (Sensitive Content)

Global issues today can best be understood by studying the newspaper, the source that carries our current information. This lesson is to introduce students to how to use newspapers to understand what is currently happening in the world today.

Students learn about the experience of being an immigrant, which requires the traveler to plan for the journey, to pack, and to make difficult decisions. People from many cultures have created trunks or others containers to hold their belongings while they travel. The size of the carrying device limits the number of personal possessions, mementos, and material goods brought from home to begin a new life.

Incredible resource includes teacher directions and additional teaching resources. Full interactive museum tells the story of a Jewish girl as a way to teach about the events of the Holocaust. Students interact with many artifacts, and through storytelling discover Jewish history of Eastern Europe.

The Korean War is often referred to as the "forgotten war." Why is that? In this explainer video, students learn about the Korean War. They explore the causes and events of this war and consider its lasting effects today.

Smithsonian. Students watch a brief video on the March on Washington, and then analzye a photograph and three articles from the March. They then work to answer the question "What problems did the participants on the March on Washington aim to solve?"

This resource is a Social Studies student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, World Book Encyclopedia - Student to help students learn about Medieval Times vs The Dark Ages. 

In this activity, students match photographs of different types of technology used during WW1 and explain how each impacted the war. Then, students read an eyewitness account of the war.

Smithsonian. This resource includes a 26 minute video interview with the photographer, and a collection of photographs of the Civil Rights Movement. Students are encouraged to analyze primary sources and discuss the impact of the photographs on the Civil Rights Movement.

Propaganda had a large effect on opinions during World War One. This lesson is to introduce students to what propaganda is and how it can affect opinions and actions during wartime.

This resource is a Social Studies student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically, Gale's Biography in Context, Gale Discovering Collection, and Gale Student Resources in context help students to learn about the Renaissance Art and Music era. 

As members of the human race we have certain rights and with those rights come certain responsibilities. This lesson is designed to help students understand their rights and responsibilities and how it affects their lives.

This resource is a Social Studies student activity that utilizes Utah's Online Library resources - specifically in the following databases to help students learn about disease!World Book EncyclopediaGale InfoTrac Junior EditionGale InfoTrac Student EditionGale Student Resource Center - Junior

This lesson is an interactive way for students to realize the impact WWI had upon soldiers, families, and land in Europe.