This is a list of potential ideas based off a specific technology. None of these ideas are fully developed lessons. Please make changes and adaptations as necessary for the students in your class.

Students match posters, photos, and documents with the ways in which Americans were asked to contribute to the war effort during WW1.

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.

Students match documents with types of civil disobedience and then describe how civil disobedience has been used throughtout American history to inspire political or societal change.

Each student has the capability of protecting basic human rights through service and individual actions. This lesson gives students ideas in which they can make a difference in the world.

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.

Smithsonian resource. This collection of 5 videos visually tells the story of 5 labor leaders and how they worked to ensure safer working conditions, better wages, and how they brought forth state and federal legislation with their work.

The current world today is wrought with issues that affect our students daily. This lesson is designed to introduce some of these issues.

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?"

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.

This lesson plan and case study can be used to follow the previous one, or can stand alone. They allow students to explore the effects of the Boston busing crisis that occurred during the Civil Rights Movement. Full lesson plan with primary resources included. Encourages critical thinking.

This lesson plan and case study allow students to analyze the fight to desegregate schools. Full lesson plans can be modified for elementary school and include reading, discussion, a project and exit ticket.

Smithsonian collection. This collection of photographs and primary resources allows students to explore how sports played a key role in the Civil Rights Movement. They learn about famous African-American athletes and their historical contributions. At the end of the collection, there is a timeline that students can fill in. Excellent introduction to the Civil Rights Movement.

Smithsonian resource. During Covid-19, racism towards Asian Americans increased in many parts of the United States. This collection of videos shows conversations with community leaders combating racism. Can be used to facilitate discussion and discourse in the classroom.

This resource offers kids a chance to see how the Great War accelerated changes already occurring in the United States and how those impacts have lasted throughout time. Students critically analyze posters from WW1, engage in discussions, and critical thinking questions.