This is a large pdf unit designed to have students explore the ever changing and comples roles women played during WW1. Cross curricular--supports literacy standards.

This interactive map allows students to see how the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred with pictures, oral testimony, and timeline of events.

This resource gives an overview of women's efforts on the homefront during WWII including social, political, and economic efforts.

Resource to help students learna bout how children were involved in the war effort int he 1940s. Includes propaganda posters with students creating their own. Some patriotic songs are provided that were taught ins chools and look at ways to compare contributions during the war to modern times.

Multi-year initiative recognizing the importance of the Declaration of Independence in the history of the U.S. and the world.

This is an infographic that shows the differences between the Federalists and the Antifederalists are vast and at times complex. Federalists’ beliefs could be better described as nationalist. The Federalists were instrumental in 1787 in shaping the new US Constitution, which strengthened the national government at the expense, according to the Antifederalists, of the states and the people. The Antifederalists opposed the ratification of the US Constitution, but they never organized efficiently across all thirteen states, and so had to fight the ratification at every state convention. Their great success was in forcing the first Congress under the new Constitution to establish a bill of rights to ensure the liberties that the Antifederalists felt the Constitution violated.

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History provides elementary lesson plans, student activity sheets and professional development for teachers centered on American History. This unit is focused on the US Constitution.

What can the statistics tell us about the rise and fall of the second two-party system? How did the breakdown of this system contribute to the onset of the Civil War?

Resource contains activity prompts, essay topics and ideas, and other lesson activities that coincide with reading Farewell to Manzanar and learning about Japanese Internment

This resource is a 3-activity lesson guide that has students learn about Post-Pearl Harbor America, life in Japanese Internment Camps, and the Legality of Internment Camps. Students will read a few primary sources included excerpts from Korematsu v. US and Endo v. US.

This unit is one of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Teaching Literacy through History™ resources, designed to align with the Common Core State Standards. These units were developed to enable students to understand, summarize, and evaluate original sources of historical significance. Through a step-by-step process, students will acquire the skills to analyze, assess, synthesize, and develop knowledgeable and well-reasoned viewpoints on primary source materials.

When Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States in 1860, his experience in politics and government included serving in the Illinois legislature and the US House of Representatives. He had also studied law and was licensed to practice law in Illinois at age twenty-seven. This seems like scant experience for a man who would lead a country through its greatest internal challenge. However, Lincoln found a way to draw on his life experience and his professional knowledge to lead the nation with an astuteness and skill that might have escaped a more seasoned politician.

Interactive Map of the US for Women's Suffrage. Information about each state is provided when clicking on a state.

This unit is one of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Teaching Literacy through History resources, designed
to align with the Common Core State Standards. These units were developed to enable students to
understand, summarize, and evaluate original materials of historical significance. Through a step-by-step
process, students will acquire the skills to analyze, assess, and develop knowledgeable and well-reasoned
viewpoints on primary sources and literary texts.
Over the course of three lessons the students will compare and contrast two different versions of one of the
most iconic events in American history: the midnight ride of Paul Revere. The comparison will be made
between the poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a description of the event
written by Paul Revere himself. Students will use textual evidence from these two sources to draw their
conclusions and write an argumentative essay.

In this unit students will develop a thorough knowledge of the text of the Monroe Doctrine and understand how this document represented a major shift in American foreign policy. Students will demonstrate learning by combining prior knowledge and outside sources to dig deeper and discover more relevant information related to the adoption and application of the Monroe Doctrine throughout United States history.

Interactive Timeline about WWI and the United States with story map below. Gives a concise overview of the First World War and the timeline provides a summary of major events from the war and the homefront.

Contains 3 lesson plans on World War II: Posters and Propaganda with information on the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.