This inquiry is about the historical antecedent to the Silk Road. The compelling question asks, “Did Chinese and Romans know each other?” Although this is a yes/no question, the complexity lies in between those poles. Students will likely find themselves answering “maybe” and needing to explain why.

Mission US is a role-playing game (RPG). In each mission you’ll step into the shoes of a young person during an important time period in US history. While your character and many of the characters in the game are fictional, they are based on the experiences of real people. (You will also encounter some actual historical figures and witness historical events in the game!) In this simularion, it’s 1907. You are Lena Brodsky, a 14-year-old Jewish immigrant from Russia. How will you start a new life in America?

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.

This is a resource I made to be used in congunction with the Athenian Democracy activity by the Digital Inquiry Group to connect them with modern governments.

This is a resource I made to be used in congunction with the Athenian Democracy activity by the Digital Inquiry Group to connect them with modern governments.

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

Using primary resources, students analyze WW1 era posters and infer the audience, purpose, and effectiveness of trying to get Americans to conserve food during this time. Online resource. Offers discussion questions.

This is an activity where students learn about and compare 3 political revolutions. It has short age appropriate reads on the American, French and Haitian Revolutions. Students find keywords that describe the conditions that existed during the political revolution. They compare and contrast the 3 revolutions in order to find what all 3 of them had in common and write a paragraph on what conditions are necessary for a political revolution to occour.

In this explainer video, students learn about Confucianism. They explore the philosophy behind Confucianism and how it impacted Chinese politics and society.

In this activity, students analyze a photograph and infer the experiences of a Chinese man who was used in an ethnographic display. Primary resources used. Appropriate for teaching the effects of imperialism or how cultures viewed one another as "other." Online resource.

In this social studies lesson, students examine the revolutionary aspects of The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and what it reveals about human rights.

Inquiry based lesson plan allows kids to explore governments around the world: who is in charge, how they are chosen, and what happens when leaders make unfavorable choices. Includes supporting questions, articles, and activities.

In this EL Content Companion, ELs will learn about the causes of the Great Depression using scaffolds. The lesson contains a language objective, social-emotional learning objectives, and focused vocabulary instruction.

For this activity, students analyze primary documents to understand food manufacturing conditions before and after food regulations were passed in 1906. Connects to the Progressive Era and the history of regulation. Students sequence documents and photographs in this online resource. Guided questions provided.

In this BYU arts integraion lesson plan, students will identify several Egyptian pyramid structures and explain how they evolved over time.
They will represent various shapes and facts about the pyramids through dance.

For over a thousand years, three successive civilizations ruled West Africa. In this lesson, students will learn about the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai empires. They will also discover how these empires contributed to the spread of Islam.

For thousands of years, India has been a hub of cultural, religious, and scientific development. In this lesson, students will learn about the Maurya and Gupta empires. They will also discover how the caste system shaped ancient Indian society.

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

Students will examine how human actions and population changes can affect the environment. Students will examine a series of photographs that compare famous landmarks (Times Square, the Saltair Pavilion in Utah, Laguna Beach, and Niagara Falls) across time, and then they will identify human-generated changes in the physical environment, such as the addition of bridges and roads. Students will also examine U.S. Census Bureau population and housing data to see how population changes can contribute to changes in the physical environment. In addition, students will describe the impact of these changes on the environment.

In this one minute video, students learn about feudalism. A host explains the rise and fall of feudalism during the Middle Ages, and students consider how feudalism influenced political, economic, and social society in medieval Europe.