C3. Inquiry based lesson plan. Students explore the connection between the consumption of sugar and the reliance of slave labor to cultivate sugar plantations. Includes multiple opportunities to explore the supporting questions and develop an argument with claims, including charts, graphs, illustrations, reading excerpts, and background information.

This is an extensive lesson plan that allows students to compare Ancient Egypt and Ancient Mesopotamia in terms of geography, religion, and government. Inquiry based.

In this lesson on Indian culture, students will learn about Buddhism and Hinduism and their spread to other countries though trade.

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.

Students can use this interactive timeline to learn more about the events surrounding WW1, including its inital causes and world events from 1914-1920.

In this lesson, students will learn about the prophet Muhammed, Islam's spread through Arabia, and will learn teachings from the Qur'an. From Spain to India, this lesson explains Muslim innovations in science, medicine and trade.

This inquiry examines the establishment of Al-Andalus as an emirate of the Umayyad Caliphate and later as a caliphate of its own in 926 CE. The inquiry provides students with an opportunity to examine the establishment of the caliphate of Córdoba as a center of knowledge, innovation, and religious tolerance.

Also from a Smithsonian museum, this resource provides students with a primary resource (an excerpt written by an incarcerated Japanese American boy) and opportunities to analyze this resource as a means to understand the conditions of the Japanese American concentration camps in the U.S. during WW2. Standards based and includes questions, activities, videos, and more.

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 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.

A packet of collaborative activities that allows students to analyze the perspectives of those involved in WW1. Excellent.

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 is a SHEG Activity that teachers the skill of contextualization. It uses Martin Luther's letters to show that the historical context effects what people do and think.

Smithsonian resource. Multiple short videos show how American scientists and innovators were prominent in the 1800s and their contributions to society.

This includes a blank map, a place for guided notes, and textbook information about the geography of Ancient Mesopotamia.

This is SHEG activity. They are really good at find Pimarary sources. Frequently the task they ask students to do is a bit above their grade level but with some modification here is a great activity to teach students about the atrocities of the slave trade.

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.

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, the year is 1960. You are 16-year-old Verna Baker, born and raised in the Mississippi Delta. As you move to the city of Greenwood to start high school, a movement for civil rights is gaining momentum. How will you take part in the struggle for freedom and equality?

Students investigate the ancient and modern Olympics using a range of historical and secondary sources to learn more about the historical and mythological origins of the games; the rebirth of the games in France under the leadership of Pierre de Coubertin; and the broader goals of the Olympics, including nurturing the arts.

Who were the Phoenicians? In this lesson, students will learn about the social, economic, and religious structures of this ancient seafaring civilization. They will also discover how the Phoenicians influenced modern-day writing systems.