This is student graphic organizer. They will learn from the student groups about what their government was and how it worked.

This is the lesson plan associated with the Types of Government Challenge resource.

This video explains the tarp challenge. Students will then need to complete the described challenge under the conditions set forth by their respective governments. Students are split into 5 groups.

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 1929. You’re one of the Dunn twins. When the Great Depression hits, can you help save the family farm? Play online or download the iPad or Windows 10 app.

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 activity is designed to be part of a unit on the U.S. Constitution, as it focuses on U.S. voting trends. Students will analyze bar and line graphs showing the percentages of people (by race, age, sex, region, and education) who voted in elections between 1964 and 2020. Students will use these data to respond to the question “Who votes in American elections?”

C3 Inquiry based lesson plan offers supporting questions for students to investigate the arguments for and against imperialism as it relates to the United States' involvement in the Spanish-American War. Includes background information, newspaper clippings, newspaper illustrations, campaign speeches, political cartoons, for students to analyze as they develop their evidence-based argument as to whether or not American expansion abroad was (is) justified.

C3. Inquiry based lesson plan. Students investigate the conflicts, conditions, and factors of the western expansion in the U.S. prior to the Civil War. Includes supporting questions and a summative performance task. Also includes a song, maps, charts, excerpts from articles, posters/artwork from the time period, and more for students to analyze as a means of preparing their arguments.

C3. Inquiry based lesson plan. Using supporting questions and formative performance assessments, students formulate an argument about whether or not the development suburbs was good for America. Focuses on the rapid urbanization following WWII from 1945-1950, students learn about the social and economic conditions of the U.S. during this time as well as the role of government.

Students complete stations to describe (in a graphic organizer) what characterizes a civilization.

Smithsonian. Collection of primary resources shows students the changing role of women during WWII. Each photograph includes guiding questions for discussion. Can be used in many different ways.

This course from the OER Project provides complete lessons, videos, and other resources on much of world history, including the rise of cities, societies, and empires, regional webs, the first global age, industrialization and imperialism in the nineteenth century, World Wars I and II, the Cold War, and globalization.

This WW2 interactive timeline experience allows students to click on important dates during WW2 to show events that happened on a map during that time. Put together by the American Battle Monuments Commission.

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.

This resource is from the Utah Division of Archives and Records Service. This primary source set is designed to help students learn about World Wars I and II from a government and politics perspective as well as through the eyes of average Utahns and their experiences.

Ted ed video that explains (using animation) the origins and belief systems of the 5 most prevalent world religions.