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The Mexican Revolution, which began on November 20, 1910, and continued for a decade, is recognized as the first major political, social, and cultural revolution of the 20th century. In order…
A guide to Alexis de Tocqueville's landmark work surveying American republicanism in the 1830s.
Give your students a treat and explore the ghostly historical and the ghoulishly dramatic with a variety of online resources on Halloween.
This National Poetry Month feature educates students about different poetic forms developed across time and around the world.
Learn about harvest holidays in North America like Halloween and a similar Mexican holiday, the Day of the Dead.
Each year, December brings a month filled with holidays, celebrations complete with a variety of gift giving traditions, and school vacations. Before departing to enjoy the break from school, take…
Mission US is a multimedia project that immerses players in U.S. history content through free interactive games.
In Mission 2: “Flight to Freedom,” players take on the role of Lucy, a 14-…
Adapted from What So Proudly We Hail provides background materials and discussion questions to enhance your understanding and stimulate conversation about “To Build A Fire.” After learning…
The Greeks inherited the alphabet invented by the Phoenicians, and used it to write their great literature.
This curriculum unit of three lessons covers the critical problems for United States foreign policy posed by the outbreak of the wars of the French Revolution. Was the U.S. alliance with France…
This lesson examines the ways in which Great Britain and France countries challenged American neutrality during the Thomas Jefferson administration.
This lesson examines the ways in which France challenged American sovereignty between 1796 and 1801.
This lesson will examine the ways in which Great Britain challenged American sovereignty in the early republic.
This lesson invites students to reconfigure Meg’s journey into a board game where, as in the novel itself, Meg’s progress is either thwarted or advanced by aspects of her emotional responses to…
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, la primer gran poeta de América Latina, es considerada una de la figuras literarias más importantes del continente americano y una de las primeras feministas. En el…
The American civil rights movement incorporated a variety of cultural elements in their pursuit of political and legal equality under law. This lesson will highlight the role of music as a major…
In August 1964, a small military engagement off the coast of North Vietnam helped escalate the involvement of the United States in Vietnam; the Vietnam War would become the longest military…
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is considered the first great Latin American poet and one of the most important Hispanic literary figures. She wrote following the complex style of the Spanish Golden Age…
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, the first great Latin American poet, is still considered one of the most important literary figures of the American Hemisphere, and one of the first feminist writers. In…
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, una muy importante figura literaria a nivel mundial y la primer gran poeta de la América Latina, es un producto del Siglo de Oro Español.
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a major literary figure and the first great Latin American poet, is a product of el Siglo de Oro Español (Spanish Golden Age). In this lesson students will analyze two…
Perhaps the best-known pilgrim in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is Alisoun, the Wife of Bath. The Wife's fame derives from Chaucer's deft characterization of her as a brassy, bawdy woman—the…
Extra! Extra! Fire Destroys Chicago!: Analyzing Newspaper Accounts
Right Before My Eyes: Analyzing Eyewitness Accounts.
The T'ang Dynasty(c. 600-900 CE), the period when the lu shih came to the fore as a poetic form is considered by some to be the peak of classical of Chinese culture.
Read both the brief description of The Emancipation Proclamation and the transcript of the document from the National Archives below.
Examine Lincoln's March 6, 1862 message to Congress and his July 12, 1862 appeal to border-state Congressmen.
Read the letter from the Mother of a Northern Black Soldier to the President, July 31, 1863 and consider the questions that follow.
For many people, Timbuktu is a metaphor for the mysterious, the remote, or the unobtainable. But the Malian city of Timbuktu was, in fact, once a thriving center of commerce and intellectual…