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50 American Heroes every Kid Should Meet! Denenberg, Dennis and Lorraine Roscoe. 50 American Heroes every Kid Should Meet! Brookfield, CT : Millbrook, c2001. Contains profiles of fifty American men and women from the past and present who have made exceptional, pos ... Civil War LettersGrade Level: 5th grade Time Required: Historical Period: Civil War Lesson summary: The purpose of this lesson is for students to be able to compare and contrast the soldiers’ experiences in the North and the South. Essential Quest ... Colonial America: primary sourcesSaari, Peggy. Colonial America: primary sources. Detroit : UXL, 1999. Presents the historical events and social issues of colonial America through twenty-four primary documents, including diary entries, poems, and personal narratives. Includes bibliogr ... Confederate HousewifeMoore, John Hammond, ed. The Confederate Housewife: Receipts & Remedies, together with Sundry Suggestions for Garden, Farm, & Plantation. Summerhouse Press, 1997. This receipt book provides for the first time a comprehensi ... Dressed for the photographer : ordinary Americans and f...Severa, Joan L. Dressed for the photographer : ordinary Americans and fashion, 1840-1900. Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c1995. Examines the material culture, expectations, and socioeconomic conditions of people living in ... Getting to Know Benjamin FranklinThe students, working in groups of three, will create an informational booklet on Benjamin Franklin. The groups will research the life and contributions of Benjamin Franklin. Included in the booklet will be two timelines. The first timeline will ... Historial InterpretorGrade Level: 8th Grade Time Required: 3 days Historical Period: Westward Expansion Lesson Summary: This lesson is designed to bring to life American Pioneer women. Students will draw a name of a Pioneer woman and conduct research ab ... Historical Interpretor Interview (Getting to know an Am...Grade Level: 8th Grade Time Required: 3 days Historical Period: Westward Expansion Lesson Summary: This lesson is designed to bring to life American Pioneer women. Students will draw a name of a Pioneer woman and conduct research ab ... Learning About Civil War “Firsts” using Primary SourcesGrade Level: 5 Time Required: two forty-five minute sessions Historical Time Period: The Civil War Summary: Students will work in groups of five to learn about five “firsts” that were introduced during the Civil War time period. They ... Mary Geddy's day: a day in Colonial WilliamsburgWaters, Kate. Mary Geddy's day: a day in Colonial Williamsburg. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999. (APS) Mary Geddy, a ten-year-old girl in Williamsburg in 1776, is excited about the colony of Virginia's vote for independence, but sa ... Settlement of the West Document-Based QuestionGrade Level: 11 Time Required: 1-2 periods Historical Period: 1840-1890: The American West Lesson Summary: This lesson helps students analyze and organize a specific questio ... Seventeenth Century SurvivorGrade Level: 7th Time Required: Historical Period: New Mexico History: Spanish Colonization Lesson Summary: The purpose of this lesson is to get students to think about what it would have taken to colonize New Mexico at the turn o ... Shiloh and Corinth: Sentinels of StoneShiloh and Corinth: Sentinels of Stone. Photographs by Timothy T. Isbell. University Press of Mississippi, 2007 The brave deeds performed by soldiers of the North and South. Approximately 93 striking photographs and accompanying histories bring ... Slave Trade Picture LessonGrade Level: Middle & HS Lesson One: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Slave Trade in Africa Goal: This lesson is the teacher's opportunity to teach students to look closely at an historical image and evaluate how that image contradicts ... Teaching with Historic Placeswww.nps.gov/history/nr/index.htmNational Register of Historic Places. Teaching with Historic Places. Washington, D. C.: National Park Service. The National Register of Historic Places has developed more than 130 classroom-ready lesson plans that together cover major themes ... The United States Expands West, 1785-1842The United States Expands West, 1785-1842. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001. This teaching unit is designed to supplement your students' study of the first phase of westward expansion through the use of primary documents. Includes teach ... To 'Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and La...Hunter, Tera W. To 'Joy My Freedom: Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors after the Civil War. Harvard University, 1998. Thousands of former slaves flocked to southern cities in search of work, they found the demands placed on them as w ... U.S. Imperialism in the Early 20th Century Case Study: ...The lesson included here is part of a unit on U.S. imperialism in the early 20th century. The purpose of this lesson is to understand the motives for U.S. imperialism and the consequences for those territories which came under U.S. control. The Span ... United States Expands West, 1785-1842The United States Expands West, 1785-1842. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2001. This teaching unit is designed to supplement your students' study of the first phase of westward expansion through the use of primary documents. Includes teach ... Westward ExpansionUschan, Michael V. Westward Expansion. San Diego : Lucent, c2001. Describes the history of American westward expansion, including the exploration of the frontier to the Pacific Ocean, the establishment of the Lone Star State and the Mormon ...
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