Lesson

How did America change because of World War I? Download Primary Source Set: Rise of the US

This inquiry set focuses on how the US government prepared for war. Speeches by American political leaders, documents that show ordinary Americans readying for war, and images that feature California as a central place in wartime mobilization frame students’ exploration into American involvement in World War I.

How did America change because of World War I? Download Primary Source Set: US in WWI 

Just as World War I stands as an important marker of the new role for the U.S. on the world stage, the war also is an important event that started a century-long growth of the federal government. Once the United States entered the war, the government grew through the administration of the draft, the organization of the war at home, and the promotion of civilian support for the war.

Who came to the United States at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries? Why did they come? What was their experience when they arrived? How did immigration add to the religious pluralism of the United States? Download Primary Source Set: Immigration to the US

This inquiry set highlights the experiences of the so-called “new immigrants” of the late nineteenth century.

How did the country change because of the Civil War and Reconstruction in the nineteenth century? Download Primary Source Set: Reconstruction's Impact on the Country 

This inquiry set illustrates many developments that will set the stage for modern United States history.

What were the challenges to African American citizenship after the Civil War? Download Primary Source Set: Reconstruction

This 8th grade lesson is about citizenship from the perspective of African Americans after the Civil War. The purpose of this lesson is for students to consider the challenges that African Americans faced in achieving full citizenship rights, and actions they took to address this inequality.

How has the post–Cold War world and globalization facilitated extremist and terrorist organizations? Download Primary Source Set: Terrorism

 

How has globalization affected people, nations, and capital? / Should the nation of Mexico allow transnational maquiladoras to operate in northern Mexico under the existing conditions? Download Primary Source Set: Maqualidoras in Northern Mexico

 

How have nations struggled in similar and different ways to achieve economic, political, and social stability? Download Primary Source Set: Rwandan Genocide

The inquiry set examines the causes and effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and the recovery afterward with an emphasis on these significant historical factors: the history of population groups and identity in Rwanda, the colonial legacy, international involvement in genocides within nation-states, and the limits of government control a

What was Churchill’s purpose in giving this speech? Download Primary Source Set: WWII

The lesson starts by building historical context and content vocabulary. Students do multiple readings while taking different points of view, then use what they’ve learned to take part in a scored class discussion in which they use powerful and persuasive language.

Why did communism and fascism appeal to Europeans in the 1930s? How did propaganda contribute to the appeal of communism and fascism to Europeans and Japanese in the inter-war period (1920s and 1930s)?  Download Primary Source Set: Rise of Communism & Fascism

This set examines how totalitarian leaders of the Soviet Union, Italy, Germany and Japan used propaganda as they tried to promote communism and fascism in the period between the two world wars.