Memorializing the Past
Dan Dickey and Beth Berry, Deep Run High School This lesson is for : Grade 11: Summary Students in AP Language read, annotate, and discuss …
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The Immigrant Experience (15MS601)
This lesson is for Grade/Subject: US History II (7th Grade) Summary Students stumble upon a suitcase which contains six primary sources related to immigrant life …
Let Me Take a #Selfie – World War II Version (15MS602)
Summary In this lesson, students create “selfies” to represent various historical figures from the World War II era. Students are assigned a historical figure from …
Secession Investigation – 7812
Summary In this lesson, students use Voyant, a digital textual analysis tool, to analyze the Declaration of Secession for one of four Confederate States (South …
SP Trekkers – 7080
Summary In the course of their Virginia Studies in fourth grade and their study of Henrico County in fifth-grade, students were familiar with both the …
Westward Expansion Jigsaw – 7811
Summary This lesson will allow students to deeply explore the territories in Westward Expansion in 1-2 class periods, while encouraging them to research and communicate …
A Historic Day at the Movies – 8165
Summary Students are challenged to create a movie trailer for a historical event previously covered during the semester. The project starts with all students voting …
REAL to REEL – 7566
Summary Students learning about World War II will create a 1940s style newsreel video to teach others about the important events of WWII. They will …
20th Century Leader Research
Summary Students will choose a leader who interests them and identify an interesting and important crisis, situation, or problem this leader faced and examine how …
Yellow Journalism – 7564
Summary Students will be looking at an important event from World War I from the perspective of an investigative journalist. They will dig deep to …