In this lesson, students will examine the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from its colonial roots to its 21st century situation. Students will participate in a jigsaw activity in which they teach each other about the history and major events of the conflict. Students will also examine Joe Sacco's graphic novel Palestine. As a culminating activity, students will create their own graphic novel illuminating the various perspectives regarding major events throughout the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

n this lesson, students will be given information on the Versailles Treaty at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. They will be asked to evaluate whether it was fair or not and asked to examine the treaty from the Germans' and Allies' points of view.

In this activity, students read an account of a women's protest and a portion of the debate between Consul Cato and Tribune Lucius Valerius in the Tribunal. Then students will then debate Cato's and Valerius's arguments. Finally, they will make up a speech about an issue women in the United States today might debate.

In this activity students will read an article about several conflicts that occurred and contributed to the onset of World War I. A set of discussion questions is provided at the end of the article.

This acitvity is meant to be used in conjunction with the article "A Fire Waiting to Be Lit: The Origins of World War I." In this activity, students examine political cartoons created before and during World War I and evaluate their persuasiveness. The article can be accessed at: http://www.crf-usa.org/resources/a-fire-waiting-to-be-lit-the-origins-of-world-war-i

This activity is meant to be used in conjunction with the article "A Fire Waiting to Be Lit: The Origins of World War I." In this activity, students debate the following proposition: The Austrian government should have accepted the Serbian responses as meeting its demands. The article can be accessed at: http://www.crf-usa.org/resources/a-fire-waiting-to-be-lit-the-origins-of-world-war-i

This acitvity is meant to be used in conjunction with the article "A Fire Waiting to Be Lit: The Origins of World War I." In this activity, students create plans for successfully resolving the crisis that occurred following Austria-Hungary's annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908. The article can be accessed at: http://www.crf-usa.org/resources/a-fire-waiting-to-be-lit-the-origins-of-world-war-i

This acitvity is meant to be used in conjunction with the article "A Fire Waiting to Be Lit: The Origins of World War I." In this activity, students role play members of a commission who read experts' differing assessments on blame for World War I and decide which country, if any, was responsible for the war. The article can be accessed at: http://www.crf-usa.org/resources/a-fire-waiting-to-be-lit-the-origins-of-world-war-i

In this lesson, students will explore the rise of Taliban power in Afghanistan and the impacts of Taliban rule upon Afghan women.

This presentation is intended for use with the lesson plan "Forbidden Faces: Effects of Taliban Rule on Women in Afghanistan." In this lesson, students will explore the rise of Taliban power in Afghanistan and the impacts of Taliban rule upon Afghan women.

This lesson examines primary sources from the Foundling Hospital in London and poses questions about how things were run and what life was like for a child under their care.

With this digital collection, students will review documents that survey the many parts of the world swept up in French imperialism during the early modern period (1500–1800), and the many ways the French empire influenced their histories. Students will consider the following essential questions as they review the documents: 1. What were the motivations behind France’s presence in different parts of the world? How did French motives change from place to place, and over time? 2. How did French colonists see native peoples in North America, the Caribbean, and Africa? How did these peoples interact with the French? 3. How did the pieces of France’s empire fit together? Were they a single, coherent system?

In this lesson, students review the basic political events of the French Revolution. They will also examine how the members of the Third Estate gained not only political but also economic and social power while the First and Second Estates lost power.

In this lesson, students learn about NATO - the reasons why it was developed and the reasons why it is still needed. A set of discussion questions is provided. In an associated activity, students discuss and debate whether certain countries should be allowed to join NATO.

Galileo has long stood as an emblem of intellectual freedom and the triumph of truth over superstition. Yet his achievements can also help students recognize the contingency of even the most inevitable-seeming historical developments and how the consequences of historic turning-points extend into our lives today.

In this lesson, students will read and analyze primary source documents, then participate in a discussion focused on the questions about the scientific method and the nature of Galileo's conflict with authorities in the Roman Catholic Church.

Students will watch "Blow After Blow" by Garmendia (link provided). They will also view works by Salaberria and Zabala. Through discussion and analysis, students will explore "context" as it relates to process and method. Students will also research punk music from different parts of the world, find photographs that compare past and present events noting aesthetic differences while considering how new technologies have changed both war and journalism. Finally, students will re-design a Salaberria exhibition.

The objective of this lesson is to understand the constellation of events - both macro and local - that enabled the sudden and peaceful reunification of the two post-World War II German states in 1989-90, to examine the symbolic significance of the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification for Germans as well as for Europeans, to focus on the immediate hopes and also fears felt by the diverse populations during 1989-90, and to explore the short- and long-term implications of the division of German and the reunification of two states with diverse political and economic systems.

In this lesson, students review historical political events that occurred in Germany after WWI and how the failure of the Weimar Republic led to the rise in power of Adolf Hitler. A set of discussion questions is provided. In an associated activity, students will further consider the causes and effects of the failure of democracy in the Weimar Republic.

In this activity, students will analyze primary source photographs and propaganda related to World War II and connect the primary source to its geographic location.