In this lesson, students compare and contrast the similarities and differences of the three branches of government and understand how the new Constitution solved weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation government.

This lesson uses "Uncle Tom’s Cabin & American Culture: A Multimedia Archive" (www.iath.virginia.edu/utc) to examine the sectional crisis of the 1850s, as well as slavery and the mindset of Southern planters during the Antebellum Era. In completing the assignment, students are required to analyze not only traditional text documents but also a selection of audio and visual sources.

In this lesson, students will be able to think critically about the use of limited materials during times of conflict, more specifically during times that call for preservation of resources. For the purposes of this discussion, this refers to WWII rationing on the home front.

In this lesson students will evaluate several primary source documents which originated during the Temperance Movement as they explore ways that society and its prejudices influence civic development.

In this lesson, students will be able to understand imperialism through the use of political cartoons and class discussion. Students will analyze political cartoons and quotes and decide which side each cartoon and quote sides with, then create their own political cartoon with an opposing quote which will allow them to present two different points of view on a particular topic.

In this activity, students study a political cartoon and answer a series of questions. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.

In this lesson, students read excerpts of narratives and use a Venn diagram to take notes and compare and contrast the narratives.

In this lesson, students will be able to analyze and compare points of view regarding who or what editorial cartoonists are blaming (or not blaming) for gas prices.

Students will gain a better, more human understanding of the overwhelming sense of Nationalism that led Europe not only into a race for colonies and resources, but an arms race leading up to the war and eventually would continue to drive men to go "over the top" in the face of heavy casualties throughout the grinding years of the war, through an analysis of several primary sources from the WWI period. Students will then use this understanding of Nationalism in successive assessments to evaluate different national perspectives, and finally, in summative assessment will create their own primary source document that demonstrates why nations and individuals fought this war.

In this lesson, students will use political cartoons to become familiar with the role of the United States in the Post-World War One Era.

In this lesson, students will examine the Salem witchcraft trials through primary and secondary sources with an emphasis on different viewpoints of the trials. Worksheets will be given for these assignments and discussed in class. Students will then research on their own in the computer lab utilizing several websites.

In this activity, students study British propaganda posters from World War I and answer a series of questions. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.

In this lesson, students analyze German recruitment posters and then follow one soldier's war experience through his letters to his wife and family. Students will also view maps of the battles this soldier was in and discuss the strategies used by the Germans and the outcome of the battles. This lesson will help students see the entire picture of war and how it affects countries and people.

In this lesson, students characterize the depictions of two female vice presidential candidates in editorial cartoons. Students will situate these characterizations within the parameters of news and editorial coverage of the candidates as well as those of stereotype, caricature and symbol. In light of their learning, students will critique cartoonists’ decisions for both efficacy and ethics.

In this activity, students study a political cartoon and answer a series of questions. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source and sharpen associated cognitive skills.