In this lesson, students can learn about the traditions of the Sioux, who resided in the Midwestern part of the United States. This lesson focuses on their winter traditions, including the migration patterns which they followed.

Students can learn about the traditions of the Sioux, who resided in the Midwestern part of the United States. This lesson focuses on their winter traditions, including the migration patterns which they followed.

Students identify some of the problems Virginians faced during the period of Reconstruction following the Civil War.

In this activity, students examine a painting by Theodore Kaufman 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.

Students will understand the role women played in the Civil War. They will also appreciate the
ways in which museums use objects to study how people in the past did their jobs.

In this lesson, students understand the role women played in the Civil War.

Students examine early developments of Reconstruction including the 13th Amendment and the Freedman's Bureau. Students will consider the successes of the Freedman's Bureau as well as the ongoing struggles with labor relations, violence, and Black Codes.

Students learn about the Freedman's Bureau, a government agency that provided food, schools, and medical care for freed slaves and other citizens in the South. Students will use primary documents to better understand the conditions immediately after the war, then role play how the Bureau identified problems and assessed what was needed. They will also design a Freedman's village.

Students can access a variety of materials and activities from the Smithsonian Museum which connect with the life of slaves and the Underground Railroad.

Students will explore the web to answer their questions about Robert Smalls and the Civil War. Then they will assemble a digital slideshow of their findings.

This resource provides information about the accomplishments of Susan B. Anthony. On March 8, 1884, Anthony testified before Congress supporting women's suffrage (right to vote).

Students will identify and analyze the historical data found within two newspapers reporting on Robert Smalls and the CSS Planter.

Students will examine women's roles in the making of North Carolina. Students will be assigned a woman who has lived and or worked in North Carolina at some point throughout history and made a contribution to our state and or the nation. Students will research their assigned person, explore her life experiences, challenges, and successes, then represent this woman while attending a "Timeless Tea in Celebration of North Carolina Women."

In this lesson, students will trace the development and expansion of the U.S. while studying the Trail of Tears. They will look at the political factors and analyze the impact the Indian Removal Act had upon a society. Students will also study the causes of death and grief of the Cherokee Nation.

This inquiry leads students through an investigation of the women's suffrage movement in New York State as an example of how different groups of people have gained equal rights and freedoms over time. Through examining the role women played in society before the 20th century and the efforts made by women to gain the right to vote, students will be prepared to develop arguments supported by evidence that answer the compelling question "What did it take for women to be considered 'equal' to men in New York?" Subsequent inquiries could be developed around other groups who have struggled to gain rights and freedoms, including, but not limited to, Native Americans and African Americans.

Students will study what are the qualities of a hero, what historical figures do students consider to be heroes, and what contemporary or local figures do students consider to be heroes.

In this lesson, students study voting rights and then create a poster highlighting a famous suffragist.

In this lesson, students gain an understanding of how women have contributed to the cultural, social, political and economic development of the U.S. throughout the country's history, beginning with the colonial period and learn about the National's Women's Hall of Fame's mission and the lives and accomplishments of its members.