Students will gain the ability to recognize important names of the enlightenment and will understand the basic idea that the order of society was changed from a system of government in which people served the government to a system that envisioned the government serving the people that formed it.

Students work in groups to read, discuss, and review the Scientific Revolution using secondary and primary sources.

In this lesson, students will identify the themes within political cartoons from the Great Depression Era and identify the perceived role of political parties during the depression, the programs used for recovery, and the resistance to change of the Great Depression Era. Students will identify the cartoonists' intentions and evaluate the effectiveness of each cartoon's message.

In this lesson, students analyze primary sources (letters, pictures, poetry) and then create original works based in the sources. Students will understand how the great war affected individuals on a world scale.

The purpose of this lesson plan is to place a human face on the Holocaust, by focusing on survivor's testimony, letters and journals from survivors and those who were killed, and poetry. The intention is to help students see the Holocaust as an event which affected individuals and families in addition to its larger societal ramifications.

In this lesson, students are introduced to the experiences of various groups of Americans at home during WWII, highlighting race, gender, and ethnicity. Students will analyze and interpret historical documents and images.

In this lesson, students will relate the past of U.S. immigration to the present media conversation through a thematic, domestic perspective. Through an analysis of political cartoons dealing with immigration and racism from the 19th century through the present, students will make inferences about the opinions, biases and fears of Americans of these periods relating to the social, political, and economic effects of immigration. After instruction and modeling of cartoon analysis, students will complete their own analysis in a small group, sharing this in discussion. Student groups will then, make and present their own political cartoon, promoting the stemming or continuance of American immigration.

Students will explore, the development of the textile industry in Great Britain, focusing on the invention of various machines. They will understand the link between rapid growth in both the textile industry and in coal mining in Great Britain to the development of social ills and the political push to alleviate some of the atrocious conditions under which people worked. Lastly, students will connect the process of industrialization to the expansion of male suffrage through the various reform bills of the 1800s in Great Britain.

In this lesson, students will use political cartoons to become familiar with the purpose of, and controversy surrounding the League of Nations.

In this lesson, students are given a realistic, first person account through the analysis of two photos of troops living trenches during World War I.

In this lesson, students will collaboratively analyze and compare editorial cartoons focusing on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era drawn by both American and foreign cartoonists. Students will determine the perspective of the cartoon and identify the cartoonists' intentions and evaluate the effectiveness of each cartoon's message. Then, students will synthesize and present their final interpretations.

In this lesson, students learn about the technological and scientific requirements for making the atomic bomb and consider the immediate military and political context of dropping the bomb and the national and global implications of the bomb.

This lesson looks at ways that the ideology of Manifest Destiny expressed both national political objectives and the goals of ordinary men and women who settled the west. Students will explain the economic, political, racial, and religious roots of Manifest Destiny and analyze how the concept influenced the nation’s westward expansion. They will also understand the motivations and expectations of Americans who settled in the West.

In this lesson, students examine the Great War through analysis of primary and secondary sources with an emphasis on different viewpoints and types of mediums. Students will then choose their own medium to demonstrate views of the different countries and the impact of the Great War on individuals.

In this lesson, students will compare John Smith's account of the Powhatan Indians with other primary source material about the Powhatans. They will then compare ideas and facts from each source to determine similarities and differerences.

In this lesson, students will use editorial cartoons dealing with the Nixon and Watergate scandal to understand the role of executive privilege.

In this lesson, students will collaboratively analyze and compare editorial cartoons focusing on the Cold War and nuclear weapons. Students will identify the cartoonists' intentions and evaluate the effectiveness of the message of each cartoon. Then, they will put forward a three to five paragraph essay explaining the assign cartoon packets theme.

This lesson requires students to analyze editorial cartoons focusing on progressive reform and further research the message of the cartoons. Questions accompany the editorial cartoons to guide student research. Students will compare their analysis and research before presenting the consequences of progressive reform. This lesson is designed to conclude with a discussion of the cost of reform leading to the creation of a national income tax through the passage of the 16th Amendment.

In this lesson, students will learn about Prohibition as a restriction of a civil liberty in editorial cartoons. Students will analyze political cartoons from the Prohibition period and research political cartoons of current civil liberties issues. The class will discuss the differences and similarities.

In this lesson, students will use political cartoons to become familiar with the issues of nativism and protectionism, specifically in regard to the era of the Red Scare.