Students will view Gillian Wearing's "Self-Portrait as My Uncle, Bryan Gregory"; learn about her process of documentary portraiture; and debate whether her work is "self-portraiture" or not. Students will also use collage to merge an image of themselves with that of another. Students will also write a character sketch of one of Wearing's photographs and a short biography of the person they have researched.

In this lesson, studnets learn about saving, spending, decision making and opportunity cost. They learn to use a decision-making grid to make decisions. Mathematics skills include learning about rows and columns in a grid.

This article examines European exploration in the Americas. During the earliest years of European expansion onto the American continents, the search for gold was one of the driving factors in the exploration and colonization of the vast lands

In this lesson, students read primary and secondary source documents about the Supreme Court case Gonzalez v. Raich and the commerce clause. Students then answer analysis questions about the case. There is a teacher answer key included in the lesson.

In this Teaching with the News lesson, students analyze the issues that frame the current debate on U.S. policy towards Iran and recent international negotiations on Iran's nuclear program.

Students can access links to hands-on activities and a list of recommended readings related to the topic of women's history. These links are associated with the Smithsonian Museum in the United States.

In this lesson, students read primary and secondary source documents about the Supreme Court case Gregg v. Georgia and the 8th amendment. Students then answer analysis questions about the case. There is a teacher answer key included in the lesson.

In this lesson, students read primary and secondary source documents about the Supreme Court case Griswold v. Connecticut and the right to privacy. Students then answer analysis questions about the case. There is a teacher answer key included in the lesson.

I have created a Google sites website that provides students with the opportunity to explore the American Industrial Revolution on their own. I am currently employed at an alternative education high school and am going to be using this site to let the students complete the tasks independently. I am still working on the concrete structure of the unit to help with the flow of the unit. I have included a study guide, assessments, projects and other various assignments.

In this lesson, students learn about the creation and celebration of President's Day.

In this lesson, students read primary and secondary source documents about the Supreme Court case Hammer v. Dagenhart and federalism. Students then answer analysis questions about the case. There is a teacher answer key included in the lesson.

This article traces the history of the Han Dynasty of China from 206 B.C.E. to 220 C.E.

The Hands on Banking? program is an interactive financial-literacy curriculum for students. This teacher?s guide is designed for the Kids? (grades 4 and 5) curriculum of the program. The "Budgeting" section is page 20. The "Savings and Checking" Guide and the "Credit and You" sections are on pages 35 and 60 respectively. The Hands on Banking program was developed to teach both the basics of good money management and the skills needed to create a brighter financial future. The lessons examine financial concepts and decision-making through illustration, real-life problems, and mathematical computation.

Students will examine an historical newspaper, a piece of historical fiction, and their social studies textbooks for accounts of the civil rights movement, and then define 'equality' and 'discrimination'. They will then use these definitions to look for instances of equality and discrimination in modern society.

Students will learn how to say hello in five different languages. This activity focuses on the different cultural languages spoken throughout the world. Students will learn how to say, ?Hello? in five different languages?Spanish, Portuguese, French, Swahili, and Japanese. (Adjust this to the diversity of the students in your class or area you wish to study.) Just as there are differences in the way we look around the world, there are also differences in the way we speak.

Students will learn about the different items which are used by firefighters and the role they play in the community.

Students will be able to explain the difference between primary and secondary sources, and explain how the value of using primary sources is important to history. By using primary sources to answer a series of questions, they will see that, much like detectives, historians have to prove that their answers are correct by providing evidence.

Students will be able to cite the origins and outcome of the War of 1812 and be able to place the creation of the Star-Spangled Banner in a chronological framework.