Combining the study of history and literature, the goal of these activities is to guide students in a self-directed exploration of how Cather's novel interprets and represents the values of fortitude, hard work, and faithfulness that we associate with pioneer life.

In this lesson, students read primary and secondary source documents about the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson about equal protection and the 14th amendment. Students then answer an advanced placement style document based question. There is a teacher answer key at the end of the lesson.

In this lesson, students will compare and contrast textual evidence provided by primary and secondary sources. The second learning objective is for students to evaluate the influence and importance of the media's role in public opinion of Hiroshima.

In this lesson, students read primary and secondary source documents about the Supreme Court case Pottawatomie v. Earls and the 4th amendment. Students then answer analysis questions about the case. There is a teacher answer key included in the lesson.

Power Notes is a strategy that teaches students an efficient form of organizing information from assigned text. This technique provides students a systematic way to look for relationships within material they are reading. Power Notes help visually display the differences between main ideas and supportive information in outline form. Main ideas or categories are assigned a power 1 rating. Details and examples are assigned power 2s, 3s, or 4s.

This lesson plan, The Power of Freedom, focuses on Dr. Martin Luther King’s most well-known and frequently taught classic works, like “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” and “I Have a Dream.” Students read and discuss the themes in both works and connect to events in their lives today.

In this activity, students compare World War II propaganda posters from the United States, Great Britain, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union. Then students choose one of several creative or analytical writing assignments to demonstrate what they've learned.

In this unit, students will deeply investigate perspective and meaning in Letter from Birmingham Jail, examining other texts as well.

Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun provides a compelling and honest look into one family's aspirations to move to another Chicago neighborhood and the thunderous crash of a reality that raises questions about for whom the "American Dream" is accessible.

In Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison wrote about the experience of being ignored, bringing to light a powerful meditation on race and social structure. Ellison related this personal experience to a greater societal structure, using characters and imagery to do so. In this lesson plan, students will use similar tools to explore the theme of invisibility in the book, in their own lives, and in their communities. Note that the novel contains some challenging subject matter, as well as scenes that some may find offensive. Review the book yourself before embarking on the lesson plan so you can prepare appropriately.

In the TED Ed lesson focused on Ralph Waldo Emerson, students will explore the roots of Emerson's journey in transcendentalism and his philosophical influence on his time. Discussion questions and additional resources available in the sidebar.

Reading Guides help students navigate reading material, especially difficult textbook chapters or technical reading. Students respond to a teacher-created written guide of prompts as they read an assigned text. Reading Guides help students to comprehend the main points of the reading and understand the organizational structure of a text.

The Committee of Public Safety's assumption of political power and rule between 1793 and 1794 marked what was arguably the most radical phase of the French Revolution. The Committee justified its excesses as necessary to protect against domestic and foreign counter-revolutionaries. In this lesson, students question the motives of the Committee through analyzing excerpts from the "Decree Against Profiteers" and "Law of Suspects."

This lesson will guide students to look at the writings of scientists of the Scientific Revolution about the relationship between science and religion. The key point is that the famous confrontation between Galileo and the Roman Catholic Church was not typical of the time. Primary sources will give the students insight into how European thinkers did not set out to destroy religion, but instead were interested only in scientific truth.

In this lesson students will: -create a poster comparing two "Renaissance Men," one of them being the Sultan Suleiman -research a Renaissance man from the 15th century Ottoman Empire and from 15th century Italy (such as Leonardo da Vinci) -present their comparison in the form of a poster of their design. *This is lesson 5 in unit on Islam entitled: Islam-Empires of Faith.

Students read an article (which is included in this link) that asserts that all stories across time and medium can be put into one of seven models. Students will then search the newspapers and their own knowledge of books, film, television,etc. to compare and contrast with the nonfiction pieces as well as the article's theory about thematic connections. Any respected newspaper will suffice for this lesson.

In this lesson, students will list some tea party protests other than the Boston Tea Party, state some possible reasons behind the tea protests, and explain the connection between the Boston Tea Party, other tea parties, and events that preceded and followed them.

In this lesson, students will work in small groups to analyze revolutionary thinkers: Galileo, Newton, Copernicus, Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Descartes, Brahe, Kepler. Students will take what they learn in analyzing primary sources and apply it in creating a “Facebook” page for these thinkers. They will choose their thinkers based on which primary source they are most drawn to.

This cross-curricular resource contains a pair of nonfiction texts on the French Revolution along with text-dependent questions, vocabulary words, a writing prompt with sample responses, and a graphic organizer for students to use to help them.

In this lesson, students study primary and secondary source documents about the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade and right to privacy. Students then answer analysis questions about the case.