In this lesson, students review the basic political events of the French Revolution. They will also examine how the members of the Third Estate gained not only political but also economic and social power while the First and Second Estates lost power.

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.

In this lesson, students will interpret primary source documents that depict what Isaac Newton did while experimenting with light. From this, students will be able to understand where rainbows come from and how a rainbow is formed. From this idea, students will be able to connect the ideas brought about by Newton with the electromagnetic spectrum.

In this lesson, students will acquire an understanding of the major events, conflicts, or hostilities that took place between the various Indian tribes and the U.S. as more Americans settled in the Ohio country during the late 1700s. Students will be able to explain the causes and effects of these events on the Native Americans.

In this lesson, students will read and analyze primary source documents, then participate in a discussion focused on the questions about the scientific method and the nature of Galileo's conflict with authorities in the Roman Catholic Church.

In this activity, students examine several flyers and answer a series of questions. The questions are designed to guide students into a deeper analysis of the source materials and sharpen associated cognitive skills.

In this activity, students will analyze primary source photographs and propaganda related to World War II and connect the primary source to its geographic location.

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

In this activity, students study a series of photographs from the Depression era 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 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 will understand the causes and effects of the migration of a large number of African - Americans to the north from the south, and from rural to urban areas.

This presentation is supplemental material to be used in conjunction with the lesson: "Great Migration." In this lesson, students will understand the causes and effects of the migration of a large number of African - Americans to the north from the south, and from rural to urban areas.

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 activity, students examine a political cartoon drawn by Benjamin Franklin 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 activity, students read an excerpt from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair 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 will use political cartoons to become familiar with the purpose of, and controversy surrounding the League of Nations.