Students will compare two protest signs from the civil rights movement and then create their own expressive chalk art or poster.

In this resource, students will investigate the roles that pottery and water played in the lives of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico. Students will learn about Native American culture by reading the book entitled When Clay Sings and discover the symbolism of two modern pots in a hands-on activity.

Students will compare propagandistic strategies in artworks to modern-day examples of persuasive techniques and create a propaganda poster for a current political leader.

This article examines the development and legacy of the Qin Dynasty from 221-206 B.C.E.

In this lesson, students will actively read Rachel Carson and Her Book That Changed the World using the suggested reading strategies. Part of an OurStory module entitled Discover and Protect Nature, this activity includes a list of challenge words, active reading suggestions, and background information.

Students can learn about real people who lived in internment camps, and then create baseball cards to tell their stories. Part of an OurStory module entitled Life in a WWII Japanese American Internment Camp, this activity includes instructions, discussion prompts, links, and background information. OurStory is designed to help children and adults explore history together through the use of children's literature, museum collections, and hands-on activities.

Children will watch a short silent film recorded in 1930 and get a sense of a Harlem club during the Jazz Age. Part of an OurStory module entitled Duke Ellington and Jazz, this activity includes a link to a newsreel video from the Smithsonian Archives Center, discussion prompts, and background information.

This article explains how the Reformation put an end to the relative unity that had existed for the previous thousand years in Western Christendom under the Roman Catholic Church. It discusses the role of Martin Luther and other important figures of the movement.

This is a collection of interviews and resources from Frontline dealing with individuals who have bounced in and out of prision and mental health institutes. It addresses the challenges which many people who suffer from mental health problems have in navigating through society.

This article explains how during the late Byzantine period church authorities made efforts to unify the Latin and Greek churches.

Students will think of three symbols to represent Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and create a window decoration with those symbols.

Students will build background and show understanding about government elections at the local, state, and national levels in the United States.

Students will write, revise, and edit an informational piece to demonstrate mastery of the topic of elections incorporating key academic content vocabulary.

Students will create a PPT with a teacher's model to demonstrate understanding and mastery of key content area vocabulary words.

Students will complete activities during independent work time or literacy stations. Provides a QR code for students to listen to stories (2 non-fiction and 1 fiction) about elections. After they listen to the stories they choose one of the non-fiction texts to write facts about, find the main idea and key details, and define new words

Students will look at ways artists and members of the public responded to the events of September 11, 2001. You will then use images of those responses to create a digital memorial of photographs.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 3rd Grade Social Studies. 

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 3rd Grade Social Studies.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 4th Grade Social Studies. 

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 4th Grade Social Studies.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 5th Grade Social Studies. 

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 5th Grade Social Studies.

This course was created by the Rethink Education Content Development Team. This course is aligned to the NC Standards for 6th Grade Social Studies.