During the mid-1800s, the American population followed the country’s Manifest Destiny; as land was acquired, westward migration toward the Pacific occurred.

In this lesson, students review the causes and effects of the Whiskey Rebellion in the 1790s. A set of discussion questions is provided. In an associated activity, students will evaluate the role of various participants in the Rebellion and conclude whether their actions were right or wrong.

In this lesson, students will learn to recognize different types of prejudice. Additionally, given four primary source documents, a capture sheet, and a survey about immigrants, students will accurately analyze the similarities between views on the Chinese, Irish and Latino immigrants using political cartoons and provide oral and written evidence of their findings.

In this lesson, students will examine Sarah Josepha Buell Hale's contribution to the invention of Thanksgiving, in order to examine the social, moral and ethical virtues middle class Americans advanced during the Jacksonian era. The students will analyze primary sources to examine S.J.B.H., as a social reformer during the Second Great Awakening, contribution to the invention of Thanksgiving in order to critique social, moral, and ethical virtues middle class Americans advanced during the Jacksonian era. Students will respond to a DBQ writing prompt to demonstrate understanding and analysis of how differences in the goals of national holidays affected political conscientiousness in the building of nationalism. Students will also design a classroom exhibit, like a museum room, for fun, using a shutterfold (foldable) on social reform integrating the letters written by S.J.B.H.

In this lesson, students will learn that enslaved people resisted their captivity constantly. Because they were living under the domination of their masters, slaves knew that direct, outright, overt resistance"”such as talking back, hitting their master or running away"“"“could result in being whipped, sold away from their families and friends, or even killed.

In this lesson, students will examine the Salem witchcraft trials through primary and secondary sources with an emphasis on different viewpoints of the trials. Worksheets will be given for these assignments and discussed in class. Students will then research on their own in the computer lab utilizing several websites.

This interactive timeline highlights the stories of the women of Vance Birthplace in the mountains of North Carolina. From prehistory to the twentieth century, students can explore each woman's experience of life in the Reems Creek Valley through videos, primary and secondary sources, and graphics.