In this 6 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore how Mussolini, Stalin, and Hitler rose to power and how these dictators affected the world.
In this 5 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore how the conflict between Germany and Czechoslovakia was a difficult crisis that caused European leaders to convene in Munich and weigh their options.
In this 5 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore the isoationist and internationlist position of America's involvement in World War I in order to come to Britain's aid.
In this 6 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
In this 6 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore World War II in Europe and consider the impact to British, American, and Soviet forces.
In this 10 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore the Yalta Conference from different countries' perspectives and the concessions made in February, 1945.
In this 7 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore America's decision to drop the Atomic Bomb through primary sources and information.
In this 4 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore the aftermath of the atomic bomb and Japan's surrender.
In this 5 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore three schools of thought on the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union post World War II.
In this 88 page pdf unit plan from Digital History, students will explore the rise of the Cold War through the era of McCarthyism. There are 16 lessons, divided into chapters, with primary source readings and accompanying questions/assignments. These lessons are also available individually tagged for ease of use.
In this 5 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore the rise of communism in China and Mao Zedung's role in overthrowing Chiang Kai-shek.
In this 8 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore General MacArthur's role in America's involvement in the Korean War.
In this 3 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore the House Un-American Activities Committee and the case against Alger Hiss and whether or not he was guilty or innocent.
In this 5 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore Senator Joseph McCarthy's reasoning that the threat to America lay within and his decisions to investigate suspected Communists.
In this 4 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore the Black Codes and how they led to the 14th amendment and incited Southern opposition. Students will investigate what "separate but equal" meant in the eyes of the law.
In this 5 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore the logic and decisions of court cases concerning the integration of American public schools. The lesson focuses on Summerton, South Carolina in order to allow students to explore the racial relations of the rural southern United States.
In this 6 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore how segregated schools were not just a southern problem, but an issue in the northern cities as well. Students will focus on the Boston School system as a case study.
In this 7 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore how discrimination was embedded in both laws and private practices, and how African-Americans responded to these restrictions. Students will examine primary sources and differing viewpoints from leaders and protestors of the time.
In this 6 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore the lessons to be learned from civil unrest, focusing on Watts, California and the violence that erupted there in the summer of 1965.
In this 7 page pdf lesson plan from Digital History, students will explore the concept of affirmative action and the support and resistance it encounters in America; students will focus on the case of Allan Bakke, who was rejected by 12 different medical schools, and experience a simulation of the case in order to have a hands-on experience of the debate.