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Allies at War - What the Public Did Not See
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This online interactive lesson from the United Kingdom's National Archives guides students through several primary sources in this case study about the Allies at War - What the Public Did Not See to answer the big question, "How strong was the wartime friendship between Britain, the USA, and the USSR 1941-45?" There is a worksheet, glossary, and timeline provided to assist students in their analysis. You must click on the picture of each primary source to access it.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Social Studies
The Cold War
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Author:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Allies at War - What the Public Saw
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This online interactive lesson from the United Kingdom's National Archives guides students through several primary sources in this case study about the Allies at War - What the Public Saw to answer the big question, "How strong was the wartime friendship between Britain, the USA, and the USSR 1941-45?" There is a worksheet, glossary, and timeline provided to assist students in their analysis. You must click on the picture of each primary source to access it.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Social Studies
The Cold War
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Author:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Banning the Bomb
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This online interactive lesson from the United Kingdom's National Archives guides students through several primary sources in this case study about banning the bomb to answer the big question, "The Nuclear Game - how close was it?" There is a worksheet, glossary, and timeline provided to assist students in their analysis. You must click on the picture of each primary source to access it.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Social Studies
The Cold War
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Author:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Baseball on the World War I Homefront
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Students will begin to learn about the changes that occured on the American homefront because of World War I by analyzing correspondence from Assistant Sec. of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt and Boston Red Sox owner Harry H. Frazee.

Subject:
American History
American Humanities
English Language Arts
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
U. S. National Archives
Author:
National Archives Education Team
Date Added:
02/26/2019
The Berlin Blockade 1948-9
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This online interactive lesson from the United Kingdom's National Archives guides students through several primary sources in this case study about the Berlin Blockade to answer the big question, "How did the Cold War work?" There is a worksheet, glossary, and timeline provided to assist students in their analysis. You must click on the picture of each primary source to access it.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Social Studies
The Cold War
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Author:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Date Added:
02/26/2019
The Berlin Wall 1961
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This online interactive lesson from the United Kingdom's National Archives guides students through several primary sources in this case study about the Berlin Wall to answer the big question, "How did the Cold War work?" There is a worksheet, glossary, and timeline provided to assist students in their analysis. You must click on the picture of each primary source to access it.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Social Studies
The Cold War
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Author:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Congress Creates the Bill of Rights: Completing the Constitution
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These activities enable students to explore Congress Creates the Bill of Rights wtih a mobile app for tablets and eBook from the Center for Legislative Archives. The mobile app is an interactive learning tool for tablets. The eBook presents a historic narrative focusing on James Madison's leadership role in creating the Bill of Rights. There are also six worksheets that will engage students in studying this document and questions are provided.

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
U. S. National Archives
Author:
U.S. National Archives
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Congress Protects the Right to Vote: The Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Using facsimiles of historical records from the files of the U.S. House of Representative Judiciary Committee, students will evaluate evidence and consider the constitutional issues that the committee encountered as it deliberated the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Students will examine the concept of federalism and weigh the proper balance of powers between Federal and state governments when protecting the right to vote.

Subject:
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
U. S. National Archives
Author:
U.S. National Archives
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Congress and the Bill of Rights in History and Today
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In this resource, students will explore the protections and limitations on authority contained in the Bill of Rights and the process by which the First Congress created it. They will do this by compiling a list of their rights as students, analyzing the Bill of Rights, and studying primary source documents to trace the origin and development of the first ten amendments. Students will then consider how the Bill of Rights might be updated to reflect 21st century circumstances.

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
U. S. National Archives
Author:
U.S. National Archives
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Congress, the President, and the War Powers (Fundamental Principles of Government)
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This lesson will explore the implementation of the war-making power from the first declared war under the Constitution—the War of 1812—to the Iraq War. Using primary source documents, students will investigate how the constitutional powers to initiate war have been exercised by the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government at several key moments in American history. They will also evaluate why and how the balance of authority in initiating war has changed over time. Students will assess and evaluate the current balance of power.

Subject:
American History
Social Studies
World History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
U. S. National Archives
Author:
U.S. National Archives
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Constitution Scavenger Hunt with Political Cartoons
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In this lesson, students will analyze 16 political cartoons drawn by Clifford and Jim Berryman during the early to mid-20th century. They will search through the Constitution and associate each cartoon with a specific clause. Through networking exercises, students will analyze all 16 cartoons and read the entire Constitution. They will learn about the outline and structure of the Constitution, as well as the content of many of its clauses.

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
U. S. National Archives
Author:
U.S. National Archives
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Did Churchill Cause the Cold War?
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This online interactive lesson from the United Kingdom's National Archives guides students through several primary sources to answer the big question, "Did Churchill Cause the Cold War?" There is a worksheet, glossary, and timeline provided to assist students in their analysis. You must click on the picture of each primary source to access it.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Social Studies
The Cold War
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Author:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Did President Johnson make the right decision to send forces to Vietnam in 1965?
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This online interactive lesson from the United Kingdom's National Archives guides students through several primary sources to answer the big question, "Did President Johnson make the right decision to send forces to Vietnam in 1965?" There is a worksheet, glossary, and timeline provided to assist students in their analysis. You must click on the picture of each primary source to access it.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Social Studies
The Cold War
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Author:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Did Stalin Cause the Cold War?
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This online interactive lesson from the United Kingdom's National Archives guides students through several primary sources to answer the big question, "Did Stalin Cause the Cold War?" There is a worksheet, glossary, and timeline provided to assist students in their analysis. You must click on the picture of each primary source to access it.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Social Studies
The Cold War
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Author:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Did Truman Cause the Cold War?
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This online interactive lesson from the United Kingdom's National Archives guides students through several primary sources to answer the big question, "Did Truman Cause the Cold War?" There is a worksheet, glossary, and timeline provided to assist students in their analysis. You must click on the picture of each primary source to access it.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Social Studies
The Cold War
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Author:
The National Archives (United Kingdom)
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Documented Rights Educational Lesson Plan
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This lesson plan is designed as an educational component of the Documented Rights Online Exhibit. It is designed to be a unit plan that requires students to research, analyze, and create a finished product using documents from the exhibit. The essential question guiding activites is, "What are our unalienable rights as humans?" Students will break into teams and research the struggles of different groups of people. Each team will make a presentation to the class.

Subject:
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
U. S. National Archives
Author:
U. S. National Archives
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Effects of Food Regulation in the Progressive Era
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Students will see and read about the differences in food manufacturing practices before and after the new food laws passed in 1906: the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.

Subject:
American History
English Language Arts
Social Studies
Turning Points in American History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
U. S. National Archives
Author:
National Archives Education Team
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Exploring the Western Frontier with the Records of Congress
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In this resource, students will use facsimiles of historical records from the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate to investigate whether the frontier shaped America or if America—through Congress—shaped the Western frontier of the contiguous 48 states from 1789 – 1890.

Subject:
American History
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
U. S. National Archives
Author:
U.S. National Archives
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Extending Suffrage to Women
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Students will analyze documents pertaining to the woman suffrage movement as it intensified following passage of the 15th Amendment that guaranteed the right to vote for African American males. Documents were chosen to call attention to the struggle's length, the movement's techniques, and the variety of arguments for and against giving women the vote.

Subject:
American History
Civics and Economics
English Language Arts
Social Studies
Turning Points in American History
Twentieth Century Civil Liberties/Rights
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
U. S. National Archives
Author:
National Archives Education Team
Date Added:
02/26/2019