Students will study a letter from Annie Davis, a woman who was enslaved in Maryland and wrote a letter to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War to find out if "we are free." Students will examine three documents: a proposed amendment from 1861, the Emancipation Proclaimation, and the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Students will analyze these documents to compare the changing roles of minorities on American society.

Trade was critical to Old Babylonia, where many highly prized natural resources were scarce but agricultural goods were in surplus. A vibrant trading system developed, bringing manufactured goods and raw materials from as far as Turkey, and even India, 1500 miles away. Trade became integral to the economy and the culture. In this lesson, students explore the trade industry in Old Babylonia and its far-flung influence.

This lesson introduces students to the philosophy of nonviolence and the teachings of Mohandas K. Gandhi that influenced Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s views. After considering the political impact of this philosophy, students explore its relevance to personal life and contemporary society.

This resource discusses the purpose and significance of castles during medieval times, following their introduction in 1066.

In this activity, students will analyze a picture from 1233, during the reign of King Henry III, and discuss how it relates to the centuries-long persecution of Jewish people.

This Achieve the Core 7th grade mini-assessment for The Long Night of the Little Boats by Basil Heater includes the text excerpt, quantitative and qualitative analyses of the text, question annotations, and supplemental materials so that students will experience an indepth understanding of the text.

Students will hear about the effects of social, economic, military and political conflict among nations, regions, and groups. Students will listen to historical information that cast its gaze over prominent conflicts of the last three centuries, and explore what it takes to end a war- both in legal terms, and in the popular imagination.

This Educator Notebook provides information on Women’s History in North Carolina for teachers to use as a resource, either as stand-alone units, or integrated into standard curriculum. Included is research from museum curators and educators, and articles published in the Tar Heel Junior Historian magazine which are written for students in grades 4-12. Lesson plans and suggested activities complement many of the topics. Adaptable to multiple ages, they meet curriculum goals set forth by the NC Department of Public Instruction and connect to classes in national and world history, geography, economics, and the arts, and can be part of any unit of social studies. This resource's link takes you to a very short form that gives you free downloadable access to the complete PDF book.

A companion scavenger hunt for the PBS game: https://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/road.html . Students must delve deeper into the hyperlinks in order to answer the questions.

In this lesson, students analyze primary and secondary historical documents that represent events leading up to the publication of the Declaration of Independence and place them in chronological order.

In this lesson, students will use text from Mandela's autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom" to connect with Mandela's life and words.

In this resource, students can read about some of the codes and codebreakers that have sealed the fate of queens and of wars throughout British history, as well as learning about different spies and creating their own coded messages.

In this lesson, students will be able analyze the domestic and global consequences of the Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918, understand why it was named the Spanish Flu as well as the measures that were taken by local governments and the medical community to curb the spread of the flu.

Students learn about the impact of World War II on the Netherlands and Jews. Students gain a comprehensive understanding of the realities experienced by individual lives throughout this tumultuous period and create an award and speech to honor Holocaust survivors living in North Carolina.

This chart presents historical thinking questions, historical thinking skills, and Common Core reading and writing skills that teachers should consider when planning activities and tasks for students in grades 6, 7, and 8.

Students in junior high and high school grade levels can interpret modern trash to learn about people today in the same way archaeologists use ancient garbage as evidence for people's lives in the past.

This resource looks at how the governments and people of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, and of England's French territories, interacted in politics, warfare, religion, trade, and everyday life.

This lesson helps students "hear" some of the diverse colonial voices that, in the course of time and under the pressure of novel ideas and events, contributed to the American Revolution. Students analyze a variety of primary documents illustrating the diversity of religious, political, social, and economic motives behind competing perspectives on questions of independence and rebellion.

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.

This lesson plan explores the contributions of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) during World War II, and their aviation legacy.