Teacher Lesson Plans
Why did Truman authorize de facto recognition of Israel on May 14, 1948?
Students will examine primary sources to determine Truman's actions over Israel.
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Why Support the Marshall Plan?
This lesson will help students focus on the needs of the world following World War II and will allow the students to use and understand the importance of political cartoons as a primary source.
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Wild About Harry's Library and Museum
Students will be assigned an area of the museum to closely examine during our field trip to the Decision Center. At the museum, students will gather information about their assigned area. If possible, students should take pictures of important displays a
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Women and American Revolution vs. Women and Islamic Revolution Critical Reading Strategies and Socratic Seminar
This lesson implements the Socratic Seminar Instructional Method to investigate Women and the Islamic Revolution.
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Women and World War One
Students will read primary documents from suffrage workers and female WWI contributors to discover their feelings toward not being allowed to vote.
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Women's Suffrage and Why We Vote
The students will read about events and people significant to the women's suffrage movement in the United States. They will review documents, photographs, poems and listen to music associated with the movement. They will compose a poster using four primary source documents.
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Woodrow Wilson
Students will read and analyze an excerpt from Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points speech, delivered to Congress in January 1918. The classroom activity is both an individual and a cooperative learning activity.
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Words Matter/ Hoover v. FDR
This lesson will be a cooperative activity between a pair or group of students that will incorporate primary sources and a writing activity.
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World War I and Wheat Farmers
Students will study the impact of World War I on wheat farmers, learning how a dramatic world event can impact a small sub-set of people.
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World War I as a Pivotal Point in History
Students will present an argument for what was the most significant result of World War I to change the development of the world.
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World War I Poetry
Uses primary documents to engage students in large and small group structured analysis of World War I poems by three different poets.
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World War I Poetry
Working in cooperative learning groups, students will explicate selected poems. Written analysis will be completed on the attached teacher generated analysis guides.
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World War I Posters
In the classroom students will be creating a list, taking notes, pair sharing, brainstorming, discussing answer, and analyzing posters.
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World War I Trial
Students will conduct a trial based around the question “How should instigators of war be held responsible for their actions?”
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World War I: Teaching Stories and Information Resources
College students will create a 1 week curriculum on the topic of World War I using 3 different information formats for junior high age students.
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World War II and the Atomic Bomb
Students will be able to analyze one or more primary sources in order to take and defend a position on the World War Two atomic bombing in Japan.
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World War II as a Watershed in Race relations
This lesson asks students to consider the war years as equally important in pushing for racial equality.
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World War II Camps
Compare and contrast various types of camps in World War II.
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World War One Dog Hero
Second grade students will learn about the many important roles that animals played during wartime.
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World War One in Songs and Pictures
After viewing the MovieMaker presentation titled, "WWI Cemeteries" students will listen to "Will Ye Go to Flanders" by Jane Tabor and complete Song Analysis with teacher.
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World War One Map Activity
As part of a geographic study of modern Europe, students will look at maps of Serbia from 1914, 1919 and 2007. As a class, we will discuss changes in the map of Europe over the time period.
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World War One Trenches
Students will use Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, Henri Barbusse's Under Fire, and letters written home by American soldiers to compare the experiences of different participants in World War I.
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Writing a Persuasive Paper on Civil Rights Legislation
Writing a Persuasive Paper on Civil Rights Legislation during the Truman Presidency
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WWI Magazine Activity
The students will produce a monthly magazine from WWI. The time frame (month) will be chosen to coincide with a particular battle of their choice.
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WWI Poetry: Wilfred Owen
This lessons aims to present an event in history through the eyes of Wilfred Owen to the students, so they can understand the pain, struggle, and consequences of war. Students will then also see how literature can portray history.
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Yalta Conference Activity
Students will fulfill the role of the political leaders at the Conference at Yalta and reenact the conference. They will debate the issues discussed at the conference to determine if they come to the same ends as what actually happened in 1945.
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You're the Author: WWI Propaganda Creation Project
Students will view a variety of examples of WWI propaganda posters and discuss their message and why they were important for the war effort.
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