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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.

Students will do individual exploratory research, using the internet and primary documents provided, which they will utilize in the group creation of a power point presentation over at least three accomplishments/events/activities

Students will participate in a group analysis and comparison of political cartoons from the post World War II debate over the Marshall Plan as well as the current American conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Students will work collaboratively (or individually) to produce a presentation that addresses the demographics of the slave population and contributions by a freed slave from students home region

During the lesson students will learn how to analyze primary sources, search for and find bias, decide which sources are most reliable, and create a blog post with their findings. This lesson is about the Border War in Kansas and Missouri.

This lesson would be used as an introduction to John Brown and his role in Kansas History. The 7th grade state standards are listed below but John Brown is a pivotal character in Kansas. The state of Kansas wants us to explicitly teach about John Brown and the events leading up to him and what happened due to his actions in Kansas.

To show the difference in two controversial figures of the border war period of history in both Missouri and Kansas. To show that different sides can view people/ideas differently depending on your "Historical Memory"

To show students that the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the effects of John Brown's raid and other raids along the border.

Students analyze a collection of political cartoons and come up with questions find out more about the situations the cartoons depict

Primary source discovery and analysis