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Lesson Plan February 16 2024

Lesson plan: Analyze 2020 and 2024 presidential campaign ads

In this lesson plan, students will discuss what makes advertisements effective and examine ads produced by the 2020 presidential campaigns.

A person walks past a mural of Martin Luther King Jr. during the celebration of MLK Community Service Day in Washington

Lesson Plan January 15 2024

Lesson plan: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech as visual text

Examine why the speech was a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement through a visual drawing or illustration

Daily News Lesson November 13 2023

Learn about John Herrington, the 1st Native American in space

Hear the story of a groundbreaking Native American astronaut

American flag fluttering in the breeze on a deserted main street

Lesson Plan September 13 2023

Lesson plan: How America's history of racism continues to shape us today

Discuss the ways political divisions in the U.S. today are informed by a history of racism

Group of men arrested after they were found in the rear of a U Haul van in Coeur d'Alene

Lesson Plan September 12 2023

Lesson plan: Should Congress pass a domestic terrorism bill?

Discuss recent attempts in Congress to pass a domestic terrorism bill, and why it failed

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Educator Voices September 11 2023

Educator Voice: Teachers discuss teaching plans and experiences from 9/11

Hear from educators on how they've approached teaching the events of 9/11

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain meets with striking UAW members from the General Motors Lansing Delta Plant, as they picket in Delta Township

Lesson Plan September 06 2023

6 facts about labor union history in the U.S.

Labor history is a key aspect of U.S. history — learn more about it here!

Lesson Plan August 01 2023

Lesson plan: Dolores Huerta — a lifetime of activism

Learn about activist Dolores Huerta, who has spent her life trying to change and educate people on oppressive labor systems

Supporters of those arrested in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol protest between the U.S. Supreme Court and the Capitol in Washington

Daily News Lesson July 13 2023

How the American Revolution has become part of the current political divide

And the role of historians in helping more Americans understand history

Tennessee Republicans vote to expel Democratic lawmakers from statehouse in Nashville, TN

Lesson Plan April 12 2023

Lesson plan: Why Frederick Douglass and Rep. Justin Pearson discussed the Fourth of July in their speeches

In this lesson, students will read excerpts from Rep. Justin Pearson’s speech and Frederick Douglass’s famous speech, “What To The Slave is the Fourth of July?”

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