Lesson Focus Question: How did the Black Panther Party’s survival programs, specifically the Free Breakfast Program, support the organization’s larger goals for systemic change?

Teaching Thesis: Although the Black Panther Party is remembered for its use of military tactics and emphasis on police patrols and open carry demonstrations, they also developed programs to meet the day to day needs of community members. The Black Panther Party survival programs, namely the free breakfast program, were instrumental in furthering the organization’s objectives. The survival programs served as a powerful recruiting tool and helped to meet the basic needs of community members so that they could focus on the larger goals of peace, justice, freedom, and self-determination.

Lesson Focus Question:
What were the economic impacts of the railroad industry in the 19th century for California businesses and individuals?

Lesson Teaching Thesis:
The railroad industry created a monopoly that eliminated local businesses and infringed personal liberties such as property rights.

This resource goes with the webinar "Christian Nationalism and Internationalism: Evangelicals and US Foreign Policy in Modern History," which took place on 10/04/2022.  

The purpose of this resource is to put the wealth of information contained in the Slavevoyages Database at the pupils’ fingertips.The tasks are staged with the aim that pupils will swiftly approach the database with interest; with targeted aims and with a degree of historical professionalism.

The attached lesson icnludes different activites that can be used by teacher. The lesson plan can be modified and altered. 

This instructional kit is designed for use in a third grade classroom and is based off of Virginia Standards of Learning that require students to identify the contributions of Abraham Lincoln (3.11 b). Thanksgiving is typically given a lot of attention in elementary level classrooms; but, this attention is focused on the symbols we attach with Thanksgiving (turkeys, corn, pilgrims) and talk of how students plan to spend Thanksgiving (eating, watching football, watching the Macy’s Parade). Little to no attention is given to the history of Thanksgiving, other than brief lessons on the Pilgrims. Students learn that Thanksgiving originated with the pilgrims in Plymouth Rock, but teachers rarely delve deeper into the history of the traditional American holiday. Thanksgiving has drastically changed from the bountiful feast of the Pilgrims and Indians to a religious holiday associated with the Civil War, to a holiday marked by food, football, and a huge parade. It is important for students to understand why and how such an important and prominent holiday has evolved and developed.

The resource contains a series of questions about Haiti including about its economy, natural resources, and general life. It also asks students to connect life in Haiti to the African Diaspora. 

By using contemporary sources and stories, this presentation asks students to reflect on the ways the African Diaspora has influenced the present, especially ideas about identity. 

This notebook is intended to give a brief introduction to elementary functions emphasizing on effective thinking in algebra and geometry.

Students often have a hard time grasping the Articles of Confederation and usually end up knowing little more than that they were weak. Often, however, time is not devoted to understanding why they were weak and how these weaknesses affected the United States at home and globally. By having students look at primary sources that show what the Articles could and could not do, they should have a much clearer grasp on what the Articles were all about. The activity involves reading historical situations, mainly from letters of the American Revolutionary time period and beyond, and assessing what those historical situations can show us about the Articles today. They will finish the first day by playing a game that reinforces the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. The students will also analyze political cartoons that focus on the global connection of the United States to the rest of the powerful nations of the time. The final assessment of the lesson involves making a foldable or creating a comic strip.

In this volume, scholars and educators share resources to better teach the global perspective of America's movement west.  The iBook contains audio lectures, primary source documents, and lessons designed to engage students in inquiry and investigation.

In this volume, scholars and educators share resources to better teach America's place and role in the Transatlantic World.  The iBook contains audio lectures, primary source documents, and lessons designed to engage students in inquiry and investigation.

In this volume, scholars and educators share resources to better teach the global perspective of 19th century America, including the Civil War and Reconstruction.  The iBook contains audio lectures, primary source documents, and lessons designed to engage students in inquiry and investigation.

This semester focuses on American literature--the ways in which literature reflects American identity and the ways in which that identity has evolved.  Assignment:  Create a collage full of images and (limited) text that reflects your view of America.  Try to cover  many facets:  America’s values and ideals (what is important to Americans), goals, future, key individuals or groups that seem to embody the American spirit, issues or obstacles the country faced/faces, pop culture, key moments America hasexperienced (either past or present), places of significance, etc. You may use limited text.  Popular mottos or slogans can be included, as well as lines from movies, books, poems, commercials, etc. that somehow speak to American identity.

This is a 5 question analysis of the introduction to Risa Goluboff's book Vagrant Nation, which was shared in the 2022-23 webinar series under the title "Who Interprets the Constitution and Why it Matters," which occurred on September 7, 2022. 

Students will employ their sociological imaginations, which connects individual lived experiences to larger societal forces, to think about how all objects (and people) are entangled in a historical, cultural, and social context with a specific focus on gender. This activity will “make the familiar strange” for students, whereby they will start to think about the importance of interactional and structural forces influence our daily lives. 

This lesson is a mix of History and English in one spot! Learn about and analyze Vietnamese authors by looking at their poetry, but also discover how historical events and the geography of Vietnam impacted the authors' perspective and literary content. Your students will have the opportunity to use technology to read maps while they explore the country of Vietnam. A final assessment option consists of a compare/contrast essay looking at interpretation and justification of the poems. 

The goal of this preparatory textbook is to give students a chance to familiarize with some terms and some basic concepts they will find in an Anatomy and Physiology course. Organization and functioning of the human organism are generally presented starting from the simplest building blocks, and then moving into levels of increasing complexity. This textbook follows the same presentation. It starts introducing the concept of homeostasis, then covers the chemical level, and later on a basic introduction to cellular level, organ level, and organ system levels. This second edition incorporates a module on protein synthesis, and a complementary base pairing learning objective as requested by many students. This edition also adds audio for all learning objectives. Audio Icon by Kieselli form Pixabay. The textbook is organized in five UNITS, divided into sixteen MODULES covering a total of fifty-two Learning Objectives. There is a short self-assessment at the end of each learning objective.