Around the World in 180 Days

This map obliges students to label regions, cities, and bodies of water, and to color the various phases involved in the spread of Islam between the 7th and 8th centuries. The directions for the map...

This mini-unit is an excellent means of introducing students to the theories of WHY government is necessary and HOW government should work.   After explaining the two extremes of...

During the 1790s, in the years after the American Revolution, Alexander Hamilton, the country's new secretary of the treasury, emphasized tariffs as a means of both paying the national debt and...

This resource includes both an excellent paraphrased version and a series of questions based on the Declaration of Independence. The paraphrased version makes the document more accessible to students...

This resource is an excellent means of discussing and assessing students' understanding of the arguments for and against ratification of the Constitution. First, a PowerPoint leads students through...

This resource consists of both a PowerPoint and a reading assignment related to the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. The PowerPoint provides students with a brief overview...

This resource consists of both a PowerPoint and a biography related to Thomas Paine and his pro-Revolutionary pamphlet Common Sense.   The PowerPoint provides students with an...

This mini-unit leads students through Andrew Jackson's war against the Second Bank of the United States.   The PowerPoint emphasizes Jackson's role in vetoing the bank charter prior to the...

This mini- focuses on the emergence of Jacksonian democracy, a 19th-century political philosophy in the United States that championed greater democracy for the "common man." The PowerPoint begins...

This mini-unit leads students through the formation of the first political parties in the United States.   Beginning with a discussion of Washington's second term as president, the...

This mini-unit guides students through the events that culminated in the first battles of the American Revolution.   The PowerPoint guides students through the events that culminated in...

This series of political cartoons includes In Memoriam - our civil service as it was, King Andrew I, and The Downfall of Mother Bank. The cartoons focus on Jackson's presidency and perceived abuses...