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Who Murdered the Princes in the Tower? The Usual Suspects
$4.00This is a lesson to introduce students to the controversy surrounding the brief reign of one of the most vilified kings in English history, Richard III. Was he responsible for the premeditated murder of his nephews Edward V and Richard, the so-called...$4.00 -
A Reformation Mystery: The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre - Who to Blame
$5.00On August 18, 1572 Marguerite de Valois (a Catholic), the sister of French King Charles IX, was wed in Paris to Henry III of Navarre (a Protestant). Their marriage was intended to solidify the provisions of the Peace of St. Germain that ended the Third...$5.00 -
The Renaissance Social Class Structure and Daily Life
$4.00Divisions based on religion, birthright, income, occupation, education, talent, and political power have always existed in societies. These divisions are referred to as social classes. One can identify lower, middle and upper classes, defined by...$4.00 -
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War Crimes: The Thirty Years’ War: Europe’s First World War
$6.00The Thirty Years’ War refers to a series of wars that ravaged the European continent from 1618-1648. It began as a religious struggle, spawned from the Protestant Reformation, over the “Peace of Augsburg,” that had provided for...$6.00 -
RENAISSANCE ALUM MONOPOLY GAME
$5.00Alum is a transparent mineral salt essential to the manufacturing of fast, vivid dyes. It is also used in glass-making and tanning of animal hides. Up until 1460 nearly all European supplies of alum came from Asia transported in Genoese ships. But in...$5.00 -
Vulnerable and Fearful: Could you survive in 14th Century France?
$4.00The 14th century provides us with two opposing images: on the one hand a dazzling time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry and exquisitely illuminated books and tapestries; on the other hand, an age of ferocity, suffering and spiritual...$4.00 -
American Revolutionary War 1775-1783: A Lesson in Military History
$4.00It took eight years of bitter fighting for Americans to win their independence from England. Most U.S. history courses concentrate on the causes that led Americans to seek independence, and then move to the end of the conflict and the struggles of the...$4.00 -
MAKING A PURITAN SETTLEMENT IN AMERICA
$4.00In this activity students work individually and in small groups to decide where to set up their colony in wilderness America. They must try to reach a class consensus on the best site taking into consideration the challenges they will face including a...$4.00 -
4. Treason on the Hudson
$5.00This play introduces students to one of the greatest spy stories in American history. Had Benedict Arnold’s treasonous plot to turn West Point over to the British succeed the success of the American Revolution would have been placed in great...$5.00 -
Lexington v. Concord: Where did the Revolutionary War Really Start?
$3.00Where did the War for American Independence actually begin? Was it on the early morning of April 19, 1775 on Lexington Green, or later in the day at Concord Bridge? The debate began almost immediately after the fighting on that fateful day and continues...$3.00 -
RIGHT AND WRONG IN PURITAN BOSTON
$4.00In this activity students play the part of the Puritan General Court deciding on several cases of people in their tight-knit religious community who had allegedly broken the law and deserved to be punished. They must identify the specific crime they...$4.00