Laura Pennington

This 60 minute lesson plan includes a customized reading, glossary, and crossword puzzle to help middle school students learn more about land forms. This lesson will provide teachers with a warm-up...

Louisiana Purchase- High School This is approximately a 45-60 minute lesson plan focusing on the importance of The Louisiana Purchase. Beginning with background knowledge with an interactive...

This lesson is designed to last for an hour of class time or longer. Students will be provided with background information about major battles and conflicts during the Civil War. They will show what...

This 45-60 minute lesson plan helps students answer or accomplish the following: • Describe the role of the mass media on US social culture. • How did the mass media effect the civil...

This 45-60 minute lesson plan is appropriate for teachers or to use as emergency sub plans. Brief short readings are included in the packet for students to analyze and complete a final activity about...

This 45-60 minute lesson plan is designed to help students answer or accomplish the following: 1. What has provoked a variety of U.S. interventions? 2. What has motivated presidents and lawmakers to...

This includes a 60 minute lesson plan and a PowerPoint presentation to discuss the concepts of compromise and how it played out with regard to free and slave states with the admission of Missouri...

This 45-60 minute lesson plan  helps students answer or accomplish the following: • How was the culture of the 1950s impacted by international affairs? • Which wars took place...

In this classroom activity, students will analyze five primary source documents related to presidents and the Vietnam War. After completing an initial activity, students will be directed to...

This lesson is designed to last for an hour of class time or longer. Students will be provided with background information about the Progressive Era. They will show what they know by completing...

This lesson is designed to last for an hour of class time or longer. Students will be provided with background information about soldiers returning from home. They will show what they know by...

This 60 minute middle school US history lesson has a customized reading included and helps students answer the following questions: • How are slavery, tobacco and cotton related economically...