US History

Students will read a brief background on the Pan African Congress organized by W.E.B. Du Bois to fight for nationalism, African independence, racial equality, and ending imperialism and colonialism, and an excerpt of the Manifesto from the Second...

Students will read about the liberation of the concentration camp Majdanek during World War 2 from the perspective of a journalist and answer 10 questions of varying degrees of difficulty. Four websites have been included after the reading for students...

Students will read a passage on the Nuremberg Laws and anti-Semitism in Germany between the wars, a sample selection of the Nuremberg Laws and anti-Semitic measures, and answer 15 discussion questions. The reading passage and questions reference...

Students will get an overview of Manifest Destiny, Texas Annexation, the Mexican-American War, the Compromise of 1850 with this presentation. It discusses the elections of 1840, 1844, and 1848, propaganda during the Mexican-American War, the background...

This presentation and note guide outlines President Jackson's two terms in office, and touches on: the Election of 1828, the Election of 1832, the Trail of Tears, the US Bank, the Election of 1836, Martin Van Buren, the Panic of 1837, William Henry...

Students will learn about the people and events of WWI (WW1, World War 1) with this presentation and note guide. Topics include but are not limited to: the causes of the war, the Battle of the Somme, the Lusitania, the Schlieffen Plan, Zimmerman Note,...

This presentation and note guide is a brief introduction to the social and cultural aspects of the 1920s. Topics covered include but are not limited to: the Red Scare, the Palmer Raids, Sacco and Vanzetti, Al Capone, Prohibition, Scopes Monkey Trial,...

Students will learn about the people and events of Reconstruction with this presentation and note guide (short answer, fill in the blank, true/false/fix, matching). It includes images, maps, political cartoons, and analysis questions. Topics covered...

Students will learn about the people and events of the War of 1812 with this presentation and note guide. Topics include but are not limited to: Madison, impressment, War Hawks, the Battle of New Orleans, Lake Erie and Commodore Perry, the Treaty of...

Students will learn about the people, events, and politics from the Early Republic (Presidents Washington, Adams, and Jefferson) with this presentation and note guide. It guides students through the origins of political parties, relations with Native...

Students will learn about US Imperialism (Imperialism in US History, American Imperialism) with this presentation and note guide. The topics covered include, but are not limited to, the reasons for and against Imperialism, the Spanish-American War, the...

Students will get an overview of FDR's New Deal with this presentation and note guide. Topics covered include, but are not limited to: the Emergency Banking Relief Act, fireside chats, the CCC, AAA, TVA, AAA, WPA, PWA, Social Security, the Dust Bowl,...