Instruction and Lesson Planning Resources - Social Studies

Analyzing the Declaration of Independence (levels: 3, 4, 5, 6)
analyzing the Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence, support for the Declaration of Independence, arguments against the Declaration of Independence

Causes of the American Revolution Interpreting Political Cartoons (levels: 4, 5, 6)
American Revolution, political cartoons, analyze cause and effect, boycott, revolution, independence, irony, Stamp Act, consent , British, colonists, Parliament, patriots

Constitutional Debate (levels: 3, 4)
constitutional debate, amendment, amendment process, federal law, constitutional amendments, immigration, immigration debate, argument writing, argumentative essay

Federalism (levels: 4, 5)
federalism, Federalists, Anti-Federalists, compare and contrast, federal government, Federalist Papers

For the President, All In a Day's Work (levels: 2, 3)
president

Franklin D Roosevelt and the First Inaugural Address (levels: 2, 3, 4)
FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, presidential history, inaugural address, Great Depression

I Have a Dream (levels: 3, 4)
civil rights, civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream, civil rights movement speeches

Introduction to Historical Thinking (levels: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
historical thinking, primary source, contextualized lesson plan

Jefferson on Church and State (levels: 3, 4)
Thomas Jefferson, relationship between church and state, separation of church and state

Join or Die Persuasive Writing (levels: 2, 3, 4)
American Revolution, political cartoon, persuasive writing, causes of the American Revolution

Magna Carta (levels: 4, 5, 6)
Magna Carta, founding documents, constitutional government, evolution of American government, rule of law, rules for democratic society, colonists, American Revolution, American independence, due process, respect for rights

March on Washington (level: 3)
civil rights, Civil Rights Movement, March on Washington, academic vocabulary, close reading, text comprehension, reading strategies

Native American Removal and the Trail of Tears (levels: 3, 4, 5)
American Indian policy, Native American policy, Native American Removal , Trail of Tears, westward expansion, manifest destiny

Outstanding Women (level: 3)
women's history, women in history, Eleanor Roosevelt

Paul Revere's Ride - Fact or Fiction (levels: 3, 4, 5)
Paul Revere, United States history, Revolutionary War, compare and contrast, historical text, identify main idea, identify supporting details

Quilt Codes (levels: 4, 5)
U.S. history, Slavery, Underground Railroad, quilt codes, primary sources, evaluating sources, reading assessment, writing assessment

Regions of the United States (levels: 5, 6)
regions of the United States, geography, writing assessment, writing

Show Me the Money (levels: 3, 4)
financial literacy, banking, consumer economics, compare and contrast, bank account, checking account

The Bill of Rights Today (levels: 4, 5, 6)
The Bill of Rights, individual rights

The Civil Rights Movement (levels: 2, 3, 4)
civil rights, civil right movement

The Civil War - Reading on the Internet (levels: 2, 3, 4)
civil war

The First Amendment and Freedom of Expression (levels: 3, 4, 5)
First Amendment, freedom of expression, Bill of Rights, Supreme Court cases, Debs v. United States, Brandenburg v. Ohio

The Great Depression (levels: 1, 2, 3, 4)
Great Depression, events of the Great Depression

Jefferson on Church and State (levels: 3, 4)


Underground Railroad (levels: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
Underground Railroad, slavery, Civil War

Understanding the Bill of Rights (levels: 3, 4)
Bill of Rights