Collection of Lesson Plans, Grades 6-12
Activities for teaching after painful events
Activities great for use in the beginning of the school year
Activities great for use in a variety of topics
Africa, Various Topics
Africa Enslaved: A Curriculum Unit on Comparative Slave Systems by Hemispheres
Using Swahili to Understand East African History by Eric Beckman
African Kingdoms by local teacher William Gillispie
Medieval Africa by by UCI History Project
Great Zimbabwe by PBS Learning Media
Timbuktu: Center of Learning and Trade by PBS Learning Media
Afghanistan
American Revolution
For Crown or Colony? by Mission US
American Revolution by C3 Teachers
Crime Scene in the Classroom by To Engage Them All
The King's M & Ms by Teacher Created Resources
American Revolution lessons by UCI History Project
How did the concepts of tyranny and rule of law affect American revolutionaries? by UCIHP
The American Revolution & Early Republic by PBS NewsHour Extra
Hamilton Education Program Online by Gilder Lehrman
The American War for Independence by EDSITEment
Democracy: Political System of the People by PBS Learning Media
Ancient American Civilizations
The Chaski: Official Messengers of the Inka Empire
How did use and control over water affect the expansion of the Aztecs? by UCI History Project
Aztec Teaching Resources compiled by Hayley Woodward
Exploring the Culture and Customs of the Aztec by W. Gillispie
Exploring the Culture and Customs of the Maya by W. Gillispie
The Inka Empire: What Innovations Can Provide Food and Water for Millions? by Smithsonian
The Incas of Peru by PBS Learning Media
The Mayan Empire by PBS Learning Media
Anti-Semitism
Apartheid
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Bias, Discrimination, and Hate
Masks, Identity and Bias by ADL
Slurs, Offensive Jokes, and How to Respond by ADL
When Perception and Reality Collide: Implicit Bias and Race by ADL
Responding to Violence and Hate by ADL
Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr.: Hate Crimes Prevention Act
Privilege, Discrimination and Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System by ADL
The Black Death
Black History
Speaking Up and Speaking Out: Exploring the Lives of Black Women During the 19th Century by UMBC
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: 19th Century African-American Writer and Reformer by UMBC
Understanding the Great Migration by UMBC
Black History and Culture by Google Arts and Culture
Black Panther Party Mixer by Adam Sanchez and Jesse Hagopian
Medical Apartheid: Teaching the Tuskegee Syphilis Study by Rethinking Schools
Debate: How Should African Americans Achieve Equality by HERB
10 Ideas for Teaching Black History Month by ADL
Black American History by Clint Smith
Black History Month Resources by New American History
Freedom's Fortress by New American History
The Black Radical You've Never Heard Of by New American History
What Candidates can Learn from Shirley Chisholm by New American History
African American Women in Arts & Literature
An Interactive Timeline: Black Activism and the Long Fight for Racial Justice
Black Lives Matter
Burma/Myanmar
Canada
China, Various Topics
China's Cultural Revolution by SHEG
Great Leap Forward China Mystery Lesson by Share My Lesson
South China Sea: Maritime Conflicts by Choices
Classroom Travel Resources: China by OneWorld Classrooms
Ancient China Lessons by UCIHP
Why did Chinese peasants embrace Communism? by UCIHP
What were the effects of the Great Leap Forward? by UCIHP
Is China's environmental crisis a threat to Communist rule? by UCIHP
Civil Rights in the U.S.
Stepping into Selma: Voting Rights History and Legacy Today by Zinn Education Project
Montgomery Bus Boycott by SHEG
Brown v. the Board of Education: Success or Failure? by UMBC
Civil Rights and Cold Warriors by UMBC
Contextualizing a Historical Photograph: Busing and the Anti-busing Movement in Boston by UMBC
Stepping into Selma by Teaching for Change
Meet Medgar Evers by Civil Rights Teaching
Warriors Don't Cry by Zinn Education Project
Murder Mystery: Shining a Light on the Story that the Newspapers Left Out by Civil Rights Teaching
History Detectives: Voting Rights in Mississippi, 1964 by Civil Rights Teaching
Every Person Has a Story of Courage: The Little Rock Nine by NPS
Choices in Little Rock by Facing History and Ourselves
Black Lives Matter: Continuing the Civil Rights Movement by Choices
MLK - The Dream Continued by The New York Times
SNCC Role Play by Adam Sanchez
The Power of Freedom by the MLK Research & Education Institute
Young People Working for Justice by the MLK Research & Education Institute
NOLA Resistance Oral History Project by THNOC
Civil Rights Movement Photographs by SHEG
Civil Rights at of 1964 by SHEG
Understanding the Civil Rights Movement Through the Voices of Organizations by Aimee Blachette
Coming Out of the Shadows: The Legacy of Fred Shuttlesworth by Andrea Javor
The Voice of Government During the Civil Rights Movement by Ashley Hesseltine
You've Got to Work for Power:The Rise of the Black Power Movement in SNCC by Bonnie Belshe
Boom! Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around by Carol Burkhead-Fox
Why Should I Care? by Deidre Jenkins
The Selma to Montgomery March for Voting Rights by ADL
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Civil Rights: Relevancy for Today by ADL
Civil Rights Act of 1964: 7 Ways to Commemorate the Anniversary by ADL
60 Years Later: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education by ADL
Civil Rights Unit by Amistad Research Center
Civil Rights Movement: The Era of Visible Resistance
"We Shall Overcome: The Evolution of a Song" by PBS Learning Media
Good Trouble by New American History
Civil War Era in the U.S.
Uncle Tom's Cabin by C3 Teachers
The Underground Railroad by Scholastic
Lincoln and the Republicans: The Cause of War? by UMBC
Northern Racism and the New York City Draft Riots of 1863 by UMBC
Civil War Weaponry and Medicine: A Disastrous Mismatch by UMBC
Did Southern Free Men of Color Fight for the Ideals of the South? by UMBC
Civil War Photographs: The Mathew Brady Bunch by LOC
New Orleans During the Civil War by THNOC
Debating Abolitionist Strategies by HERB
Bailey's Dam by Louisiana Office of Cultural Development
Missouri Compromise & Compromise of 1850 by UCIHP
Lessons on causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War by UCIHP
Civil War: A Terrible Swift Sword by EDSITEment!
The Emancipation Proclamation: Freedom's First Steps by EDSITEment!
The Civil War Through The Journalist's Lens by PBS NewsHour Extra
A Nation Divided and Reconstruction by PBS Learning Media
Confederate Monuments and History in Public Spaces by New American History
Harriet Tubman by New American History
John Brown's Motivation by SHEG
Sojourner Truth - Advocate for Abolitionism and Women's Rights by Museums for Digital Learning
Did Everyone Cry at the Assassination of President Lincoln? by Museums for Digital Learning
Climate Change
Cold War Era
Colonialism
Colonization Era of the U.S.
Pilgrims and Wampanoag by C3 Teachers
Mission Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion and the Spanish Mission in the New World by EDSITEment
New Orleans, The Founding Era by THNOC
Education & Culture in Louisiana During the French Colonial Period by THNOC
Louisiana & the French Colonial Period by THNOC
Los Adaes by Louisiana Office of Cultural Development
Evaluating Historical Sources on Juana Briones by SHEG
Constitution of the U.S.
Constitution Role Play by Zinn Education Project
Great Compromise by C3 Teachers
First Amendment by C3 Teachers
Federalists & Anti-Federalists by SHEG
Slavery in the Constitution by SHEG
You Can't Say that in School? by NewseumEd
Constitutional Convention lesson by UCI History Project
Why did the AntiFederalists fail? by UCI History Project
How does the Bill of Rights reflect the values of early American society? by UCIHP
Consumer Culture in the U.S.
Creole Culture
The Crusades
Digital Citizenship
Taking Perspectives on Cyberbullying by Common Sense Education
What is Algorithmic Bias? by ADL
Confronting Cyberhate: Old Navy and Malia Obama Backlash by ADL
Teens, Tech, Connect: How Technology Impacts Teenagers' Friendships by ADL
Cyberbullying: Understanding and Addressing Online Cruelty by ADL
Addressing Hate Online: Countering Cyberhate with Counterspeech
Understanding Disabilities
Economics
Great Recession by C3 Teachers
Economic Happiness by C3 Teachers
Gender Wage Gap by C3 Teachers
Corporate Social Responsibility by C3 Teachers
A Loan at Last by Federal Reserve Education
Using Infographics to Visualize Macroeconomic Data by Federal Reserve Education
Allocation Strategies, Rational Decision Making, and Social Economic Goals by Federal Reserve
An Economic SIM-ulus Package by Federal Reserve Education
Are You Ready to Take the Risk? by Federal Reserve Education
Banking & Budgeting by Federal Reserve Education
Baskets, Base Years, and Bias: Constructing and Using a Student Price Index by Federal Reserve
How the Market Works by Personal Finance Lab
Big Easy Budget Game by Committee for a Better New Orleans
Bell Ringer: What is Economics by CSPAN
Bell Ringer: Thinking Like an Economist
Education in the U.S.
What is the School-to-Prison Pipeline by ADL
https://www.adl.org/education/educator-resources/lesson-plans/looking-back-reaching-forward-exploring-the-promise-of" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Looking Back, Reaching Forward: Exploring the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education in Contemporary Times by ADL
Student Dress Codes: What's Fair?
Elections/Voting in the U.S.
Political Parties by C3 Teachers
Campaign Finance by C3 Teachers
No Citizen Shall Be Denied by Southern History Project
The ReDistricting Game by USC Annenberg Center
Evaluating Election Ads by NewseumEd
Election Caucuses: Who's In and Who's Out? by ADL
Sexism and the Presidential Election by ADL
How Do Polls Inform, Influence, and Impact Elections by ADL
Representing the People: Diversity & Elections by ADL
Ballot Initiatives Expand Voting Rights by ADL
Let's Talk About the Presidential Election by ADL
Debate Watching Teaching Guide by ADL
Electing the House by New American History
Gerrymandering and Redistricting by New American History
Historians must Contextualize the Election for Voters by New American History
English Colonies in the U.S.
Environmental Concerns
Europe, Various Topics
Executive Branch - U.S.
Exploration Era
France
Gender & Sexism
Genocide
Great Depression in the U.S.
Up from the Dust by Mission US
Debating Social Security: Understanding and Evaluating the Social Security Act of 1935 by UMBC
African Americans and the Democratic Party by UMBC
Franklin Roosevelt's Proposal for Reforming the Supreme Court: 168 Days of National Debate by UMBC
Controversy and the New Deal by THNOC
Migrant Mother Photograph by SHEG
Migrant Mother Significance by SHEG
The United States in a Time of Crisis by PBS Learning Media
Mapping Inequality by New American History
Ancient Greece
Harlem Renaissance
Hispanic Heritage
Holocaust
Analyzing Nazi Propaganda by Facing History and Ourselves
Analyzing and Creating Memorials by Facing History and Ourselves
Studying the Holocaust by Echoes & Reflections
Antisemitism by Echoes & Reflections
"The Final Solution" by Echoes & Reflections
Jewish Resistance by Echoes & Reflections
Rescuers and Non-Jewish Resistance by Echoes & Reflections
Survivors and Liberators by Echoes & Reflections
Perpetrators, Collaborators, and Bystanders by Echoes & Reflections
The Children and Legacies Beyond the Holocaust by Echoes & Reflections
The Resist! Curriculum by Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation
Some Were Neighbors by US Holocaust Museum
The Holocaust: The Range of Responses by Facing History and Ourselves
Survival to Service: Examining Lives of Hidden Children of the Holocaust by ADL
Americans and the Holocaust by US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Human Rights
Identity
Immigration in the U.S.
City of Immigrants by Mission US
Debating Immigration Restriction by HERB
The Poetry of Chinese Immigration by HERB
Exploring the Irish in America Through Found Poetry by HERB
In the late 1800s and early 1900s how many immigrants arrived and where did they settle? by UCIHP
What were the major demographic changes at the turn of the century? by UCIHP
Irish in the U.S. in the 19th Century by SHEG
Chinese Immigration and Exclusion by SHEG
Understanding and Analyzing "The U.S. of Us" by Richard Blanco by ADL
Conditions in Detention Centers at the U.S. Border by ADL
'Migrant Caravan' and the People Seeking Asylum by ADL
Why Are Families Being Separated and Detained at the Border? by ADL
What should be done about DACA? by ADL
Huddled Mass or Second Class? Challenging Anti-Immigrant Bias in the U.S. by ADL
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire & Migrant Workers by PBS NewsHour Extra
Who Are the Children at Our Border? by ADL
What is the Dream Act and Who Are the Dreamers? by ADL
Never Again is Now: Incarceration Histories and Solidarity by Choices
Haitian Migrants at the U.S. Mexico Border by Facing History & Ourselves
Immigration to America: Stories & Travels by DocsTeach
Modern Immigration Stories by PBS Learning Media
Chinese Exclusion Act by New American History
Foreign Born by New American History
U.S. Policies on Mexican Migration by SHEG
An Interactive Timeline: US Immigration Policy Past and Present by Choices
Imperialism
Industrial Age in the U.S.
The Industrial Age in America: Sweatshops, Steel Mills, and Factories by EDSITEment
Industrialization by C3 Teachers
The Urbanization Game by Barry Sovel
Rock, Paper, Scissors - Industrial Revolution Simulation by The History 2.0 Classroom
Lawrence, 1912: The Singing Strike by Zinn Education Project
Workers on the Line by Tsongas Industrial History Center
How did water power the early Industrial Revolution in the U.S.? by UCIHP
Industrial Revolution
India
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Japan
Jim Crow Era in the U.S.
Judicial System in the U.S.
Labor
Louisiana
Delta Pieces by Louisiana Voices
From Winnfield to Washington: The Life and Career of Huey P. Long by THNOC
Education & Culture in Louisiana during the French Colonial Period by THNOC
Louisiana & the French Colonial Period by THNOC
Waterways and Structures by Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
Natural Resources: Habitat & Environment by Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
History & Culture: Regions & Parishes by Atchafalaya National Heritage Area
Poverty Point Interactive Exhibit by Louisiana Office of Cultural Development
Bayou Jasmine Interactive Exhibit by Louisiana Office of Cultural Development
Tchefuncte by Louisiana Office of Cultural Development
Marksville by Louisiana Office of Cultural Development
Los Adaes by Louisiana Office of Cultural Development
Bailey's Dam by Louisiana Office of Cultural Development
Exploring the Culture & Customs of Louisiana's Tunica-Bilozi Tribe by W. Gillispie
Media
On-Screen Diversity: Why Visibility in Media Matters by ADL
Casting of 'The Little Mermaid' Brings Pride and Prejudice by ADL
Fake News and What we Can do About it by ADL
Confronting Cyberhate: Old Navy and Malia Obama Backlash by ADL
The Movies, the Academy Awards, and Implicit Bias by ADL
Is Gaming a Boy's Club? Women, Video Games, and Sexism by ADL
Ancient Mesopotamia
Mexican Americans
Middle Ages
Native Americans
Northern Plains Treaties: Is a Treaty Intended to be Forever? by Native Knowledge 360
The Pacific Northwest Fish Wars: What Kinds of Action can Lead to Justice? by Native Knowledge 360
Pacific Northwest History & Cultures: Why do the Foods we Eat Matter? by Native Knowledge 360
We Have a Story to Tell: Native Peoples of the Chesapeake Region by Native Knowledge 360
Haudenosaunee Guide for Educators by Native Knowledge 360
Poverty Point Interactive Exhibit by Louisiana Office of Cultural Development
Bayou Jasmine Interactive Exhibit by Louisiana Office of Cultural Development
Tchefuncte by Louisiana Office of Cultural Development
Marksville by Louisiana Office of Cultural Development
How did Americanization programs affect Native Americans? by UCIHP
Carlisle Indian Industrial School by SHEG
Native American Rights by SHEG
Exploring the Culture & Customs of Louisiana's Tunica-Bilozi Tribe by W. Gillispie
American Indian Movement: Native American Fight Back by PBS Learning Media
Native American Heritage Month Resources by New America History
Natural Disasters
The New Nation - U.S.
Federalists and Anti-Federalists by SHEG
Rights in Early America by HERB
Articles of Confederation lesson by UCI History Project
Alien & Sedition Acts lesson by UCI History Project
Hamilton Education Program Online by Gilder Lehrman
Ideals in U.S. Founding Documents by Choices
Creating a National Political System and Culture by PBS Learning Media
Nixon, Richard
New Orleans
Congo Square by Music Rising at Tulane
Second Line Tradition by Music Rising at Tulane
Mardi Gras Indians by Music Rising at Tulane
Traditional Jazz by Music Rising at Tulane
Pakistan, South Sudan, Sykes-Picot and St. George, Louisiana: Geographic Challenges of Creating
The Big Easy Budget Game by Committee for a Better New Orleans
Mardi Gras and Community Service by Louisiana101.com
Exploring Primary Sources, Music in New Orleans by THNOC
A Fair to Remember: The World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition in New Orleans
New Orleans and the Spanish World by THNOC
New Orleans: The Founding Era by THNOC
NOLA Resistance Oral History Project by THNOC
Confederate Monuments and Their Removal by ADL
New Orleans Genres and Origin by Preservation Hall
New Orleans, the Birthplace of Jazz by Preservation Hall
New Orleans School System by Our Story NOLA
Bourbon Street Parade by Preservation Hall
Ottoman Empire
Panama Canal
Persian Empire
Persian Gulf War
Political Ideologies
Political Parties
Post World War I - U.S.
Post World War II - U.S.
Presidents of the U.S. - Various
Primary Sources
Progressive Era in the U.S
Propaganda
Race & Racism
Reagan, Ronald President
Reconstruction Era in the U.S.
Radical Reconstruction by SHEG
Helping to Move On? An Analysis of the Reconstruction Amendments by UMBC
The Freedmen's Bureau: Success or Failure? by UMBC
Reconstructing the South: A Role Play by Zinn Education Project
Louisiana & New Orleans during Reconstruction by THNOC
Reconstruction by the Amistad Research Center
Did African Americans attain equal rights after the Civil War? by UCIHP
What are the patterns of the Black Code laws? by UCIHP
Reconstruction and an Expanding America by PBS Learning Media
Reformation
Refugees
Major Religions of the World
Research, How To
Roman Empire
Russia, Various Topics
September 11, 2001
Siberia, Various Topics
Slavery in the U.S.
Daily Lives of Slaves - What Really Happened? by UMBCSlavery and Civil Disobedience: Christiana Riot of 1851 by UMB
Slavery and Civil Disobedience: Christiana Riot of 1851 by UMBC
Frederick Douglass Remix by local teacher Ashley Jones
Purchased Lives: Solomon Northup's Efforts to Prove His Freedom by THNOC
Purchased Lives: Torn Apart and Stitched Back Together by THNOC
Slavery & Abolition by the Amistad Research Center
How did Americans respond to abolitionism and defend slavery before the Civil War? by UCIHP
What can we learn from slave narratives? by UCIHP
Teaching Hard History by Teaching Tolerance
Kellie Carter Jackson Videos on Slavery & Abolition by SHEG
Walter Johnson Videos on Slavery & the Slave Tradeby SHEG
Visualizing Emancipation by NEH
Social Justice
Social Studies Skills
Exploring Ways of Knowing by Museums for Digital Learngry
Distinguishing Fact from Opinion by ProCon.org
Facing Ferguson: News Literacy in a Digital Age by Facing History and Ourselves
General Music Responding Unit by NAfME
South Pacific, Various Topics
Spanish-American War
Debate: Should the US Annex the Philippines? by HERB
https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/a410da95-1692-4c77-9ecb-b26f2fd1fdf3/yellow-journalism-and-the-spanish-american-war/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Yellow Journalism and the Spanish American War by PBS Learning
Media
Symbols & Symbolism
Thanksgiving
Totalitarianism
Vietnam War
War of 1812
Westward Expansion in the U.S.
U.S. Mexico War: "We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God" by Zinn Education Project
Westward Migration by C3 Teachers
Manifest Destiny by Digital Inquiry Group
Battle of Little Bighorn by SHEG
Westward Expansion Through Maps by NatGeo
The Louisiana Purchase by THNOC
American Indian Removal: What does it mean to remove a people? by Native Knowledge 360
How did people view and respond to Westward Expansion in the U.S.? by UCIHP
The Gold Rush and San Francisco by SHEG
Great Plains Homesteaders by SHEG
Transcontinental Railroad by SHEG
Lewis & Clark: The Unheard Voices by ADL
Geographic and Economic Change Shape the Nation by PBS Learning Media
The Lasting Impact of the Trail of Tears by New American History
Transcontinental by New American History
Women's Rights
Nineteenth Century Reform Movements: Women's Rights by UMBC
Women's Rights in the American Century by UMBC
Seneca Falls, 1848: Women Organize for Equality by Zinn Education Project
Eagle Eye Citizen Challenges by Eagle Eye Citizens
Equal Rights Amendment by SHEG
Soccer, Salaries, and Sexism by ADL
7 Ideas for Teaching Women's History Month by ADL
Campaign for Women's Suffrage by PBS NewsHour Extra
Gender Equality by PBS NewsHour Extra
Women and the American Story by New York Historical Society
Equal Rights Amendment by PBS Learning Media
Suffrage: Black Women & the Right to Vote by New American History
World War I Era
Treaty of Versailles by C3 Teachers
Analyzing the Effects of WWI by Facing History and Ourselves
The Treaty of Versailles Simulation by Cyberlearning
Victory in the Backyard: War Gardens in World War I by THNOC
Causes and course of WWI lessons by UCIHP
Effects of WWI lessons by UCIHP
Poison! Chemical Weapons in World War I by PBS Learning Media
World War II Era
Japanese American Internment by C3 Teachers
Continuity or Change? African Americans in World War II by UMBC
Japanese American Internment During World War II by UMBC
A Japanese American Family's Experience During World War II: A Living DBQ by ABMC Education
Causes & Consequences of WWII lessons by UCIHP
Japanese American Incarceration by SHEG
Ansel Adams at Manzanar by SHEG
Female Journalists of World War II by PBS NewsHour Extra
The United States in a Time of Crisis by PBS Learning Media
The Marshall Plan by PBS Learning Media
A Grave Injustice by New American History
Japanese Internment Lessons from the Fred T. Korematsu Institute
Law, War & Racism in the Pacific: Martial Law During WWII by Museums for Digital Learning