
Juneteenth: Freedom Day
For this lesson, students will read the picture book entitled Juneteenth: Our Day of Freedom. They will learn why the Juneteenth holiday is celebrated. Important

For this lesson, students will read the picture book entitled Juneteenth: Our Day of Freedom. They will learn why the Juneteenth holiday is celebrated. Important

This lesson plan, provided by The New York Times, explores the concept of freedom of speech as protected by the First Amendment. Students will examine

This lesson plan on Barbara Jordan, provided by the Texas History for Teachers website, aims to educate students about the life and contributions of Barbara

This unit is one of the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Teaching Literacy through History resources, designed to align with the Common Core State Standards. These units

Rosa Parks was a brave woman who worked hard her whole life to promote civil rights. She is best known for not giving up her seat

Students will use critical thinking skills to analyze primary source documents related to the life of Benjamin Franklin and his relationship with slavery. This lesson

All cultural groups teach future generations cultural understandings that help to shape their identities and interactions with other groups and society at large. Past lessons

Prior lessons have introduced students to culture and the history of racism. Race does not exist, but culture is the force that shapes us in

For this lesson, students will be introduced to the history of race. Our modern understanding of race was introduced starting in the 1600s as European

For this lesson, students will be introduced to important elements of culture, both surface and deep culture. Students will come to understand how culture shapes