The Address: A Film by Ken Burns and Lesson Plan Set
This 90-minute film tells the story of a school in Vermont where each year students are encouraged to practice, memorize and recite the Gettysburg Address.
June 7, 2024
This 90-minute film tells the story of a school in Vermont where each year students are encouraged to practice, memorize and recite the Gettysburg Address.
The Civil War is a nine-part series that explores the most important conflict in our nation’s history. It saw the end of slavery and was
Structured as game questions, this activity challenges students to identify cities, states and geographical features whose names tell the story of the Indigenous, Spanish and
In this lesson plan drawing on material from Latino Americans, students learn about how regions, such as Texas, New Mexico and California, had established Mexican
Students will reflect on qualities of people who have most influenced them. Culturally Sustaining Schooling, Diversity Culturally Sustaining Schooling, Diversity
Students will learn more about the values and beliefs of their fellow peers through objects brought from home to the classroom. Culturally Sustaining Schooling, Diversity
UNLADYLIKE2020 is a series of 26 short films and a one-hour documentary profiling diverse and little-known U.S. women from the turn of the 20th century,
This two-part, four-hour documentary explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th Century’s most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the
Throughout history, books have been banned for a host of reasons, from politically controversial content to profane language or violence. The First Amendment of the
In this lesson, students learn how the life of an enslaved person changed from the Antebellum period through Emancipation. They analyze primary source documents in