What Makes a Hero? A common lament one hears today is that young people lack heroes to emulate. Is that true? Do your students have heroes? Who are they? What qualities of a hero do they represent? http: //edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/what_makes_a...
New Deal Network This lesson includes eleven tasks or questions to help students analyze the letters included at the New Deal Network http: //newdeal.feri.org/classrm/classdmr.htm
Oh, Say, Can You See What the Star-Spangled Banner Means? Using archival documents and images, students will associate Key's words with historic events and recognize the sentiment those words inspired.. http: //edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/oh_say_can_y...
I Do Solemnly Swear: Presidential Inaugurations Help your students reflect on what the Presidential inauguration has become and what it has been, while they meet a host of memorable historical figures and uncover a sense of America's past through archival materials.. http: //edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/inauguration...
The Road To The Presidency This journey will explore what is takes to become President of the United States.. http: //whistlestop.org/teacher_lessons/preside...
Taking a Stand: Pros and Cons of Forest Fires In this interactive and multi-disciplinary lesson, students learn about forest fires and their positive and negative effects. Eyewitness accounts, real-time data, virtual reality online, case studies, and models predicting forest fires http: //thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/fire/inde...
