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Lesson Plans, Units, PD Plans, Activities, and Book Backdrops to engage and empower your students.
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How Primary Sources Can Wake Up Your Classroom

Giardina, Greg

PD Plan
6-8
English/Language Arts, History, Science and Technology
21 Century Learner
Analysis, Cartoons, Images, Inquiry, Photographs, Primary Sources

How has the Labor Movement Changed throughout American History

Penyy, Michelle

Lesson Plan
9-12
English/Language Arts, History
Common Core
Factory, Industrialization, Labor, Labor Union, Migrant, Picket, Strike , Worker

How Does Your Garden Grow? From Victory Gardens to Peace Gardens

Bamford, Heidi

Lesson Plan
6-8
History, Math, Science and Technology
NCSS, Next Generation Science, NY State
Community Gardens, Ecosystem, Environment, Food, Health, Nutrition, Victory Gardens, World War I, World War II

How Did the Women's Suffrage Movement Shape and Reflect the Lives of American Women?

Knight, Mary Ann

PD Plan
9-12
History
Common Core, NY State
19th Amendment, Equality, Lives, Rights, Suffrage, Women

How did Childhood Labor Impact American Childhood and Families

Gagnon, Kristin; Sutton, Megan

Lesson Plan
6-8
History
C3 Social Studies
Child Labor, Childhood, Factory, IDM, Industrial Revolution, Labor Laws

How A Federal Law Can Have a Trickle Down Effect on Communities

Urtz, Matthew

PD Plan
6-8
Civics and Government, Economics, History
21st Century Learner
18th Amendment, Agriculture, Community, Federal , Federalism, Impact, Law, Prohibition, Temperence, Volstead Act

Homestead Strike of 1892

Thistle, Gay

Activity
9-12
English/Language Arts, History
Common Core
Homestead, Industry, Labor, Pittsburgh, Revolution, Strike, Union

History Then and Now

Felock, Tia

PD Plan
3-5
English/Language Arts, History, Science and Technology
21st Century Learner
Book, Change, Historical Event, History, Library, Literature, Now, Primary Source Set, Then

How did Media Influence America's Decision to Enter WWI?

Marshall, Kathy; Wright, Dana

Lesson Plan
9-12
History
NCSS
Allied Powers, Government, Inquiry, Lusitania, Media, Neutral, Poster, Propoganda, Telegram, World War I, Zimmerman

Holocaust

Floyd, Lindsey

Lesson Plan
9-12
History
NCSS
Camp, Concentration, Genocide, Hitler, Holocaust, Jewish, Nazi, Propoganda, World War II, WWII

History of the Microscope and Microscopic Images

Wright, Marietta

Lesson Plan
9-12
English/Language Arts, History, Science and Technology
Common Core
Biology, Cellular, Innovation, Medicine, Microscope, Observation, Science, Scientists

History as Geography: Teaching With Primary Sources and ArcGIS Online

Roper, Scott

PD Plan
9-12
Geography, History, Science and Technology
21st Century Learner
Analyze, ArcGIS, Child Labor, Geography, History, Industrial Revolution, Inquiry, Map, Mapping, Primary Source, Reform, Social, Vermont

Historical Thinking and Primary Sources

Rooker, Sarah

PD Plan
6-8
English/Language Arts, History
21st Century Learner, Common Core
Analysis, Audience, Contextualize, Historical, Inquiry, Primary Sources, Purpose, Sourcing, Thinking

Health Education: Investigating Alcohol Abuse Using Primary Sources

Monica, Brigid

Lesson Plan
9-12
Cultural Studies, History, Science and Technology
Health
Abuse, Alcohol, Health, Healthy, Music

Greek and Roman Mythology Gods and Legends

Ferrier, Cassandra

PD Plan
9-12
Arts and Music, English/Language Arts, History
21st Century Learner
Gods, Greek, Legends, Mythology, Roman

Great Depression Unit

Chismer, Gared; Thornton, Amy

Unit
6-8
History
NCSS
Dust Bowl, Franklin Roosevelt, Great Depression, Herbert Hoover, New Deal, Stock Market Crash

Grapes of Wrath

Carter, Catherine

Activity
9-12
English/Language Arts, History
Common Core
Dust Bowl, Grapes of Wrath, Great Depression, Homeless, Migrant, New Deal

Graffiti: A Tool of Communication

Alexander, Silvino

PD Plan
6-8
Arts and Music, English/Language Arts, Science and Technology
PA State
Art, Communication, Graffiti, Heiroglyphics, News, Technology

Google Community: Librarians as Leaders

Eyer, Patricia

PD Plan
3-5
Arts and Music, English/Language Arts, History
21st Century Learner, Common Core
Community, Google, Inquiry, Leader, Library, Literacy, Network, Social

Going To The Source!

Bunin, Chris

PD Plan
6-8
English/Language Arts, History
ISTE
Inquiry, Research, Soldier, Source, Teaching, World War I

Glimpse Into America's History

Simatic, Sandy; Tracanna, Suzanna; Udovich, Joey

Unit
3-5
English/Language Arts, History
Common Core, PA State
American History, Citizenship, Government, Landmarks, Newsletter, Patriotism, Primary Sources, Scrapbook

Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message

Taylor, Bethany

Activity
Pre K-2
English/Language Arts, History
Common Core
Colonists, Native American, Outdoors, Pilgrims, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, Tradition

Gettysburg Address

Cooper, Emily

Lesson Plan
3-5
History
NCSS
Civil War, Gettysburg Address, Lincoln

From Baseball to Rock and Roll

Canning, Ann

Unit
3-5
Cultural Studies, History
NCSS, PA State
Baseball, Culture, England, Independence, King, Music, Popular Culture, Queen, Rock and Roll, Royalty, Super Bowl, Webquest

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