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Did Abraham Lincoln Really Want to Free the Slaves?

C3 Teachers Development

C3 Inquiry
9-12
Cultural Studies, History
C3 Framework
Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, President, Slaves

Did We Overcome Racism Yet?

John Lee

C3 Inquiry
9-12
Cultural Studies, History
C3 Framework
Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Racism

Is Peace in the Middle East Possible?

John Lee

C3 Inquiry
9-12
Cultural Studies, Geography, History
C3 Framework
Conflict, Middle East

Do our parks do what they are supposed to do?

C3 Teachers Development

C3 Inquiry
6-8
Civics and Government, History
C3 Framework
Frederick Olmsted, Parks

Did the Attack on Pearl Harbor Unify America?

C3 Teachers Development

C3 Inquiry
9-12
Civics and Government, History
C3 Framework
America, Pearl Harbor, World War II, WWII

Were the Whiskey Rebels Champions of the Common Man or Treasonous Traitors?

Ann Canning; Greg Giardina

C3 Inquiry
9-12
Civics and Government, History
C3 Framework
Bill of Rights, Rebels, Traitors, Whiskey, Whiskey Rebellion

Which is More Important Individual Privacy or Public Safety?

Kevin Leisten

C3 Inquiry
6-8
Civics and Government, History
C3 Framework
Japanese Internment, Privacy, World War II, WWII

Was President Theodore Roosevelt's invitation to Booker T. Washington to dine at the White House a good idea?

David Hicks

C3 Inquiry
9-12
Cultural Studies, History
C3 Framework
Booker, President , Roosevelt, Washington, White House

Was the Cherokee Removal Fair?

Greg Giardina

C3 Inquiry
6-8
Cultural Studies, History
C3 Framework
Cherokee, Jackson, President, Removal

Is Freedom Free?

C3 Teachers Development

C3 Inquiry
6-8
Cultural Studies, History
C3 Framework
Douglass, Emancipation , Freedom

You Can't Play (Integration of Baseball)

Arbogast, Robi; Glenn, Brandon; Red-Horse, Rachel

Unit
Pre K-2
Cultural Studies, English/Language Arts, History
Common Core, PA State
Baseball, Brooklyn Dodgers, Civil Rights, Equality, Little League, Negro Leagues, Robinson, Segregation, Women

Types of Propaganda: WWI or The Great War

Black, Tracy

PD Plan
9-12
English/Language Arts, History
21st Century Learner, ISTE, Learning Forward
Propaganda, World War I, WWI

World War I Armistice

Magyar, Casey

Unit
9-12
History
PA State
Conflict, Isolationism, Military, Music, Newspaper, Propaganda, Soldier, Speech, Technology, United States, World War I, WWI

Women's Suffrage

Bowlen, Krystal; Isgan, Juliann

Unit
6-8
History
PA State
19th Amendment, Equality, Paul, Suffragette, Suffragist, Voting, Women's Suffrage

Woman's Suffrage

Valentino, Maranda

Unit
9-12
Cultural Studies, History
PA State
19th Amendment, Civil Disobedience, Convention, Declaration of Sentiments, Hunger Strike, Seneca Falls, Stanton, Vote, Woman's Suffrage

What Were the Major Events that led to Tension that Caused the American Civil War?

Irwin, Maddie

Activity
3-5
History
Common Core, NCSS
19th Century, Civil War, Sectionalism, Slavery, States Rights

What Was She Thinking?

TPS

Activity
9-12
Cultural Studies, History
Common Core, NCSS
19th Amendment, Gender, National Association, New York, Opposed, Suffrage, Suffragette, Woman, Women's Rights Movement

What Impact did Civil Rights (Segregation) Have on the Current Education System?

Mitchell, Lakisha

Activity
6-8
History
Common Core, NCSS
Civil Rights, Disobedience, Education, Little Rock, School, Segregation, Youth

Using Primary Sources in Argumentative Writing

Crouse, Courtney

PD Plan
6-8
English/Language Arts, History
ISTE Standards
Argument, Atomic Bomb, Japanese, Roosevelt, Truman, World War II, Writing, WWII

Twenties Style

Dean, Asha; Thornton, Amy

Unit
6-8
Cultural Studies, History
PA State
Charleston, Clothing, Culture, Dance, Fashion, Flapper, Roaring Twenties, Style

Scott's Great Snake and Beyond

TPS

Activity
9-12
History
NCSS
Abolition, Civil War, Freedom, Lincoln, Point of View, PSSA, Scott, Slavery

Scene Investigation: The New Boy, January 1, 1905

TPS

Activity
9-12
History
Common Core, NCSS
Magazine, Nankivell, New Year, PSSA, Puck

Roles of Government

Swingle, Adam

Unit
9-12
Civics and Government, History
PA State
Checks and Balances, Constitution, Franklin , Government, House of Representatives, President, Senate, Separation of Powers, Washington

Roaring Twenties

Goeggelman, Corey

Unit
6-8
Cultural Studies, History
PA State
18th Amendment, Coolidge, Entertainment, Fashion, Harding, Hoover, President, Prohibition, Roaring Twenties

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