Topic: U.S. History
Lesson Plan
Making the Case: Can Limited Government Last?
Limited government is one of the basic principles of American Government. The origins of this concept can be found in a variety of influential primary source documents. You will take...Lesson Plan
Missing Pages!
It has been discovered that all of the new history textbooks have a missing page about the Declaration of Independence! It is going to be up to you to create...Lesson Plan
New School Challenge
You get to create a new school! Thomas Jefferson did that when he founded the University of Virginia. Create a promotional poster that answers the following: How is your school...Lesson Plan
Patriot or Tory?
Were the American colonists justified in resisting British policies and breaking away from the rule of Great Britain? To help you make up your own mind, read selected documents from...Lesson Plan
Pictures Are Worth A Thousand Words
Political cartoons are a form of expression that have been around for hundreds of years. Americans (more specifically newspapers and their editors) have used this form of expression to share...Lesson Plan
Practicing the DBQ: APUSH “Changing Policy Towards American Indians and Jefferson’s Role”
This lesson will specifically cover a Document Based Question covering Thomas Jefferson’s views of Native Americans and connecting it to the American government Indian Policy. The focus is to assist...Lesson Plan
Present-Day Parlor Portrait Pix
Monticello, Jeffersons home, is a reflection and a metaphor of Thomas Jeffersons life. Throughout his home, Jefferson displays numerous portraits of influential and inspiring people. In his parlor, he displays...Lesson Plan
Produce as power and the seeds of independence?
Over the course of his lifetime, Thomas Jefferson owned over six hundred enslaved African Americans. While he only freed approximately nine of these enslaved individuals either during his life or...Lesson Plan