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Lesson Plan: Extremism in America
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Is the justice system in the United States responding to increased extremism appropriately? What is at stake? Who should address increasing violence? Students will engage in the inquiry process by developing questions related to extremism, building contextual knowledge, and assessing the effectiveness of interventions to address extremism.

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This film and accompanying resources deal with sensitive topics that may be triggering for some students. The exploration of hate groups, white supremacy, and violence are topics that should receive great care in the classroom. Some school districts may employ YouTube content filters that block the material. If you need access, please email David Olson at dolson@retroreport.com.

Subject:
Civics and Government
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
RetroReport
Date Added:
06/05/2023
Lesson Plan: From Women's Suffrage to the ERA
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This seven-minute video and accompanying lesson plan looks at how throughout the 1960’s and 70’s the second wave feminism movement worked to address gender inequality across the United States. While the movement had several important victories, the Equal Rights Amendment was not passed. Was the second wave feminist movement a success nonetheless?

Subject:
Civics and Government
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
RetroReport
Date Added:
06/05/2023
Lesson Plan: How the U.S. Has Treated Wartime Refugees
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This ten-minute video examines what obligation countries have to refugees. It’s a question as important today as it was in 1975, when the United States evacuated 130,000 South Vietnamese allies during the fall of Saigon and brought them to this country to start new lives. Today, as Afghan and Ukrainian migrants settle in the United States, students will explore whether refugee resettlement is better now than it was for the Vietnamese 50 years ago, and what is owed to people fleeing war, destruction and despair across the globe.

Subject:
Civics and Government
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
RetroReport
Date Added:
06/05/2023
Lesson Plan: Immigration in the 1990s: Proposition 187
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This 9-minute video illustrates how demographic trends and a changing California economy in the 1990s created a backlash against immigration, only to be followed by another swing in the ideological pendulum. This lesson examines how economic and demographic forces affect the strategies of the political parties, and demonstrates how policies like Proposition 187 can produce unintended and surprising consequences.

Subject:
Civics and Government
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
RetroReport
Date Added:
06/05/2023
Lesson Plan: Labor Union Activism: Advocating for Worker Rights
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This eight-minute video explores how with the economic pain of the pandemic, new groups of American workers are pushing to form labor unions at restaurants, stores and warehouses. It’s the biggest surge of activism since the 1930s. At the height of the Great Depression, with as many as 13 million Americans out of work, President Franklin Roosevelt pushed New Deal reforms through Congress, including the 1935 National Labor Relations Act. It guaranteed private sector workers the right to form unions. This lesson asks students to examine the push for workers’ rights beginning with the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom, continuing to the Great Depression in the United States and on to contemporary efforts.

Subject:
Civics and Government
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
RetroReport
Date Added:
06/05/2023
Lesson Plan: The Civil Rights Movement: Black Power and Sports
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This 11-minute video tells the story of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, their raised-fist Black Power salute on the medal podium during the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, and the consequences they went on to face. This video shows the development of the civil rights protests of the 1960s, and how the cultural context of that decade led to a wave of protests by athletes. It illustrates how the cultural context of the 1980s caused a decline in political consciousness among athletes. Finally it addresses how recent shootings and misconduct by police officers have fueled a resurgence of athlete activism. The video includes footage and discussion of Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan and O.J. Simpson. It will help students understand the complexities and challenges that black athletes face on the public stage. Students will learn how the modern take-a-knee protest movement, started by Colin Kaepernick, is directly linked to the Olympics protest in 1968.

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This video contains graphic depictions of police shootings.

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Civics and Government
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
RetroReport
Date Added:
06/06/2023
Lesson Plan: The Second Amendment: Siege at Waco
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This 14-minute video shows students how the federal government’s botched raid on the compound of the Branch Davidian religious sect in 1993 gave rise to a nationwide militia movement of people advocating an expansive and individualistic interpretation of the Second Amendment. Students will learn how this movement included terrorists like Timothy McVeigh as well as lawful activists, many of whom continue to influence the national conversation on gun rights. Including interviews with militia activists as well as their opponents, the video provides students with context and insight on a defining cultural and political moment in the tug-of-war between individual rights and government powers. Useful for any lesson introducing Second Amendment controversies, the video illustrates why the right of individuals to own firearms remains one of the most contentious issues in American government.

Content Advisory:
This video includes footage of gun violence during a law enforcement raid that left 80 people dead.

Subject:
Civics and Government
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
RetroReport
Date Added:
06/05/2023
Lesson Plan: Understanding the History Behind Modern Racial Profiling
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Through the short film A Conversation with My Black Son (originally published by The New York Times as one of its Op-Docs) by directors Geeta Gandbhir and Blair Foster, students will hear from parents who have personally struggled with the burden of “The Conversation” and compare/contrast their stories and strategies for keeping their children safe. Students will then research and analyze the history of policing in America from the colonial era to the present as it relates to the African-American community and identify how that history produced the need for black parents to have “The Conversation” today.

Subject:
Ethnic Studies
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
PBS Learning Media
Date Added:
08/06/2023
Lesson Plan: Why Supreme Court Confirmations Have Become So Bitter: Mini-Lesson
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This 10-minute video delves into how the nature of Supreme Court nominations have changed since the defeat of Robert Bork. As President Biden makes his first Supreme Court nomination, he is hoping for bipartisan support for nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Recent history of Supreme Court nominations have yielded bitter battles and guarded answers from nominees on their views of important legal issues.

Subject:
Civics and Government
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
RetroReport
Date Added:
06/05/2023
Lesson Plan for Mississippi's Forgotten Soldiers: Women in the Ranks during the Civil War Lesson Plan
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Students will be able to determine the roles of women on the home front and battlefront during and after the Civil War., Examine historical events that are significant to Mississippi culture, but also relate to women from other states,
evaluate the contributions of women, African Americans, and other minority groups to the war effort. Students will be able to examine primary sources to gain an understanding of women's experiences and contributions to the Civil War.

Subject:
Gender Studies
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Data Set
Primary Source
Reading
Author:
Sydney Pinnen
Date Added:
09/30/2023
Lesson Plans · George Washington's Mount Vernon
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Collection of Lesson plans related to George Washington’s life, his service to his country, and his legacy. Lesson plans can be searched by grade level and topic.

Subject:
Civics and Government
Education
Elementary Education
English Language Arts
Gender Studies
Reading Informational Text
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
George Washington's Mount Vernon
Date Added:
08/04/2022
Love In Abundance: A Guide To Women's Music
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Women's music is a genre for women, by women, and about women. Women's music formed and evolved from the second wave of the feminist movement, the Civil Rights Movement, and the peace movements of the 1960s and 1970s.The movement was started by lesbian performers such as Cris Williamson, Meg Christian, and Margie Adam, African-American musicians including Linda Tillery, Mary Watkins, and Gwen Avery, and activists such as Bernice Johnson Reagon and her group Sweet Honey in the Rock, and Peace activist Holly Near.
Women's music also refers to the wider industry of women's music that goes beyond the performing artists to include studio musicians, producers, sound engineers, technicians, cover artists, distributors, promoters, and festival organizers who are also women.
Students will be able to investigate various songs, interpret their lyrics, and examine the perspectives behind the creation of the song.

Subject:
Gender Studies
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Learning Task
Reading
Reference Material
Author:
Crys Matthews
Date Added:
09/28/2023
Martin Luther King Jr Day
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Enhance your classroom experience on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day with these teacher-tested lessons from the nationally recognized We the People: The Citizen & the Constitution curriculum. These materials will help inform your students about the national struggle for civil rights and equal protection under the law.

Subject:
Civics and Government
English Language Arts
Reading Informational Text
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Center for Civics Education
Date Added:
07/31/2022
Mildred Fish Harnack Collection from UW-Madison Libraries
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This resource offers a selection of primary sources related to Mildred Fish Harnack. These sources include: photos, admission papers, letters of recommendation, a poem written by Harnack, and an article related to outstanding UW Alumni. Mildred Fish Harnack's life before leaving for Germany comes to life through these sources.

Subject:
Social Studies
U.S. History
World History
Material Type:
Reference Material
Author:
UW-Madison Libraries
Date Added:
08/15/2022
Mildred Fish Harnack Information
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This webpage is maintained by Mildred Fish Harnack's great-niece (granddaughter of Mildred's sister Marion). She offers personal family artifacts and letters, as well as newspaper clippings and other primary sources.

Standards alignment suggested here is only if the primary sources are used in analysis that aligns to the standards - for example, they are used to consider cause & effect, the context of the situation, or the primary reason the author wrote the text.

Subject:
Gender Studies
Social Studies
U.S. History
World History
Material Type:
Diagram/Illustration
Primary Source
Reading
Reference Material
Author:
Shareen Blair Brysac
Date Added:
03/22/2024
Native American Cultural Genocide & Reclamation: Examining What Was Stolen & What Can Be Regained
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"This lesson plan will be submitted for inclusion into an on-line database of curricular projects for the NEH program 'Teaching Native American Histories'." The essential questions explored include the following:

- What were the goals of Native American boarding schools?
- How were students at boarding schools separated from their culture?
- What are the most effective means of cultural reclamation?

Subject:
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Unit of Study
Author:
Teaching Native American Histories Summer Institute
Marie Sarnacki
Date Added:
06/25/2022
OER Project Teaching Guide
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This teaching guide from the OER Project outlines their courses, PD, and other resources.

The OER Project is a coalition of educators and historians committed to boosting student engagement and achievement through transformational social studies programs. By empowering classroom teachers with better curricula, content, and a vibrant community, we deliver more compelling, impactful, and usable histories. “OER” stands for open educational resources. When you grab a free worksheet off Pinterest for your tenth graders, that’s an OER resource. We recognize the value of OER resources, but want to go beyond the typical content repository approach—we aim to improve OER by providing coherency, support, and community.

Currently, the OER Project offers two courses—Big History Project (BHP) and World History Project (WHP)—both of which are completely free, online, and adaptable to different standards and classroom needs. Unlike textbooks, lesson websites, and other commercial products, everything has been purposely built to truly empower teachers and leave traditional history courses in—sorry for the pun—the past. We also offer short, standalone courses for those who want to try the OER Project approach, but aren’t yet ready to take on a full history course. Our current standalone options include Project X, a course that uses data to explore historical trends to help make predictions about the future; Project Score, a course that uses writing tools and the use of Score, a free, online essay-scoring service to help support student writing; and Climate Project, an evidence-based overview of the global carbon problem that culminates in students developing a plan of action they can implement locally

Subject:
American Indian Studies
Ancient History
Archaeology
Civics and Government
Economics
Ethnic Studies
Geography
Religious Studies
Social Studies
Sociology and Anthropology
U.S. History
World Cultures
World History
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Curriculum Map
Formative Assessment
Full Course
Lecture Notes
Lesson
Lesson Plan
Primary Source
Reference Material
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Unit of Study
Author:
OER Project
Date Added:
01/30/2023
PBS LearningMedia American Veteran
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Follow individual trajectories of America’s diverse community of veterans as they join the military, experience deployments, and then return and adjust to civilian life. Analyze oral histories that describe the camaraderie of the veteran community, the struggles of engaging in combat, and the experiences—positive and negative—of returning to civilian life. Use their personal stories to engage in a discussion of how American veterans are treated by civilians during their service and on returning home from various conflicts.

Subject:
Civics and Government
English Language Arts
Global Education
Reading Informational Text
Social Studies
U.S. History
World History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
PBS Learning Media
Date Added:
07/31/2022
PBS News Hour Martin Luther King Jr. Day Classroom Resources
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Use the following NewsHour Classroom resources to examine King’s impact on civil rights and his ongoing legacy. Lessons include a deep dive anayisis of the “I have a dream” speech and the impact of Dr, King’s work on current evens

Subject:
Civics and Government
English Language Arts
Reading Informational Text
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
PBS NewsHour
Victoria Pasquantonio
Date Added:
07/31/2022
Progressive Era Political Cartoons
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Cartoons in Sunday comic strips make us laugh. Political cartoons in the front section of the newspaper challenge us to think.

Because political cartoons present a particular point of view or story through symbolism and caricature, they are a particularly effective method for teaching history.

By interpreting political cartoons, students are encouraged to discover different points of view on the same historical event.

The three political cartoons in this section focus on Robert M. La Follette; they offer an additional opportunity to explore the progressive era in Wisconsin. Suggested activities, brief histories of each cartoon, a one-page biography of La Follette, and an introduction to cartoon analysis are also included.

Subject:
Education
English Language Arts
Reading Informational Text
Social Studies
U.S. History
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Author:
Wisconsin Historical Society
Date Added:
07/01/2022