Teaching American History Project

Expansion and Reform

Votes for Women Poster Statements on Slavery Poster Tree of Temperance Poster Native American family poses


Amistad - CT Freedom Trail
Grade 10 - Ben Scurto
Lesson
Activity

Analysis of the Diary of Narissa Witman
Grade 7 - David Jones

Analyzing the De Lome Letter
Grade 11 - Christopher Morgan
Lesson
Teacher Copy
Student Handout

Andrew Jackson - Martial Law
Grades 9-12 - Ben Scurto
Lesson
Bill proposed to reimburse Jackson
Debate on the fine of General Jackson
Warshauer background notes

Cult of Domesticity
Grade 11 - Geri Dineen

Daniel Freeman
Grade 5 - Jeff Burnham, Stan Harris

Fighting the Demons: The Early American
Temperance/Anti-tobacco Movement
Lesson
Document Analysis Sheet
Primary Sources

Gender-Based Temperance Reform
Grade 11

Indian Resistance
Grade 5-6 - Victoria Stolzman

Jacksonian Democracy via Political Cartoons
Grade 7 - Kyra Kasperson
Lesson
Materials - Political Cartoons
Political Cartoon Worksheet

The Louisiana Purchase
and the Lewis and Clark Expedition

Grade 7 - Carol Goulart

Mystic Economy
Grade 5 - Stanley Harris and Jeff Burnham

Native American and European Viewpoints
Grade 11/12 - Sean Gilligan

The Pioneer Experience
Grade 10- Lisa Bastien

Political Cartoon Interpretation
Grades 9-12 - Bill Powers

The Poor of Plainfield
Grade 8 - Kevin Grant

Possible Interpretations of American Imperialism
Grades 9-12 - Bill Powers

Pre-industrial Education
Grade 6 - Don Curtis and Max Echevarria
Lesson
David Clap's Diary

President Madison's Speech to Congress
Peter Rodrigues

Seneca Falls Declaration
Grade 11

Seneca Falls Declaration
Grade 8
Lesson
Student Handout
Seneca Falls Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence

Spanish American War
Lesson
Yellow Press
Articles for Lesson

Statements on Slavery
Grade 11 - Matt Warner
Lesson
Information on the Fugitive Slave Law

Temperance
Grade 11
Webquest Lesson
Webquest Resources
Written Document Analysis Worksheet

Temperance
Grade 8 - Dona Stratton
Temperance Reform Lesson
Document Analysis Sheet
Scale of Temperance
Tree of Temperance

Trail of Tears
Grade 5 - Victoria Stolzman

What is Manifest Destiny
Grade 11 - Geri Dineen

Women's Suffrage Stations
Grade 11 - Shelley Manning

Women's Suffrage
Grade 8 - David Chassanoff & Cyndee McManaman
Lesson
Suffrage Vocabulary and Background Information
Discussion Questions Worksheet
Women's Suffrage Primary Sources

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