A three-lesson unit on the campaign and election of 1840. Links to many sites for more information, interactive worksheets, lesson objectives, and assessment. From EDSITEment.

Excellent lesson plan in which young scholars study and analyze the letters that Emily Dickinson wrote to Thomas Higginson and to her sister-in-law, Susan Huntington Gilbert Dickinson, as a method of understanding her poetry in a deeper...

A complete lesson unit on Hammurabi?s Code, for Grades 9-12.

The Black Death caused a radical alteration in population and dramatic changes in society. In this lesson, students will analyze maps, documents, and firsthand accounts to trace the effects of the Black Death in Europe.

This unit plan can be used as a whole, or any of its three parts. Plenty of resources for the context of the novel, and the literary concepts of realism and regionalism are provided.

This site offers two separate lesson plans which focus on the theme of "Courage," as portrayed in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," and court transcripts (and other primary source material) from the second Scottsboro Boys Trial of 1933.

Contemporary criticism of the novel, the conditions of Victorian women, and Bronte's decision to publish the novel under a male pseudonym form the focus of this lesson.

The decision of Britain's North American countries to rebel against their Mother Country was a risky one. The teaching unit is comprised of three lesson plans. Students explore the diplomatic and military aspects of the American War for...

In this lesson plan, students will consider "A Story of Epic Proportions: What makes a Poem an Epic?." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson plan, students will consider "African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

For this lesson plan, young scholars will consider "Australian Aboriginal Art and Storytelling." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

For this lesson plan, learners will consider "Aztecs Find a Home: The Eagle Has Landed." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson plan, young scholars will consider "Background on the Patriot Attitude Toward the Monarchy." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson plan, students will consider "Being in the Noh: An Introduction to Japanese Noh Plays." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson plan, students will consider "Birth of a Nation, the NAACP, and the Balancing of Rights." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson plan, students will consider "Building Suburbia: Highways and Housing in Postwar America." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson plan, students will consider Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper"-The "New Woman". The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson plan, students will consider "Chronicling America: Uncovering a World at War." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson plan, middle schoolers will consider "Colonial Broadsides and the American Revolution." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson plan, young scholars will consider "Colonial Broadsides: A Student-Created Play." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson plan, students will consider "Critical Ways of Seeing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in Context." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson plan, young scholars will consider "David Walker vs. John Day: Two Nineteenth-Century Free Black Men." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson plan, learners will consider "Empire and Identity in the American Colonies." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.

In this lesson plan, students will consider "Galileo: Revealing the Universe." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.