Students create a family cookbook to record special family memories and collect important recipes. In this family traditions lesson, students create a cookbook of memories, stories, and favorite recipes. Students present their cookbooks...

Understand the violence of the Civil War through the eyes of young women whose homes were in the midst of an important battle and continuing conflict.

Explore contributions of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) during World War II with an engaging history lesson. Middle schoolers examine portrayals of women in World War II posters and newsreels, compare and contrast them with...

Seventh graders explore the significance of the Mier Expedition to the Republic of Texas. They discuss the suffering Texans endured during their escape attempt and incarceration. Using first hand interviews and recollections, 7th graders...

Learners put themselves in the shoes of students who integrated Little Rock High School in 1957-58. Note: The primary resources in this activity provide powerful and poignant descriptions of what those students faced.

Encourage your middle and high schoolers to share their memories of a recent event. After reading a New York Times article, they discuss Elie Wiesel's memoir, Night. They write their own memoir about a significant event that affected...

After listening to a story about Martin Luther King Jr., first graders answer questions about the text. They discuss the importance of the illustrations, identify the beginning, middle, and end of the story, and complete a writing...

Showing how folk poetry keeps alive national heritage is the stated goal of this proposal for a unit on the poetry of the Balkans.

Students examine and interpret conflicting primary sources.

Eighth graders investigate the events that led to World War II. In this Holocaust lesson, 8th graders research primary and secondary sources about the events that led to the war. Students create PowerPoint presentations that provide...

Students identify bias in how the events of the Boston Massacre were reported. They attempt to determine who is to blame for the Boston Massacre by determining the reliability the of sources.

Students identify artifacts from Chinese immigrants that are common to other immigrant groups, describe how American society discriminated against the Chinese, describe contribution of Chinese immigrants to American society, discuss two...

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students examine the meaning of twenty eight words and identify where those words might be encountered.

Fourth graders study the Texas City Disaster, the largest industrial accident in United States history. They examine the explosions of the SS Grandcamp and the SS High Flyer and their effect on the oil refining center of Texas City and...

Students explore their family history by examining home remedy traditions. They read and discuss a handout about home remedies, conduct an interview with a family member, and complete an interview worksheet.

Students identify the impact of the "Back to the Land" movement on the Appalachian area. They interview people who have moved back or know someone who has moved back to the Appalachian area. Students graph out profiles of "typical"...

In this grammar activity, students participate in a Verb Patterns Pellmanism Game (Advanced) in teams of four. Students match up as many verb patterns from the thirty-nine verbs listed as they can.

This SHSU site provides an excerpt from Goss's "Recollections of a Private" entitled "Going to the Front". An illustration is also included.

A poem from Emily Dickinson, "If Recollecting were Forgetting", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Lauren Schaffel and can access a printable version of this piece.