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This Launchpad provides background materials and discussion questions to enhance your reading and understanding of Mark Twain’s short story “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg.”
This Launchpad, adapted from http://www.WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org, provides background materials and discussion questions to enhance your reading and understanding of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s short story “Harrison Bergeron.”
A geographical and historical summary of ancient Timbuktu in Mali. Complete with questions for students.
This Launchpad takes students on an adventure to the most famous cave of all, Lascaux, in southwestern France, and asks them to look around carefully, at what is inside it.
This Launchpad guides students through Herman Melville's short story, "Bartleby, the Scrivener." It is augmented with video discussions.
In this Spanish-language launchpad, students will look behind the story at the historical, social, and cultural circumstances that help account for the great contrasts and contradictions that Esperanza experiences when she moves to California. The launchpad also invites students to contemplate some of the changes Esperanza undergoes as she grows from a pampered child into a resourceful and responsible young woman.
This interactive Launchpad will guide you through several resources to learn about Neruda’s life, works, and one of his poems from Odas elementales, “Oda al mar.”
This Launchpad, adapted from www.WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org, provides background materials and discussion questions to enhance your reading and understanding of Benjamin Franklin’s “The Project of Moral Perfection” a passage from his Autobiography.
Explore three different points of view (British, American and Native American) on Empire.
Explore Robert Browning's poem, "My Last Duchess."
Review the features of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Review the features of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
This Launchpad, adapted from www.WhatSoProudlyWeHail.org, provides background materials and discussion questions to enhance your reading and understanding of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The May-pole of Merry Mount.”
This Launchpad guides students through Henry David Thoreau's classic political essay, "On Civil Disobedience."
Follow the instructions to use and complete this multiple-choice quiz on the names of colors in Spanish. This interactive has audio elements to it. The interactive is most effective when the user allows the audio portion of each panel to complete before moving on to the next panel.
Mission US is a multimedia project that immerses players in U.S. history content through free interactive games.
In Mission 2: “Flight to Freedom,” players take on the role of Lucy, a 14-year-old slave in Kentucky. As they navigate her escape and journey to Ohio, they discover that life in the “free” North is dangerous and difficult. In 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act brings disaster. Will Lucy ever truly be free?
This resource is intended to assist students in drawing interconnections between members of the small group of American literati that made up Thoreau’s circle based in Concord, Massachusetts, and who spawned the transcendentalist movement.
The Greeks inherited the alphabet invented by the Phoenicians, and used it to write their great literature.
The Phoenicians invented the alphabet inherited by the Greeks, Romans, and eventually, us.
This interactive map of the first 13 states highlights the ratification process in each state.
This Launchpad looks at the tragic events on 9/11 and all of the heroes who helped Americans recover from that day. It asks students to think, "What makes a hero?"
Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) was a former slave who became the greatest abolitionist orator of the antebellum period. During the Civil War he worked tirelessly for the emancipation of the four million enslaved African Americans. In the decades after the war, he was the most influential African American leader in the nation.
He delivered this speech on July 5, 1852. It is generally considered his greatest and one of the greatest speeches of the 19th century. Before you read the speech you can follow these links to learn more about Douglass’s life and the evolution of his thought in this period.
The introductory movie to EDSITEment's Constitution Day index.
Similes compare one thing or idea to another, utilizing as or like to set off the comparison.
This student interactive, from an EDSITEment lesson plan, allows students to explore Grant Wood's painting, "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a major literary figure and the first great Latin American poet, is a product of el Siglo de Oro Español (Spanish Golden Age). This exercise introduces students to her sonnet, “A su retrato.”
A culminating exercise for the curriculum unit on Faulkner's As I Lay Dying.
Lesson 1: The Sonnets, Sor Juana, the Poet
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a major literary figure, and the first great Latin American poet, is a product of el Siglo de Oro Español (Spanish Golden Age). Explore the different facets of this painting to learn about Sor Juana and what the life of a nun was like in the 17th century.
By examining The Dove by artist Romare Bearden, students will learn to appreciate the artistic and intellectual achievement of Black artists in America in the first half of the 20th century. By listening to music, students will see how art and music intersect to tell us a story. They will relate that story to their own lives.
Bergognioni: Symmetry and Balance Instructions.
3. What is it About? A Little Closer Still
2. What is it About? Come a Little Closer!
Rubric for Worksheet: 5. Sharpening your Eye
Worksheet: Activity 1. A Real Impression
Worksheet: Activity 5. Sharpening your Eye
The story of the Ramayana has been passed from generation to generation by numerous methods and media. Initially it was passed on orally as an epic poem that was sung to audiences by a bard, as it continues to be today. Over the centuries it has also been written down in numerous languages.
Instructions.
Instructions. Race in America: Courage and Cowardice
On April 11, 1898, two months after the battleship U.S.S. Maine was destroyed by an explosion in Havana harbor, President McKinley sent a message to Congress requesting authority to use the U.S. armed forces to end a brutal civil war in the Spanish colony of Cuba.
The Alphabet is Historic: Mediterranean World
Students should fill in yes or no in the boxes beneath each of the teachings to indicate whether it is a component of that teaching. In the final box they should fill in a line of from one of the poems which exemplifies this idea wherever it is possible to find an example.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Nonsense Poetry and Whimsy
Instructions: For Investigating Genre in the Visual Arts
Roll over the image to explore the areas of the painting, clicking to bring up the descriptive pop-ups. Make notes in the pop-up's tabs to prepare you for the follow-on multiple-choice questions (under "Test Your Knowledge"), and answer the essay questions on the pop-up tabs. After completing these tasks, follow the instructions for printing out your answers and notes, and you can also print the image istself.
Group I: Testimony from Joan of Arc’s Condemnation Trial and Group II: Testimony of Joan’s Friends from Her Nullification Trial
Mission US (Mission 1: Crown or Colony?) is an interactive adventure game designed to improve the understanding of American history by students in grades 5 through 8.
The first game in a planned series, Mission 1: “For Crown or Colony?” explores the reasons for Revolution through the eyes of both Loyalists and Patriots in 1770 Boston. This website provides information and materials to support the use of Mission 1 in your classroom. Download all the teacher materials as a DOC or PDF.
Begin the lesson by assigning students to either read or view Twelve Angry Men. Distribute the following questions beforehand. These same questions may serve as the basis for either group or class discussion of the play/film.
Bon Voyage!
A Trip to Asia for Asian-Pacific Heritage Month for 6–12 Students to celebrate Asian-Pacific American Month!
Bon Voyage!
A Trip to Asia for Asian-Pacific Heritage Month for K–5 Students to celebrate Asian-Pacific American Month!
Come along with EDSITEment this summer and discover the multilayered heritage of the peoples who call New Mexico their homeland. Our virtual road trip will take us through the terrain and annals of American history which characterize this remarkable landscape.
Asian Pacific Heritage month was established in 1990 to mark the arrival of the first Japanese immigrant to the United States on May 7, 1843.
In this launchpad, teachers will introduce students to the basics of the color wheel, as well as the ways in which artists use color to guide the viewer's attention through a painting's composition.
In this launchpad students will be introduced to the basics of the color wheel, as well as the ways in which artists use color to guide the viewer's attention through a painting's composition.
In this launchpad, teachers will instruct students about one of the most important elements in painting and drawing: line. Students learn how line is defined in the visual arts, and how to recognize this element in painting.
In this launchpad students learn about one of the most important elements in painting and drawing: line. Students learn how line is defined in the visual arts, and how to recognize this element in painting.
In this launchpad, teachers will instruct students about repetition, one of the techniques artists often use to highlight important elements within a painting's composition, and to move a viewer's eye around the canvas, from highpoint to highpoint.
In this Launchpad students will learn about repetition, one of the techniques artists often use to highlight important elements within a painting's composition, and to move a viewer's eye around the canvas, from highpoint to highpoint.
In this launchpad, teachers will instruct students how artists use symmetry and balance to convey a sense of harmony in their works.
In this launchpad, students learn how artists use symmetry and balance to convey a sense of harmony in their works.
In this LaunchPad, teachers will instruct students about composition in the visual arts and some of its most basic components.
In this launchpad, students learn the definition of composition in the visual arts and some of its most basic components.
By 1900, there were more than 29 million people in the American workforce including men, women, and children. Americans worked an average of 59 hours per week and usually received Saturday afternoons and Sundays off. Many companies provided unpaid leave to their employees. How do you think Americans might have spent their leisure time a century ago?
You are about to build China's Great Wall and learn about the great Chinese imperial dynasties.
This detail map of China is the area from the inset (lower right) map of the whole of the Chinese mainland.
Wall Segment (Route) Legend:
When the user answers a question correctly, a blue "segment" of the Great Wall is added.
3. What Kind of Lines?
Henry Fuseli’s Oedipus Cursing his Son, Polynices
3. What Kind of Lines?
Henry Fuseli’s Oedipus Cursing his Son, Polynices
3. What Kind of Lines?
Hans Baldung Grien’s Man of Sorrows
3. What Kind of Lines?
Hans Baldung Grien’s Man of Sorrows
3. What Kind of Lines?
3. What Kind of Lines?
2. In the Line of Sight
2. In the Line of Sight
2. In the Line of Sight
1. Lining Up
Saul Berman’s River Front
1. Lining Up
3. Working together: Form and Color
John Biggers’ Shotgun, Third Ward #1
3. Working together: Form and Color
John Biggers’ Shotgun, Third Ward #1
3. Working together: Form and Color
John Biggers’ Shotgun, Third Ward #1
2. Repetition and the Use of Color
Alan Rohan Crite’s School’s Out
2. Repetition and the Use of Color
Alan Rohan Crite’s School’s Out
2. Repetition and the Use of Color
William H. Johnson’s Harlem Street
William H. Johnson’s Harlem Street
William H. Johnson’s Harlem Street
Claude Monet’s Palazzo del Mula Venice
2. Balancing Acts
2. Balancing Acts
1. Mirror, Mirror: Symmetry in Painting
1. Mirror, Mirror: Symmetry in Painting
3. Compose a Visual Symphony: Pulling towards the Center
3. Compose a Visual Symphony: Pulling towards the Center
3. Compose a Visual Symphony: Pulling towards the Center
3. Compose a Visual Symphony: Pulling towards the Center
3. Compose a Visual Symphony: Pulling towards the Center
3. Compose a Visual Symphony: Pulling towards the Center
3. Compose a Visual Symphony: Pulling towards the Center
2. Compose a Visual Symphony: Variety of Visions
2. Compose a Visual Symphony: Variety of Visions
2. Compose a Visual Symphony: Variety of Visions
2. Compose a Visual Symphony: Variety of Visions
2. Compose a Visual Symphony: Variety of Visions
2. Compose a Visual Symphony: Variety of Visions
2. Compose a Visual Symphony: Variety of Visions
2. Compose a Visual Symphony: Variety of Visions
Emmanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware
Emmanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware
One of the greatest engineering feats of ancient times, Xerxes' bridge over the Hellespont was actually two bridges. See The Persian Wars and this Launchpad for more background. Here is an image of the Hellespont today, and a satellite image as well. This is a view of how the Hellespont might have looked in 480 BCE.
You will now rebuild that famous set of bridges.
You are Xerxes, King of the mighty Persian Empire, and you are about to embark on one of the greatest military campaigns in history.
Use the information you've gathered from the interactive map The Path of the Black Death, to answer the questions posed in this interactive.
Instructions
Study the following cartoons and determine whether they are for or against abolishing slavery.
Your task is to trace the path of the Black Death through Europe by locating these cities and looking for patterns. What can you learn about the source, spread, and extent of the disease?
You have to know the Fall River Line's history to successfully navigate the steamship toward its final destination.
Follow Alice on her adventure with the White Rabbit, and learn how to solve problems.
In this assignment students will use the interactive archives at the EDSITEment reviewed website the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to provide them with evidence that the impulse to resist remained alive during the Holocaust. You can access the museum's collections, including the archive, here. Students can use the online note-taker and outline tool to record their findings. Ask students to complete the following task:
Learn how Shakespeare used the sonnet tradition to enhance his stagecraft by performing a scene from this timeless tragedy.
The following resources will be valuable as you examine the lyric form and conventions in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Drawing upon the online archives of the U.S. Holocaust Museum, this lesson helps students to put the events described by Anne Frank into historical perspective, and also serves as a broad overview of the Nazi conquest of Europe during World War II. After surveying the experiences of various countries under Nazi occupation, the lesson ends with activities related specifically to the Netherlands and Anne Frank.
Birth of a Nation, the NAACP, and the Balancing of Rights
Australian Aboriginal art is one of the oldest continuing art traditions in the world. Much of the most important knowledge of aboriginal society was conveyed through different kinds of storytelling—including narratives that were spoken, performed as dances or songs, and those that were painted.
Brochure Press. Use this tool to create a brochure.
Are you ready for an “EDSITEing” journey with Marco Polo? If you've studied the material on Marco Polo, this adventure should be a breeze! A route and timeline for Marco Polo's travels to and from China. In conjunction with the curriculum unit: On the Road with Marco Polo
For EDSITEment Lesson: How Did Surnames Come to Be? Match each surname to its meaning. A correct answer will win you two stars. Continue until the chart is filled with stars.
For EDSITEment Lesson: How Did Surnames Come to Be? Match each surname to its meaning. A correct answer will win you two stars. Continue until the chart is filled with stars.
For EDSITEment Lesson: How Did Surnames Come to Be? Match each surname to its meaning. A correct answer will win you two stars. Continue until the chart is filled with stars.
Instructions: Using material from the lessons and the related links, fill in the information as completely as you can on each of the candidates in the presidential election of 1824.
The essay Life Before the Presidency on the EDSITEment-reviewed website The American President describes Washington's earliest military experiences as "disastrous." He went on to modest success—at best—before he retired in 1758. Yet, the same article states that though Washington hesitated to accept the commission as Commander-in-Chief because of "the misadventures against the French and Native Americans," he was chosen by the Continental Congress to be Commander-in-Chief because the "leadership and charisma of the tall, quiet, stately Virginian was unsurpassed."
What problems was Congress attempting to address when it granted expanded powers to George Washington in 1776?
Although the campaign in the Mediterranean was successful in forcing Italy out of the war, Allied military planners by late 1943 had concluded that it would not be enough to defeat Nazi Germany. As a result, priorities were shifted to an invasion of France across the English Channel.
Although it was the Japanese who attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, U.S. military planners decided that Germany, not Japan, was to be the primary target of operations for the early part of World War II.
Salem Witch Trials-Understanding the Hysteria
Debating the Social Security Act on the Radio
"Selling" the Social Security Act
Group D: Debating the Social Security Act
Group C: Debating the Social Security Act
Group B: Debating the Social Security Act
Debating the Social Security Act
The Path of the Black Death: Activity 3 - Groups 1, 2 and 3.
The Effects of the Black Death: Group 3
The Effects of the Black Death: Group 2
The Effects of the Black Death: Group 3
The Effects of the Black Death: Group 2
The Effects of the Black Death: Group 1
The African-American Perspective
The Steps That Led To Emancipation
Introduction to the Emancipation Proclamation
Fill in the white text boxes below each question (Please Note: wrap text in the boxes and use punctuation marks to save space instead of separating items with carriage returns). For information to help you answer the questions, use the following web sites as references: Aztec Society — Conquistadors. When you complete your answers, print out this page.
Fill in the white text boxes below each question (Please Note: wrap text in the boxes and use punctuation marks to save space instead of separating items with carriage returns). For information to help you answer the questions, use the following web sites as references: Aztec Society — Conquistadors. When you complete your answers, print out this page.
This lesson plan highlights the importance of First Amendment rights by examining Norman Rockwell’s painting of The Four Freedoms. Students discover the First Amendment in action as they explore their own community and country through newspapers, art, and role playing.
Fill in the respective party positions for each issue category listed. Can be used in conjunction with Lesson 3 of The First American Party System: Events, Issues, and Positions.
An interactive timeline on the origins of the cuneiform writing system in ancient Mesopotamia. Can be used with the lesson plan: The Cuneiform Writing System in Ancient Mesopotamia: Emergence and Evolution
The goal of this Launchpad is not only to get you thinking about the differences between Xerxes and Leonidas, the Persians and the Greeks, but also to guide you to greater understanding of the way history is represented and interpreted from a specific point of view.
Students practice strategies of "close reading" in order to understand Edith Wharton's gripping tragedy about an unhappy marriage set against the stark backdrop of rural New England
Was the American Revolution inevitable? This launchpad is designed to help students understand the transition to armed resistance and the contradiction in the Americans’ rhetoric about slavery through the examination of a series of documents. While it is designed to be conducted over a several-day period, teachers with time constraints can choose to utilize only one of the documents to illustrate the patriots’ responses to the actions of the British.
Read the following background about the development of English towns and their expansion in Massachusetts in the seventeenth-century.
Look at the images below and describe what you see in detail i.e. clothing, jewelry or body decoration, what they are doing, village layout. Make some inferences about these people based on this image. Compare the watercolor to the engraving.
Through this launchpad, students investigate nature and culture in Jack London's White Fang.
In this launchpad, students examine structure and characterization in several short stories and consider the significance of humor through a study of several American writers.
In 1691, a group of girls from Salem, Massachusetts accused an Indian slave named Tituba of witchcraft, igniting a hunt for witches that left 19 men and women hanged, one man pressed to death, and over 150 more people in prison awaiting a trial. Through this launchpad, students will explore the characteristics of the Puritan community in Salem, learn about the Salem Witchcraft Trials, and try to understand how and why this event occurred.
Death. Perhaps no other theme elicits such deep and varied emotions from individuals across the globe. It's no wonder, then, that poets through the ages—no matter the time or place—have sought to address death through poetry. Read the following poems by A.E. Housman and Dylan Thomas and begin to consider the theme of death in poetry.
Return to ancient Athens for the world premier of Antigone.
4b HIRAM POWERS [1805–1873], Benjamin Franklin, 1862. Picturing America Teacher's Resource Book
American author Pearl S. Buck spent most of her life in China. She returned to America in 1934, "an immigrant among immigrants … in my native land." In this launchpad, students will explore American attitudes toward immigration in the 1930s through Pearl S. Buck's essay, "On Discovering America." They will explore the meaning of the term "American" in this context and look at how the media portrayed immigrants.
This lesson provides students with an opportunity to study and analyze the innovative legislative efforts of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson in the social and economic context of the 1960s.
Focusing on only the last two paragraphs of the document, have students read the first sentence and try to figure out what it is saying (see selection in student launchpad and in separate PDF with questions).
Study Gardner's Abraham Lincoln, February 5, 1865, and fill out The National Archives Photo Analysis Worksheet. Use the worksheet questions and the students' answers as a framework for a class discussion about the art. Encourage them to notice details that will help them understand Lincoln.
Read the directions and make use of the resources this LaunchPad is linked to to gain a better understanding and appreciation of Wood's painting.
In this student Launchpad, study Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" and the history of comics, then create your own comic strip.
Through this Launchpad, study Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and study her treatment of social class in the early 19th century as well as learn about the status of women in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
This launchpad asks students to explore the various roles that Eleanor Roosevelt took on, among them: First Lady, political activist for civil rights, newspaper columnist and author, and representative to the United Nations. Students will read and analyze materials written by and about Eleanor Roosevelt to understand the changing roles of women in politics. They will look at Eleanor Roosevelt's role during and after the New Deal as well as examine the lives and works of influential women who were part of her political network. They will also examine the contributions of women in Roosevelt's network who played critical roles in shaping and administering New Deal policies.
Students learn about FDR and the African-American Civilian Conservation Corps.
This launchpad focuses on the expansion of executive power involved in the Lend-Lease program.
In this launchpad, students listen to a portion of FDR's first fireside chat and then work together to determine the main points FDR is making.
Students will use primary source documents to learn about the debate over the Social Security Act that took place from 1935-1937. This launchpad will introduce students to key arguments supporting and opposing the establishment of Social Security.
This launchpad explores the contributions of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) during World War II, and their aviation legacy.
Trace the elements of myth and history in the world of the Round Table.
What was life like for women during the Victorian age? You will explore several websites that describe life in the Victorian era, a term used to describe the culture and society during the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. Keep in mind that like all broad claims about a society, the following are examples of life during this time, and only begin to reveal the complexity of Victorian-era livelihood.
How do firsthand accounts reflect on Joan of Arc’s role in the Hundred Years’ War and her posthumous rehabilitation?
Published in 1929, The Sound and the Fury is often referred to as William Faulkner's first work of genius. Faulkner's style is characterized by frequent time shifts, narrator shifts, unconventional punctuation and sentence structure, as well as a stream-of-consciousness technique that reveals the inner thoughts of characters to the reader. This launchpad will examine narrative structure and time, narrative voice/point of view, and symbolism throughout The Sound and the Fury.
In this launchpad students will study four popular Mexican holidays and examine images to see how these particular celebrations represent Mexico's colorful history.
In this launchpad students will look behind the story at the historical, social, and cultural circumstances that help account for the great contrasts and contradictions that Esperanza experiences when she moves to California. The launchpad also invites students to contemplate some of the changes Esperanza undergoes as she grows from a pampered child into a resourceful and responsible young woman.
Heavily influenced by social and scientific theories, including those of Darwin, writers of naturalism described—usually from a detached or journalistic perspective—the influence of society and surroundings on the development of the individual. In the following launchpad, students will learn the key characteristics that comprise American literary naturalism as they explore London's "To Build a Fire" and Crane's "The Open Boat."
Read Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "We Real Cool" out loud to yourself a few times. Then watch the video of John Ulrich discussing and reading "We Real Cool" as part of the EDSITEment-reviewed Library of Congress Favorite Poems Project. Pay particular attention to how you read the poem and how the poem is read in the Favorite Poems Project video—what words are emphasized? what kind of rhythm is established?
Read the first two paragraphs of Jack London’s “To Build a Fire,” and then look at the following images. How do they compare to London’s description?
Read the first section of Stephen Crane’s “The Open Boat,” and then look at the following images. How do they compare to Crane’s description?
This launchpad is designed to help students unravel the connection between composition and content in the visual arts.
Students examine the relationship of poetic form and content, shaped by alliteration, consonance, repetition, and rhythm, in two poems about fatherhood: Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" and Theodore Roethke's "My Papa's Waltz."
You are an archaeologist uncovering artifacts found in Old Babylonia. What can you learn from them about trade there as well?
A collection of resources for students to use as they prepare for reading and analyzing poetry.
Use the following links as you explore Andrew Marvell's poem, "To His Coy Mistress."
Use the following links as you explore Robert Browning's poem, "My Last Duchess."
Today's starting point? Atlanta. Destination? Florida. Although the family in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" lives in Atlanta, their journey to Florida takes them along the relatively new highways of the 1950s, including rural country roads.
This launchpad introduces students to allegory in the visual arts through the works of a number of well-known artists, including Thomas Cole and Caravaggio.
This interactive timeline highlights the major events in Europe and Asia from 1931 to 1941. Can be used in conjunction with the curriculum unit: From Neutrality to War: The United States and Europe, 1921-1941.
This interactive map shows the sequence of events in Europe during the early years of the Cold War, as well as their geographic locations. By clicking on the numbered locations pop-ups will appear with more information.Accompanies the curriculum unit: The Origins of the Cold War, 1945-1949.
The rivalry between the Federalists and Republicans was bitter. What were the key positions of the parties? How important to the parties' positions were their basic attitudes toward constitutional interpretation (Federalists, broad interpretation / Democratic-Republicans, strict interpretation)? Which positions of either party resonate in the politics of today? Fill in the respective party positions for each category listed.
The rivalry between the Federalists and Republicans was bitter. What were the key positions of the parties? How important to the parties' positions were their basic attitudes toward constitutional interpretation (Federalists, broad interpretation / Democratic-Republicans, strict interpretation)? Which positions of either party resonate in the politics of today? Fill in the respective party positions for each category listed. Fill in the respective party positions for each issue category listed
Use the Venn Diagram, with two intersecting circles. One circle is for Marshall's arguments in the section of his opinion quoted in McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), the other for Madison's. In the intersection between the two circles put those arguments that are essentially the same for both men. Begin by making a list.
As a class or in small groups, with each group assigned one section only, look at seven elements of the office of President in Hamilton's words. Compile a list of the powers and responsibilities of the President based on Hamilton's essay and/or additional resources. Can be used with the curriculum unit: Before and Beyond the Constitution: What Should a President do?
Use the Venn diagram to show both similarities and differences in the two men.
Compare the policies, personalities, experience and views of William Henry Harrison and Martin Van Buren in the Presidential campaign of 1840.
A timeline of the events that lead to the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson in 1867.
Beyond the obvious material destruction, there was more to reconstruct in the South than buildings, farms, manufacturing and railroads—there were social and political relationships to rebuild. Yet, it is impossible to understand Reconstruction fully without a grasp of the social and economic upheaval the war brought with it. For the people living through the times, this upheaval created a situation that demanded immediate attention.
A timeline of the events of the early Cold War years. Can be used in conjunction with the EDSITEment We The People curriculum unit: Anticommunism in Postwar America, 1945-1954: Witch Hunt or Red Menace?
Map of the World War II Pacific Theater. Use in conjunction with the curriculum unit: American Diplomacy in World War II
Military Lines of Control, Europe: June, 1941 to February 1945. Can be used in conjunction with the curriculum unit: American Diplomacy in World War II
An interactive map showing the shifting territorial gains, losses, and shifting alliances from June 1941 to February 1945. For use in conjunction with the curriculum unit: American Diplomacy in World War II
An interactive timeline of Lincoln's most famous speeches. Accompanies the curriculum unit: Abraham Lincoln on the American Union: "A Word Fitly Spoken"
Interactive map of the campaigns of the American Revolution in the northern colonies. Accompanies curriculum unit: The American War for Independence
An online chart on the Aliens and Seditions act for students to fill out in conjunction with the curriculum unit: The Sedition Act: Certain Crimes Against the United States.
An interactive political and demographic map of the U.S. in 1854 that allows users to se the economic, demographic, and political makeup of regions and states at the time. The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854: Popular sovereignty allowed the settlers of a federal territory to decide the slavery question without interference from Congress.
Interactive map illustrating the geography, demography, and political division of the United States as a result of the Missouri Compromise over the issue of Slavery in 1820–21
An interactive that introduces the principal generals on both sides of the American Civil War. Accompanies Lesson Plan 1 of the EDSITEment curriculum unit: The American Civil War: A "Terrible Swift Sword."
A comprehensive animated map showing the locations and travel routes of the major Civil War military campaigns.
A student interactive that uses a series of animated maps to summarize all the factors and statistics on the United States on the eve of the American Civil War. Accompanies the EDSITEment curriculum unit: The American Civil War: A "Terrible Swift Sword."
At the time of Woodrow Wilson's inauguration, the United States had extensive economic and strategic interests throughout Latin America. Accompanies the EDSITEment curriculum unit: Woodrow Wilson and Foreign Policy.
This interactive puts the student in the role of President Kennedy, having to decide among several options for responding to the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba. By clicking on the names of individual advisers, students can read the views of men such as Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, and Attorney General Robert Kennedy. After studying the strengths and weaknesses of each option, the student will be asked to choose an option, which will then bring up a new window that evaluates the response.
Why did thousands march over 50 miles through cold, Alabama rain in 1965? With this interactive, students learn about the Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, one of the seminal events of the Civil Rights movement.
This interactive asks the student questions to compare and contrast two literary works: The Heart of Darkness and Things Fall Apart.
This student interactive, from an EDSITEment lesson, prompts students to compare Wallace Stevens' poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird."
With this interactive map, students learning about World War II can trace the progress of the Allied troops in North Africa and Southern Europe.
This student interactive zoomable map from EDSITEment shows students the locations of major event that took place during WWII in Europe.
This student interactive timeline, from the curriculum unit, “The United States and Europe: From Neutrality to War, 1921–1941,” is designed to illustrate the U.S. response to crises in Europe and East Asia during the years 1931–1941.
This student interactive, from an EDSITEment lesson, is used by students to identify examples of moral courage and cowardice in key characters from the text of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
This student interactive, from an EDSITEment lesson, has students record and analyze the parallels between the characters in George Orwell's "Animal Farm" and historical figures of the time.