Title Era Topic Theme Grade Level
Primary Source Activities
Immigration in Your Community The development of modern America (1865 to 1920) Immigration The gathering and interactions of peoples, cultures, and ideas 7-12
Minstrel Show Posters: A Background Lesson to Introduce Civil Rights Contemporary America (1945 to present) Civil Rights Movement Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 11-12
Orangeburg Massacre Contemporary America (1945 to present) Civil Rights Movement Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 11-12
Race and Point of View in To Kill a Mockingbird Contemporary America (1945 to present) Civil Rights Movement Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 5-8
What is Segregation? Contemporary America (1945 to present) Civil Rights Movement Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 5-8
Nativism and Anti-Irish Sentiment in the United States Contemporary America (1945 to present) Civil Rights Movement Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 5-8
Comparing the Creed of the Klanswomen to the Bill of Rights The development of modern America (1865 to 1920) Civil Rights Movement Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 5-8
Montgomery Bus Boycott: A Lesson with Primary Documents The development of modern America (1865 to 1920) Civil Rights Movement Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 5-8
North or South? Racial Attitudes before the Civil War The development of modern America (1865 to 1920) Civil Rights Movement Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 5-8
The Quest for Citizenship The development of modern America (1865 to 1920) Civil Rights Movement Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 5-8
The Ku Klux Klan in Vermont and New Hampshire The development of modern America (1865 to 1920) Civil Rights Movement Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 5-8
Connecting Primary Sources to Warriors Don’t Cry Contemporary America (1945 to present) Civil Rights Movement Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 5-8
Connecting Primary Sources to Witness Development of Modern America (19th and 20th centuries). Civil Rights Movement Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 7
Should She Have the Vote? The development of modern America (1865 to 1920) Voting Rights Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 8
Rights and Freedoms: The First Amendment The development of modern America (1865 to 1920) Voting Rights Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 8
Preconceptions about Race in our Communities: A primary source investigation The development of modern America (19th and 20th centuries) Civil Rights Movement Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 8
The Ku Klux Klan in Vermont The development of modern America (1865 to 1920) Civil Rights Movement Change and continuity in American democracy: ideas, institutions, events, key figures, and controversies 9-12