Homewood-Flossmoor American History Consortium

Teaching American History Grant Program

Lessons and materials:

These lessons and Materials were developed as a result of HFAHC courses.

1950’s Society – Conformity and Consensus

Lesson Plan – 1950’s Society

A Winter with the Mandan

Lesson Plan - A Winter with the Mandans

Alcatraz Proclamation

Lesson Plan – Alcatraz Proclamation – 1969

American Indians

Lesson Plan – Life on the Frontier for American Indians

Beacon of Freedom

Historical Debate Explanation

Historical Debate Lesson Plan

Press Conference of the President

Captivity Narratives

Lesson Plan – Captivity Narratives and Colonial America

Worksheet – Captivity Narratives and Colonial America

Christian Indian Women

Lesson Plan – Christian Indian Women

Civil Rights Movement and the Violence/Non-Violence Debate

Lesson Plan - The Civil Rights Movement and Violence Debate

Reading – Brother Outsider

Reading – Freedom Now or Death

Reading – Radio Free Dixie

Reading – Response to White Violence

Civil War or War for Southern Independence

Lesson Plan – Civil War or War for Southern Independence

Conquest of the New World

Debate lesson – Conquest of the New World – Spanish v. British

Dispelling Indian Myths

Lesson Plan – Dispelling Indian Myths through an Analysis of How
Indians were Impacted by European Conflicts

Doing History – A Midwife Tale

Midwife Tale – Paper

Martha Ballad – Lesson Plan

Founding Fathers Project

Founding Fathers Project – Paper

Lesson Plan – Founding Fathers

How Revolutionary War the American Revolution?

Revolutionary America – Lesson Plan

Revolutionary America – Paper

Images of Indians in America

Lesson Plan – Images of Indians in American History

Primary Source Analysis – Guide to Historical Thinking:
Photographs and Images

Visual – Images of Indians in American History I

Visual – Images of Indians in American History 2

Impact of Slavery in America

Slavery project – Lesson Plan

Slavery project – Paper

Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln Lesson Plan

Lincoln Paper

Indian Policy

Lesson Plan – Hopes and Contradictions of Indian Policy of the
Lewis and Clark Expeditions

Lesson Plan – Issues for Indians in American History

Indian Portrayals

Lesson Plan – How Should Indians be Portrayed?

Indian Religious Movements – 1760-1815

Lesson Plan – The Great Indian Prophets

Work Chart – American Indian Religious Movements

Jackson v. Biddle

Lesson Plan – Jackson v. Biddle

Japan and the U.S.

Lesson Plan – Japan and the U.S. – Uses of Propaganda

John Brown

Lesson Plan – John Brown

Primary Source – John Brown

Essay – John Brown Primary Source

Lewis and Clark Expedition

Lesson Plan - Lewis and Clark Expedition

Migration

Lesson Plan – The Great Migration

Reading – The Great Migration

Bell Work – The Great Migration

Origins of Slavery

Bibliography – Origins of Slavery

Lesson Plan – Origins of Slavery

Origins of Slavery – Documents

Paper – Origins of Slavery

Set A – Documents

Set B – Documents

Set C – Documents

Set D – Documents

Racial Discrimination During the 20^th Century

Debate – Racial Discrimination During the 20^th Century

Uncle Sam Lends a Hand – Readings

How Housing and Wealth Became Racialized – Worksheet

Racial Sorting - Activity

Radical or Conservative

Radical Revolution Debate

Radicals or Conservatives Worksheet

Rationale Paper – Radicals or Conservatives

Republicanism Terms

Reconstruction

Lesson Plan – Reconstruction

Reconstruction South

Lesson Plan – Reconstruction South

Slave Agency

Bibliography – Slave Agency

Lesson Plan – Slave Agency

Paper – Slave Agency

Slave Agency – Student Handout

Slavery or Racism

Slavery or Racism – Documents

Slavery or Racism – Lesson Plan

Slavery or Racism - LP paper

The Civil Rights Movement

Lesson Plan - The Civil Rights Movement

The Great Migration

Lesson Plan – The Great Migration

The Succession Crisis

Rational Paper – Secession Crisis

Secession Crisis – Different Perspectives

The Succession Crisis – Lesson Plan

The Tragedy of Lynching

The Tragedy of Lynching – Lesson Plan

Reading 1 – The Tragedy of Lynching

Reading 2 – The Tragedy of Lynching

The Trial of Dr. Ossian Sweet

The Trial of Dr. Ossian Sweet – Lesson Plan

The Vietnam Conflict

The Vietnam Conflict – Lesson Plan

Turn-of-the-century Transformation i Masculine Identity

Causes of Transformation in Masculine Identity – Lesson Plan

Causes of Transformation in Masculine Identity – Reading

Causes of Transformation in Masculine Identity – PowerPoint

Treaty of Greenville – 1795

Lesson Plan

Worksheet

Understanding Slave Agency – Antebellum

Lesson Plan – Understanding Slave Agency – Antebellum (pdf)

Materials – Understanding Slave Agency – Antebellum (pdf)

Understanding Slave Agency – Colonial

Lesson Plan – Understanding Slave Agency – Colonial (pdf)

Understanding Slave Experiences

Slave Experiences – Photo Analysis Matrix

Slave Experiences – Pic. 1

Slave Experiences – Pic. 2

Slave Experiences – Primary Documents – Lesson Plan

Slave Experiences – Primary Source Explanation

Slave Journal Assignment

Slave narratives

Slavery Photography Analysis (ppt)

U.S. Occupation of Japan

Lesson Plan - U.S. Occupation of Japan

Valley of the Shadow

Lesson Plan – Valley of the Shadow

What is Progress?

Lesson Plan – What is Progress?

White Indians

Lesson Plan – White Indians

All activities of the HFAHC are 100% funded by a $967,900, three year Teaching American History grant from the US Department of Education – grant program period (10/05 – 9/08).

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Last Modified: 2/2/2007