Residency Requirements for Voting in the U.S. A chart listing residency requirements for voting in U.S. federal, state, and local elections.		Is It Constitutional? Students read constitutional amendments and use the information to evaluate laws and actions.
Governors of the Fifty States A chart listing each governor in the United States.		Immigrants' Experiences Students use a Web resource to share some of the experiences of immigrants who recently arrived...
Thanksgiving Fact Sheet Explore the background of this American holiday - from the first Thanksgiving during Colonial...		Letters from the Past Students explore a Civil War Website and read authentic letters from a soldier. This lesson...
The Constitutional Convention and Preamble An overview of the Constitutional Convention followed by the Preamble the Constitution of the...		Communities: Past and Present Students explore an online resource to compare community life of the past with that of today.
Oceans and Seas A chart of vital ocean and sea statistics.		Number the Stars Character Jeopardy After reading Lois Lowry's classic novel Number the Stars, play this game of "Jeopardy"...
Australia Poster Students create a poster about Australia using fact sheets and a map.		Lincoln-Douglas Style Debate Procedure An outline of the procedures for a Lincoln-Douglas style debate, which is to be used with the...
Brief History of Thanksgiving This article describes the first Thanksgiving and gives a brief history of the holiday.		A Not-So Traditional Thanksgiving An article describing the conflicting versions of the history of Plymouth, Massachusetts and...
Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation Read Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Proclamation, which occurred around Thanksgiving. This is a good...		Thanksgiving: Multiple Perspectives Students will create a landmark that commemorates both the European Settler and the Native...
Born on the 4th of July Fun facts about people who have their birthday on Independence Day.		Thanksgiving Placemats Students create placemats that show pictures of things for which they are thankful. This is an...
Regions by Rail Students explore an online resource and learn the names and locations of states by planning a...		Economic Resources Students will learn how resources, renewable and nonrenewable, are distributed throughout the...