Amendments to the Constitution of the United States The amendments to the U.S. Constitution.		Born on the 4th of July Fun facts about people who have their birthday on Independence Day.
Thanksgiving Fact Sheet Explore the background of this American holiday - from the first Thanksgiving during Colonial...		Women Inventors A list of women inventors and the fascinating things they invented.
La Gazella Wilma Rudolph Read a brief history of Wilma Rudolph, African American track star and three-time gold...		Immigrants' Experiences Students use a Web resource to share some of the experiences of immigrants who recently arrived...
The Constitutional Convention and Preamble An overview of the Constitutional Convention followed by the Preamble the Constitution of the...		Is It Constitutional? Students read constitutional amendments and use the information to evaluate laws and actions.
Composition of the U.S. House of Representatives This table lists the members of the U.S. House of Representatives, including the years they...		Letters from the Past Students explore a Civil War Website and read authentic letters from a soldier. This lesson...
Proper Punctuation Commas, question marks, semicolons, and more! Use these handouts to teach your students the...		Communities: Past and Present Students explore an online resource to compare community life of the past with that of today.
Write a Letter to Jesse Owens Assuming the role of a fellow athlete, Nazi supporter or African-American, students will write...		Number the Stars Character Jeopardy After reading Lois Lowry's classic novel Number the Stars, play this game of "Jeopardy"...
Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation Read Abraham Lincoln's 1863 Proclamation, which occurred around Thanksgiving. This is a good...		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.		Thanksgiving: Multiple Perspectives Students will create a landmark that commemorates both the European Settler and the Native...
Popular United States References Share fun facts and historical data about the fifty states with students in grades K-12. Use...		A Not-So Traditional Thanksgiving An article describing the conflicting versions of the history of Plymouth, Massachusetts and...