Presented by:
Search
Scripting the Past: Exploring Women's History Through Film
Created September 27, 2010
Students employ the screenwriter's craft to gain a fresh perspective on notable women in American history.
Remember the Ladies: The First Ladies
Created September 27, 2010
Explore the ways in which First Ladies were able to shape the world while dealing with the expectations placed on them as women and as partners of powerful men.
Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History
Created September 25, 2010
Using the life of Davy Crockett as a model, students learn the characteristics of tall tales and how these stories reflect their historical moment. The lesson culminates with students writing a tall tale of their own.
On the Oregon Trail
Created September 24, 2010
Work with primary documents and latter-day photographs to recapture the experience of traveling on the Oregon Trail.
Anne Frank: Writer
Created September 23, 2010
This lesson concentrates on Anne Frank as a writer. After a look at Anne Frank the adolescent, and a consideration of how the experiences of growing up shaped her composition of the Diary, students explore some of the writing techniques Anne invented for herself and practice those techniques with material drawn from their own lives.
Anne Frank: One of Hundreds of Thousands
Created September 23, 2010
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.
Anne Frank: World War II in Europe
Created September 23, 2010
Launchpad: Picturing Lincoln
Created August 31, 2010
Frederick Douglass, abolitionist adopted birthday because his mother referred to him as my “little valentine”
Main Subject Areas:
Event Date:
Repeats every year until Wed Feb 14 2035 .
February 14, 2010
February 14, 2011
February 14, 2012
February 14, 2013
February 14, 2014
February 14, 2015
February 14, 2016
February 14, 2017
February 14, 2018
February 14, 2019
February 14, 2020
February 14, 2021
February 14, 2022
February 14, 2023
February 14, 2024
February 14, 2025
February 14, 2026
February 14, 2027
February 14, 2028
February 14, 2029
February 14, 2030
February 14, 2031
February 14, 2032
February 14, 2033
February 14, 2034
February 14, 2035
Event Date Display:
February 14, 1817
EDSITEment has partnered with Thinkfinity to help you find, save, and share even more free lesson plans and educational resources. Try it Now
-
-
EDSITEment! is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities
-
Special support for Edsitement is provided by Thinkfinity.org and Verizon
