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December 2011
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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, but was war between the United States and Japan inevitable? Connect your students with this rich curriculum unit and interactive. Read more . . .
Open the gift of holiday traditions and let your class discover the origins and meaning of gift-giving rituals that resonate through these cultural celebrations and classic holiday stories. Read more . . .
Did George Washington really stand in that small boat on Christmas Night 1776, when he led the Continental army across the Delaware River? Find out with this Picturing America interactive. Read more . . .
Discover our collection of over thirty lessons on the causes, the course, and the consequences of the Civil War with interactive maps and timelines. Give your teaching an interdisciplinary dimension with these lessons on the literature of the war. Read more . . .
Newark, New Jersey, was one of many American cities to experience civil unrest during the 1960s. Often forgotten by textbooks and in American memory generally, the riots of the 1960s provide teachers with an excellent opportunity to highlight a wide variety of important themes in U.S. history. Read more . . .
Poinsettias, Posadas, and Piñatas! Discover December holiday traditions which have come to us from our neighbor to the south. Read more . . .
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