Student Activities

The idea of the hero’s journey suggests that the adventures heroes and heroines undertake in many of our beloved stories follow a similar pattern. By broadly outlining these stories, you can see they contain characters and plot elements also found in fairytales and legends from different cultures.

How the Greek Alphabet Evolved From the Phoenician Alphabet.

EDSITEment’s Persian Wars Resource Pages.

Vietnam veteran Gene Feher, interviewed by Maryland high school students for the Vietnam Oral History Project. For EDSITEment lesson plan, Doing Oral History with Vietnam War Veterans, Activity 2

Vietnam veteran Jack Power, interviewed by Maryland high school students for the Vietnam Oral History Project. For EDSITEment lesson plan, Doing Oral History with Vietnam War Veterans, Activity 2.

Bringing in primary sources, such as oral histories to supplement the textbook is essential, and oral histories are a particularly valuable tool for cultivating historical empathy and nurturing a sense of caring among students

Anton Chekhov began his career writing humorous pieces for popular magazines to support himself while he studied to become a doctor.

Read both the brief description of The Emancipation Proclamation and the transcript of the document from the National Archives below.

“Fly Girls”: Women Aviators in World War II.