ANCIENT HISTORY

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Topics include America’s entry into WWI, the Paris Peace Conference, domestic and international perspectives on the Depression, international perspectives on the New Deal, the global impact of WWII, perceptions of Americans during the war, internment of Japanese Americans, the end of the war, the atomic bomb, the Holocaust, the Marshall Plan, the Korean War, the […]

Topics include domestic and international perspectives on immigration, nation-building in the U.

Topics include the Mexican-American War, slavery as an institution, the life of a slave, causes of the Civil War, the U.

Topics include the Vikings, Columbus, the city of St.

Thought-provoking lessons are designed to spark discussion and debate, requiring students to formulate and defend theories.

Designed to improve students’ understanding of opposing views and help them develop skills in research, reasoning, and data analysis, 12 detailed lessons discuss topics such as separation of church and state, immigration, free speech, gun control, and national health care.

Each problem has a brief reading that sets context, questions for students to focus on as they conduct research, a primary source, and wrap-up questions that emphasize connections to today.

Lesson titles: "Renaissance Florence," "Pre-Columbian America," "The Reformation," "Philip II," "Tokugawa Japan," and "Scientific Revolution.