The American Civil War had been over for two months before the news arrived to much of Texas, where on June 19, 1865, in the small seaport of Galveston, Union General Gordon Granger issued the ...

We have organized our activities and lesson plans by topic and identified their corresponding programs. We noted if they work best as a pre-visit, post-visit activities, or stand-alone lesson plan.

Women have made vital but often little-known contributions to American history. These lesson plans are based on History Detectives episodes that examine artifacts which provide clues to how women have ...

In this lesson, students watch a clip from the episode Our Colored Heroes in which they learn about Needham Roberts and Henry Johnson, two African-American World War I heroes. They analyze period ...

History lessons are being wiped from the internet, and California is retreating from ethnic studies, as education swings away from curriculums that are seen as too progressive. By Dana Goldstein In ...

This first lesson could begin with the question "What does migration mean?" The word migration may stimulate responses dealing with migratory birds and animals. Explain to the children that such ...

YORK, Maine — If all goes as state and local educators hope, the coming school year will prove formative not only for Maine's current students but also for the lesson plans their teachers will use in ...

A Philadelphia church is hosting a marathon Black history lesson with the goal of breaking a Guinness World Record.

Looking at the map on the Activity Sheet: The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), allow the students a few minutes to familiarise themselves with the names of the CIS countries. A number of the ...