New History Lessons for Middle School

Posted by on November 9, 2009

NEW!!! Middle School e-Lessons for U.S.. History, World History, and Social Studies

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Download the Constitutional Rights Foundation’s most popular standards-based lessons and units for middle school. Each affordably priced, exciting e-lesson or e-unit provides balanced readings as well as teacher instructions, focus activities, discussion questions, and interactive group activities that engage and enrich students’ critical thinking skills and historical understanding. Priced from $5.95 to $8.95 ea.

U.S. HISTORY:

The Federalist Papers: Explore the Federalist Papers and the historic roles of Hamilton, Madison, and Jay in laying out the arguments for the U.S. Constitution.

George Washington and Leadership: This two-day lesson sequence focuses on the nation’s first president and the qualities that make a good leader. Students are introduced to “ABCs. . . and Ds of Leadership” (actions, beliefs, contributions, and decisions).

Night Forever: Slavery in the American South: Students learn about the economic, cultural, and social characteristics of slavery in the American South before the Civil War.

How the Women’s Rights Movement Began: Students learn about the beginnings of the women’s rights movement and the leadership role women played in antebellum reform movements.

African Americans and the Civil War: A look at how African Americans struggled to be allowed to fight for the Union Army in the Civil War and the effect that black soldiers had on the war and the American people.

Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Monopoly: This lesson focuses on John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil Company that he created, and the growth of industrialism.

Immigrants and Education: This four-lesson unit focuses on immigration to America at the turn of the 20th century and issues of public education in the Progressive era.

WORLD HISTORY:

Ancient Egypt: In this three-lesson unit, students study the social and political order of the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes, the ways that the Nile river shaped Egyptian civilization through the three kingdoms, and the relationship between religion and Egypt’s social and political order.

Ancient China: In this four-lesson unit, students explore the geography of China and the development of ancient Chinese civilization; the social, legal, and political impact of Qin Dynasty Emperor Shi Huangdi; Confucianism and Daoism; and the opening of the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty.

Ancient Greece: In this three-lesson unit, students explore the rise of Greek city-states and Athenian democracy under Pericles; compare ancient Athens and Sparta; and explore ideas about what makes a good society from three of the Western world’s greatest philosophers—Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.

Ancient Rome: In this three-lesson unit, students explore the history of Rome from its founding myths through the Roman Republic; the political and social institutions of the republic; the leadership of Augustus when Rome made its transition from republic became an empire; and religious toleration and persecution in the Roman Empire.

GENERAL SOCIAL STUDIES:

Does It Pay to Go to School?: This lesson provides an interactive way for students to integrate basic mathematical skills into social studies while looking at the economics of going to college.

The River: This two-day lesson sequence introduces students to natural and human impact on the environment by examining changes over time in a hypothetical river community.

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