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Download full textWyoming Univ., Laramie. American Heritage Center. – 1999
This lesson, for grades 7-12, correlates with Era 8, Standard 3c of the National History Standards for United States History: "evaluate the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II and assess the implication for civil liberties." The lesson provides background on the internment of Japanese Americans during the war and…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Japanese Americans, Primary Sources, Relocation
Gorn, Cathy – 1998
This booklet describes the theme for National History Day 1997-1998, "Migration in History." The supplement provides teachers with classroom materials to help students begin thinking about the theme, analyze and think critically about the topic's significance in history in relation to the theme, and to help students conduct research on…
Descriptors: Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, History, History Instruction
Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, VA. – 1996
This document consists of the printed components only of a PBS curriculum package intended to be used with the 9-videotape PBS documentary series entitled "The West." The complete curriculum package includes a teacher's guide, lesson plans, a student guide, audio tapes, a video index, and promotional poster. The teacher's guide and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, Multicultural Education, North American History
Peer reviewedSchamel, Wynell; Potter, Lee Ann – Social Education, 1997
Presents background information on the Homestead Act of 1862 and includes a set of suggested teaching activities to be used in conjunction with replicas of original documents. The Homestead Act provided free land to settlers and was instrumental in settling the west. Includes replicas of an application and certificate. (MJP)
Descriptors: Land Acquisition, Land Settlement, Land Use, Learning Activities
Hunter, Kathleen – 2002
In spite of facing continual discrimination, Japanese and Japanese Americans living on the U.S. west coast made lives for themselves. On December 7, 1941, everything changed. After the attack on Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), individuals saw every Japanese or Japanese American as a potential spy, ready and willing to assist in a mainland invasion at any…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Curriculum Enrichment, Heritage Education, Historic Sites
Jason, Alli – 1991
This document is a collection of lessons for teaching about the Ghost Dance Movement originated by Wovoka (Jack Wilson) during the Indian removal after the Civil War. The lesson unit represents a dramatic moment in history from which students can examine the deeper meanings of the selected landmark event and explore its wider context in the…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Solberg, Chris; Goldenstein, Erwin, Ed. – 1978
A sample packet on the Pawnee experience, developed for use by junior high teachers, includes a reading list and materials for teachers and students. Sections on Pawnee origins, history, religion and world view, tribal structure and kinship, and economic system before and after relocation from Nebraska to Oklahoma include objectives, lists of…
Descriptors: American Indian History, American Indian Literature, American Indian Studies, American Indians
