Learning Links
Patriotic Songs and More Patriotic Songs and National Anthem
Having a Voice Survey
CRAP Method
Current Events Guidelines & Example
AllSides Newsfeed Website
AllSides Red-Blue Dictionary
Election 2020 & Issues - Scholastic
Election 2020 & Issues - C-SPAN
Merriam-Webster Time Traveler - Words by Year
Social Justice Glossary
Charters of Freedom
D of I Part 1, D of I Part 2, D of I Part 3, D of I Part 4 & Form
"You'll Be Back" from Hamilton
"What Comes Next" from Hamilton
What Makes Democracy Thrive Discussion Question
Articles of Confederation and Shays's Rebellion
ConCon Video, ConCon Reading, and ConCon Form
Constitution Overview Ted-Ed Video
Constitution - Resource Round-Up
Constitution Project
Strict vs. Loose Construction Video & Enumerated vs. Implied Powers Reading and Constitution Interpretation Form
Enlightenment-Democracy-Republic-Federalism Video
Federalism Video and Democracy/Republic Video
Locke Reading, Montesquieu Reading, Rousseau Reading, and Hobbes Reading
Electoral College Video, EC Overview & Pros/Cons, Five Special Circumstances Article, and Interactive EC Maps 1789-2016
Gerrymandering Video, Gerrymandering Explanation, Gerrymandering Article (Images for Article), and IL Gerrymandering Image
Illinois Government At-a-Glance
Census Facts
Constitution Test Question Submission Form
Civil War, Reconstruction, and Rebuilding
Missouri Compromise Video
Compromise of 1850 Video & Fugitive Slave Act Video
Kansas-Nebraska Act Video
Events Leading to the Civil War Reading
Slavery QFocus Form
Slavery Quiz - Teaching Tolerance
North South Comparison Graphs/Maps & Additional Map
Slavery Reading and Slavery Reading Form
Southerner's POV on Slavery Analysis & Slave Quarter Image Analysis
Resistance to Slavery Documents: Abolitionists, Frederick Douglass, Judicial Fights, Rebellions/Runaways, and UGRR
Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address and Enduring Message Form
How Men Feel in Battle & African-Americans in the Civil War
Civil War Reading, Graphs/Stats, and Video
Reconstruction Reading
Reconstruction Collections: Sharecropping, Terror & Violence, Injustice & Voter Suppression, and Laws/Assistance/Opportunity
Reconstruction Amendments and Discussion Board Directions
Rebuilding Project: 2nd Industrial Revolution, Immigration, and Frontier
Rebuilding Project Student Feedback Form & Rebuilding Project Teacher Feedback Form
10 Things about Immigration
Coming to America Article
Interactive Settlement Map
and Natural Resources Map
Progression, Aggression, Expression, and Depression
Gilded Age Readings & Gilded Age Form
Gilded Age Philanthropy Readings
Muckraking Song Form
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Reading & Reflection Options
Jungle Excerpt & Food Safety
Working Poor Reading, Haymarket Square Riot Reading, and WP/HSR Form
Making Changes - Labor, Business, and Government
Progressive Era Perspectives and Analysis
Major Movements: Women's Suffrage, Early Civil Rights, Temperance, and Conservation
Washington's Farewell, Monroe Doctrine, and Roosevelt Corollary
Imperialistic Foreign Policy Readings
Imperialism Videos: Alaska & Hawaii Video, Japan Video, China Video, and Panama Canal Video
WWI Reading and Form
WWYD - Making Peace
Versailles Treaty and Big 3 POVs
Treaty of Versailles Excerpts
German Reply to the Versailles Treaty
WWI Maps and Middle East Reading
"I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Solider" & "Over There"
Roaring 20s: Fun Times, Fearful Times, and African-American Experience
Prohibition Packet and Prohibition Museum Website
Supreme Court Docket 2019-2020
Stock Market Crash Reading
Hard Times Interviews with Studs Terkel
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime Video & Lyrics
We're in the Money Video
Great Depression Info and Images
FDR/New Deal Videos: Video 1, Video 2, Video 3, and Video 4 & Form
New Deal Project & Recorded Explanation
New Deal Programs Map
New Deal Programs Collection
Dust Bowl Reading and Images
World War II and the Holocaust
World War II Begins Reading
Rise of Hitler Video & Causes of WWII Video
Lead Up to Pearl Harbor and the Attack
Reaction to Pearl Harbor
Four Freedoms Reading and Form
WWII Project - Setting Up NoodleTools
WeVideo Exporting Directions
Thinking Maps
WWII Collections: Navajo Code Talkers, Women, Home Front, African-Americans, European Theater, Pacific Theater
Anti-Jewish Policies, Nuremberg Laws, Kristallnacht Reaction, and the World's Actions
Survivor Experiences: Video Collection, Arrival at Auschwitz Reading, Lying about Age Reading, Murder of Children Testimony, and Killing Process at Treblinka Testimony
Liberation and DP Camps: Death Marches & Liberation Reading, Liberation Video 1, Liberation Video 2, DP Camp Video, and Form
Japanese Internment Video Collection
Holocaust Denial
Pursuing Peace: End of WWII Video 1, End of WWII Video 2 (Optional), Creation of the UN Video 1, Creation of the UN Video 2 (Optional), and Form
Nuremberg and Eichmann Trials
Universal Declaration of Human Rights & Simplified UDHR
Decades of Crisis and Change
1950s Lifestyle
Fair Deal
Late 1940s/Early 1950s Advancements and Lifestyle
1950s vs. Today Assignment
Debate Project, Debate Rubric, and Debate Example Video
Communism Overview PPT
Russian Revolution Impact Reading
Socialism vs. Communism Differences
Cold War Beginnings Reading
Cold War Videos (Optional but Encouraged!): Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift, NATO & Warsaw Pact, and Domino Theory/Effect
Cold War Escalation and Major Events Reading
Space Race Reading
Cold War Escalation Videos (Optional but Encouraged!): Cuban Missile Crisis and Space Race
McCarthyism:
Red Scare & McCarthyism BIQ Directions, Red Scare Video, Red Scare & McCarthyism Reading, and Army-McCarthy Video
Korean War Slides
Korean War - Truman's Thoughts and Primary Sources
Vietnam War Slides
Tet Offensive Video
Vietnam War - Primary Sources: Johnson's Thoughts and Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
My Lai Massacre Reading and Video
Protesting: Hawks and Doves, Forms of Protest, 1968 DNC, Tinker v. Des Moines and Kent State Readings, John Kerry's Thoughts
Civil Rights Movement Overview Video
Parable of the Polygons Website
Sports Desegregation Overview and Jackie Robinson Reading
Segregation Interactive
Oak Park Chemist Article
Civil Rights Movement Project: Integrating Education Collection, Legislative Landmarks Collection, Marching for Change Collection, and Sitting Strong Collection
Voices of the Civil Rights Movement Link
Black Panthers Video 1, Black Panthers Video 2, and Form
"Ballad of Birmingham" Poem
Civil Rights Movement Poetry Reflection
Youth Activism in the Civil Rights Movement
How Integrated Is Your City? Interactive Map
Experiencing Racism
"I Have a Dream" Speech Excerpt
Modern Decades
Decades Preference Form
Decades Project
Decades Project - Topics Breakdown
Decades Collections: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s
Music & TV: Top Songs of Each Year, Billboard's 100 All-Time Biggest Hits, and Top TV Shows by Year
Moon Landing - 50 Year Anniversary Reflection Video
War on Poverty Reading, Great Society Video, and Form
Roe v. Wade Reading and Roe v. Wade Video
Proudest Social Studies Achievement Form