Critically Thinking History

This 2-3 day classroom activity is a student-centered, active lesson that allows for high school students to better understand the concept behind the activities of a labor union. Students form unions and strike against the business owner's (teacher) company in order to receive more fair pay, better treatment, and a more safe work environment. Activities within this lesson include making picket signs, signig on to a labor contract, negotiating for better rights, and advocating for the group's col

This application project is a way for students to have fun as they learn about wold geography, specifically in the application of the National Geographic Society's Five Themes of Geography: Place, Region, Interaction between Humans and their Environment, Location, and Movement. It is a student-centered project that brings out the wonder and creativity of students in thinking about traveling the world and compiling a brief travelogue to complement those skills of geography (PRILM). It may help t

This student-centered project is a wonderful way to introduce the concept of Fiscal Federalism to Civics/American Government students. In this fun and interactive activity, students will design grant applications in which they (the states) will request federal funding through categorical or block grants. Students will ask for things they really want or need by seeking parent/guardian (federal government) funding. It is an engaging way for students to learn and apply key terms like mandates, cat

This is a critical thinking and research exercise for high school history students. The intent of this activity is to have students analyze the historical relationship between the United States and Latin American nations in the western hemisphere. In this exercise, students will examine three different occasions (of their own choosing) that the United States intervened into the affairs of its neighbors to the South. In their examination, students are encouraged to get a better feel for Latin A