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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   A Portrait of Our World: Making Connections and Developing Comprehension
   Students engage in carousel walks, character analyses, global explorations, and genre studies while using valuable language arts strategies to build higher-level comprehension skills.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing, and Writing About Nonfiction Texts
   Students compare the traits fact and fiction by using a Venn diagram to compare fiction and nonfiction books about Native Americans.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Exploring Author's Voice Using Jane Addams Award-Winning Books
   History has many faces in this lesson in which students read Jane Addams Award-winning books to learn about peace, social justice, world community, and equality.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Making It Visual for ELL Students: Teaching History Using Maus
   Spark the engagement of English-language learners or reluctant readers with the graphic novel Maus. The visual information provided by the genre serves as a support for reading and critical engagement.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Packing the Pilgrim's Trunk: Personalizing History in the Elementary Classroom
   Students make personal connections between their lives and those of Pilgrim children by following the Pilgrims' move to the New World, their daily lives and struggles and their first Thanksgiving.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 5  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Storytelling in the Social Studies Classroom
   People make the past come alive as students research and then share stories about famous Americans who promoted democratic ideals.