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Pre-Statehood Era: 1700-1818

• Pre-Statehood Era- Government
• Pre-Statehood Era- Society and Culture
• Pre-Statehood Era- Business and Economy
• Pre-Statehood Era- Race Relations

Early Statehood: 1818-1861

• Early Statehood- Government
• Early Statehood- Society and Culture
• Early Statehood- Business and Economy
• Early Statehood- Race Relations

Civil War Era: 1861-1865

• Civil War- Government
• Civil War- Society and Culture
• Civil War- Business and Economy
• Civil War- Race Relations

Late 19th Century: 1866-1900

• Late 19th Century- Government
• Late 19th Century- Society and Culture
• Late 19th Century- Business and Economics
• Late 19th Century- Race Relations

Early 20th Century: 1900-1914

• Early 20th Century- Government
• Early 20th Century- Society and Culture
• Early 20th Century- Business and Economy
• Early 20th Century- Race Relations

World War I: 1914-1918

• World War I- Government
• World War I- Society and Culture
• World War I- Business and Economy
• World War I- Race Relations

Roaring Twenties: 1918-1929

• Roaring Twenties- Government
• Roaring Twenties- Society and Culture
• Roaring Twenties- Business and Economy

Great Depression: 1930-1941

• Great Depression- Government
• Great Depression- Society and Culture
• Great Depression- Business and Economy
• Great Depression- Race Relations

World War II: 1941-1945

• World War II- Government
• World War II- Society and Culture
• World War II- Business and Economy
• World War II- Race Relations

Cold War Era: 1946-1991

• Cold War Era- Government
• Cold War Era- Race Relations

Millennium: 1991-Present

• Millennium- Government
• Millennium- Race Relations

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How to Understand Primary and Secondary Sources

• Lesson Objectives

1. Be able to define a primary and secondary source.

2. Understand the difference between primary and secondary sources and how to get information from from each source.

This lesson plan was developed by Richard Teddy, Lindsey Woodcock, Jerry Ingram, and Andy Manning as part of Dr. Charles Titus' Fall 2010 SOS 3400 Social Science Teaching Methods Course.

Haymarket Background Lesson

• Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson, students will:

1. 1. Understand the industrial structure and its effects on society in the late nineteenth century.

   2. Be able to identify shared and opposing goals of labor unions and anarchists.

Haymarket Opinion Analysis Lesson

• Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson, students will:

1. 1. Be able to identify opinions evidenced in primary documents.

   2. Know how to use the historical inquiry process.

Haymarket Conclusion Lesson

• Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson, students will:

1. 1. Understand the long-term effects of the Haymarket Affair on the labor, socialist, and anarchist movements.

   2. Know how to use the historical inquiry process.

Bibliography for Haymarket Riot Lesson Plans

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Lesson, 1858

• A lesson that utilizes excerpts from the Lincoln-Douglas debate in Ottawa, Illinois to demonstrate the complex nature of "race" as a conception.

Women's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition Lesson

• Lesson Objectives

1. 1. Be able to identify reliable primary sources.

   2. Identify the relationship between the World’s Columbian Exposition and public perception of women.

20th Century

Spoon River Anthology Revisited Lesson

• Lesson Objectives

1. Be able to explain the basics of Spoon River Anthology.

2. Be able to list two examples of material culture.

3. Be able to understand proper etiquette of a cemetery visit.

This lesson plan was developed by Ben Richter, Colleen Duffner, and Clayton Chumbley in Dr. Charles Titus' Fall 2010 SOS 3400 Social Science Teaching Methods Course.

Democracy on the Home Front During World War I Lesson

• Lesson Objectives

By the end of this lesson, students will:

1. 1. Be able to identify democratic principles being violated in the United States during the “war for democracy.”

   2. Understand that the democracy we know today in the United States has evolved over the years.

Bibliography for World War 1 Lesson Plan

Hyde Park Nuisance Lesson Plan

• Lesson Objectives

1. 1. Analyze reliable primary sources and relate them to a historical narrative.

   2. Work together in groups toward the completion of lesson activities.

   3. Develop analytical skills by examining a text and interpreting its meaning.

Hyde Park Nuisance Prediction Worksheet

Hyde Park Nuisance Articles

Across Five Aprils Lesson Plan

• Lesson Objectives

1. 1. Know and understand the answers to questions related to the reading excerpt from the book Across Five Aprils.

   2. Understand two ways conflicting viewpoints led to the Civil War in America.

   3. Identify an important character from the reading and analyze that character's role in the excerpt.

This lesson plan was developed by Victoria Funneman, Jerry Payne, Andy Mace and Corey MacWilliams in Dr. Charles Titus' Spring 2011 SOS 3400 Social Science Teaching Methods Course.

Across Five Aprils Lesson Plan 2

• Lesson Objectives

1. 1. Understand the key people, events, and places in Chapter 3 of Across Five Aprils by completing a PEP Reading Activity

   2. Be able to create a profile of a Civil War soldier from the student's family/ locality 

This lesson plan was developed by Mark Hansen, Ben Mapes, Mitch Maxedon and Travis Wilkinson in Dr. Charles Titus' Spring semester 2011 Social Science 3400 Social Science Teaching Methods Course