Teacher: Zagorin, Lander Grinspoon Academy, Northampton, Alabama
Description: This lesson prepares students to do basic family genealogy in connection with study of immigration to the US, in particular Jewish immigration.

Teacher: Ford, Torah Academy, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Description: A jeopardy game to review Minnesota history.

Teacher: Ford, Torah Academy, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Description: Introduce Minnesota history by using students' prior knowledge and having them make inference to answer questions about Minnesota's history and state symbols.

Teacher: Ford, Torah Academy, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Description: This a tool to help teach students about the geographical term "region". Minnesota is used as a specific example. Students have the opportunity to draw additional regional maps based upon their knowledge of the state.

Teacher: Sudderth, Center for Jewish Learning, Rye Community Synagogue, Rye Brook, New York
Description: This is an introduction lesson to Ellis Island.

Teacher: Sheldon, Bais Yaakov of Queens, New York, New York
Description: Explore Native American culture areas in the United States. Learn about the homes clothes and crafts of the tribes of the Eastern Woodland, the Plains, California Intermountain and the Southwest.

Teacher: Sudderth, Center for Jewish Learning, Rye Community Synagogue, Rye Brook, New York
Description: This is a History lesson on 5 famous Jews. Louis Brandeis, Albert Einstein, Henrietta Szold, Rachel Frank, Harry Houdini.

Teacher: Rudin, Bnos Bracha of Passaic, Passaic, New Jersey
Description: Students will learn to read a political cartoon, Then they will make their own.

Teacher: Johnson, The Jewish Center, Princeton, New Jersey
Description: This lesson teaches students about the life of Emma Lazarus and her contributions to society. It also teaches about Bikur Cholim. It is appropriate for students in grades 4 - 7.

Teacher: Bolton, Reuben Gittelman Hebrew Day School, New City, New York
Description: New York State 4th Grade Social Studies curriculum on Native Americans

Teacher: Kahan, Ben Porat Yosef, Paramus, New Jersey
Description: Students learn the "push" and "pull" factors that brought immigrants to America.

Teacher: Cohen, Temple Sinai of Roslyn, Roslyn Heights, New York
Description: This lesson focuses on the Jewish Value of Tzedek, justice. Four heroes are profiled: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo and Samuel Gompers.

Teacher: Feldman, Beth El Talmud Torah-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona
Description: This lesson primarily focuses on the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and involvement of Jews as factory workers.

Teacher: Charloff, Shulamith middle School, New York, New York
Description: This is a Smartboard lesson appropriate for a double period, or perhaps can be split up into two lessons or more. This covers the topics of the Fugitive Slave Act, Abolitionism, Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass.

Teacher: Samuelson, Providence Hebrew Day School, Providence, Rhode Island
Description: This lesson contains lecture outlines and activities for 5 different lessons on the American society of the 1920's.

Teacher: Mason, North Shore Congregation Israel Goodman Center for Jewish Education, Glencoe, Illinois
Description: A pictorial comparison between life then and now. Meant as a conversation trigger for grandparents and grandchildren

Teacher: Brennglass, Heschel West Day School, Agoura Hills, California
Description: This lesson focuses on California Missions, an important part of the history of the state.

Teacher: Brennglass, Heschel West Day School, Agoura Hills, California
Description: This is a lesson on the history of California and Ranchos.

Teacher: Jamele, Yeshiva of Greater Washington-HS for Boys, Silver Spring, Maryland
Description: Students analyze the impact of the Erie Canal on the movement of pioneers West in the mid-1820s and 1830s

Teacher: Friedman, Shir Tikvah Congregation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Description: Brief History of Jewish Life in North America, 1600's to Early 1700's

Teacher: Walch, Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy, Beverly Hills, California
Description: This lesson will guide students through learning about the Native Americans that lived in the Great Plains. Students will be able to understand how the horse affected the lives of these Native Americans.

Teacher: Walter, PINELLAS COUNTY JEWISH DAY SCHOOL, Clearwater, Florida
Description: This lesson explores the growth of the nation and the use of steamboats, canals and railroads. Students use their NYSTROM Atlas, United States History Atlas.

Teacher: McClure, Phoenix Hebrew Academy, Phoenix, Arizona
Description: This presentation discusses the 5 economic factors that influenced the state of Arizona during the early days of statehood

Teacher: Sokoler, SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL OF NASSAU COUNTY, Jericho, New York
Description: Second through fourth graders will learn about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. The lesson includes facts and dates about his childhood, accomplishments, boycotts and demonstrations. A sample picture made by a second grader in Kid Pix descri

Teacher: Leavy, Bess and Paul Sigel Hebrew Academy of Greater Hartford, Bloomfield, Connecticut
Description: This is a review and enrichment activity for the Middle School study of Westward Expansion.

Teacher: Sokoler, SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL OF NASSAU COUNTY, Jericho, New York
Description: This is a fun culminating activity for the social studies unit on Native Americans. Students will play Hangman while reinforcing vocabulary words they have learned.

Teacher: Levy, YESHIVA OF FLATBUSH, Brooklyn, New York
Description: A game to review the names of significant people, places, and numbers in current events.