The curated resources linked below are an initial sample of the resources coming from a collaborative and rigorous review process with the EAD Content Curation Task Force.
In the decades following the Civil War, the US military clashed with Native Americans in the West. The Battle of Little Bighorn was one of the Native Americans' most famous victories. In this lesson, students explore causes of the battle by comparing two primary documents with a textbook account.

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Stanford History Education Group

This resources engages with the tumultuous start of this countries origin. Drawing on contemporary debates that resulted from the New York Time's 1619 project and the Trump Administration's 1776 Unites project, students will consider the most accurate way to tell the beginning of the United States, with focus on the role of Indigenous removal and enslaved people in its founding.

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New American History

In this lesson, students will select 25 environmental laws in American history from a larger list to produce their own timeline of American environmental law history to present to the rest of the class.

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American Bar Association

This free curriculum guide from the New-York Historical Society examines the evolution of environmental thinking through the lens of the Hudson River, spanning two centuries of industrial development, activism, and artistic imagination.

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New-York Historical Society

Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast on August 29, 2005, killing hundreds of people and causing billions of dollars in damage. The effects of the storm are still felt today in Louisiana and Mississippi, and the government response to the storm remains a politically charged issue. In this lesson, students learn about the storm and consider whether a range of online sources provide reliable information about the effects of Hurricane Katrina.

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Stanford History Education Group

Mapping Inequality introduces the viewer to the records of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) on a scale that is unprecedented. Here you can browse more than 150 interactive maps and thousands of "area descriptions." These materials afford an extraordinary view of the contours of wealth and racial inequality in Depression-era American cities and insights into discriminatory policies and practices that so profoundly shaped cities that we feel their legacy to this day.

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New American History

In this lesson plan, students will read and annotate a primary source and listen to a secondary source pertaining to the creation of a national forest in AL and, specifically, the legal process behind it. Students will then apply their learning to modern environmental issues.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

Students reflect on the impact their decisions have on the wellbeing of the planet and on future generations. A discussion on why it is important for people to use long-term thinking introduces students to the Seventh Generation Principle. Through a creative writing task, students reflect on the importance of having a long-term view when making decisions that impact future generations.

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High Resolves

Pop-up cases are short, one-page scenarios based on issues reverberating in the news today. Use one of the cases to spark discussion and put your students in the shoes of policymakers. This case asks students to consider the following scenario: as the United States emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic into a recession, policymakers need to consider another global crisis: climate change. How should the United States pursue environmental sustainability alongside economic recovery?

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Model Diplomacy

This learning resources investigates the removal of Indigenous nations in the South East during Andrew Jackson's presidency. Students will analyze the impact of the Trail of Tears on Indigenous people and contemporary issues that Indigenous people face today.

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New American History

This free classroom resource provided educators with all of the material necessary to hold a simulated Senate debate in the classroom. Two-day lesson plans guide your class though examining a national issue, evaluating proposed provisions that might address the issue, previewing an actual bill that has been before the Senate, and taking on the roll of a senator to deliberate and vote on the bill.

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The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

A module of explainers and lesson plans on climate change and how it is relevant to us.

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World 101 from the Council on Foreign Relations
