VIOLENCE IN AMERICA

Presenting the facts about tobacco use among young people, 12 lessons cover the historical and economic aspects of tobacco, worldwide smoking patterns, the influence of tobacco lobbyists, and trends in pop-culture and advertisements.

In ten easy-to-use lessons, this curriculum examines historical and contemporary controversies in professional sports, including controversial mascots, rising salaries, Title IX enforcement, violence on and off the field, and steroid use.

Providing complete lesson plans about relevant, high-interest social topics, these convenient curriculum units encourage students to develop critical thinking, reading, speaking, research, and writing skills.

Examining both the history of immigration and immigration’s effect on contemporary society, this thought-provoking resource offers 11 well-organized, easy-to-teach lessons with reproducible handouts and a review exam with short answer, fill-in, and essay questions.

Topics include camp life in the North and South, women and nursing during the Civil War, The New York City Draft Riots, Great Britain and the war, the trial of Mary Surratt, combat journalism, and the Emancipation Proclamation.

Twelve lesson plans inform students of important concepts regarding the diverse populations of species worldwide and examine how biology, geography, key issues, and the law are related to the environment.

Twelve lessons have students consider how fundamental the "right to privacy" in the U.

The lessons were created by the National Center for History in the Schools, a joint research project of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Sample topics: Iroquois Confederation, Britain’s tax on tea, Madison and the Bill of Rights, slave revolts, heading West on the Oregon Trail, secession, punishing the South, going to war in 1917, the Cuba question, dropping the atomic bomb, legalizing abortion, and gun control.