The Root of the Issue

A complete educational board game package designed for 3rd-grade English Language learners (ELs) studying the causes of the American Revolutionary War. Features simplified text, visual supports, and sentence frames to assist language production.

An AP U.S. History film study lesson on 'Free State of Jones' exploring Civil War dissent, Reconstruction failures (Period 5), and their long-term legacy in 20th-century Jim Crow courts (Period 8).

A comprehensive AP U.S. History study of the internal conflicts of the Confederacy, the legal boundaries of Reconstruction, and the long struggle for civil rights in Mississippi, structured around the historical events depicted in the film Free State of Jones.

A deep-dive lesson exploring the Cold War in Asia (focusing on the Korean and Vietnam Wars) using Crash Course US History #38. This lesson includes a 15-question comprehension worksheet, a complete teacher answer key, and specialized low-lexile definition flashcards for special education.

A deep-dive lesson exploring the Chinese revolutions of the 20th century using Crash Course World History #37. Includes a 15-question comprehension worksheet, a complete teacher answer key, and specialized low-lexile definition flashcards for special education.

An AP U.S. History film study and constitutional analysis of 'The Conspirator'. Students explore Period 5 legal precedents, executive authority, and civil liberties, while tracing long-term continuities in civil rights into the 20th century.

A comprehensive lesson focused on the Russian Revolution and Civil War, utilizing Crash Course European History #35. This lesson includes a 15-question comprehension worksheet, a complete teacher answer key, and specialized low-lexile definition flashcards for special education support.

A highly targeted lesson analyzing the film 'The Conspirator' (2010) through the lens of AP U.S. History Period 5 objectives. It explores the constitutional crises, civil liberties, and regional animosities surrounding the trial of the Lincoln assassination co-conspirators in 1865.

An introductory history lesson on the key events leading to the American Revolutionary War, designed specifically for third-grade English Language Learners (ELL). It includes a visual vocabulary cloze worksheet, interactive matching cards for learning events, and a comprehensive facilitation guide for teachers.

A foundational civics lesson on incumbency, electoral advantages, and media literacy. Students explore why current politicians usually win reelection and learn to distinguish between objective news reports and opinion articles.

A quick, high-impact bell ringer lesson exploring the execution of King Louis XVI and the French royal family through a primary source engraving and a See-Think-Wonder cognitive routing activity.

An investigation of Senegal's national soccer program (Lions of Teranga), French-African economic ties, and community soccer academies.

An exploration of Norway's soccer renaissance, wealth from North Sea oil, and its high-income equality model in professional sports.

An investigation of Algerian soccer (Fennec Foxes), the geopolitics of French-Algerian dual citizenship, and soccer as a historic symbol of anti-colonial resistance.

An exploration of Jordan's rise in Asian soccer, regional development, and the geopolitical role of sports infrastructure in the Middle East.

An investigation of France's elite soccer academies, the economics of Ligue 1, and the geopolitics of suburban Paris soccer.

An exploration of soccer, national identity, and post-war reconstruction in Iraq, analyzing the Lions of Mesopotamia national soccer program.

An advanced, interdisciplinary lesson for high school and undergraduate students exploring the causal relationship between 1930s Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) redlining maps and modern-day urban heat island (UHI) effects, analyzing systemic racism and environmental injustice.

An inquiry-based lesson exploring how historical epidemics (from the Black Death to Smallpox inoculation) tested and reshaped the social contract between citizens and states, forcing a reckoning between personal liberty and public safety.

A lesson that contextualizes the key phases of the French Revolution (1789-1799) from the National Assembly to the Directory, guiding students to analyze social dynamics, political shifts, and cause-and-effect relationships.

An anthropology lesson where high school students curate and analyze contemporary artifacts that represent modern adolescent culture, exploring generational shifts in social norms and material culture.

An advanced AP US History lesson exploring the constitutional, economic, and political crises that fractured the United States between 1828 and 1861. Students analyze key events including the Tariff of Abominations, State v. Mann, the Wilmot Proviso, and the rise of the Know-Nothing Party through lectures and structured primary sources.

An advanced AP US History lecture series exploring the constitutional, economic, and political crises that fractured the United States between 1833 and 1861. This lesson highlights key legislative compromises, executive decisions, and judicial rulings that made sectional conflict and the Civil War inevitable.