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Amistad Incident: Grade 8 American History Lesson Plan, Flo Tigner

Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention

This lesson plan is designed:

• To introduce students to the Amistad Incident.
• To highlight Social pressure on the judicial process and ethical dilemmas that can arise in the pursuit of justice.
• To encourage critical thinking about the value of history.
• To examine the role culture differences play in society, and individual lives, through the experiences of Amistad Africans and its supporters.

This lesson plan was part of the Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention project which was sponsored by the Ohio Humanities Council and was a National Endowment for the Humanities We The People project.

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Thomas Jefferson And The Declaration Of Independence: The Man And The Document. 8th Grade Lesson Plan, Lillian D. Drakeford

Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention

This lesson is designed to teach how Thomas Jefferson spoke for the thirteen colonies when he wrote the Declaration of Independence and took a stand to free the colonies of British rule.

This lesson plan was part of the Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention project which was sponsored by the Ohio Humanities Council and was a National Endowment for the Humanities We The People project.

This lesson plan was created between 2003-2005.

African Americans In The Civil War: Grade 8 Lesson Plan, Bill Sigg

Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention

The lesson plan is designed to teach students about the various roles of African Americans during the Civil War.

This lesson plan was part of the Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention project which was sponsored by the Ohio Humanities Council and was a National Endowment for the Humanities We The People project.

Underground Railroad (Freedom Train): 8th Grade Lesson Plan, Flo Tigner

Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention

This lesson plan is designed:

• To analyze how African American slaves may have planned escapes
• To analyze the song" Follow the Drinking Gourd."
• To enhance the learning of the Underground Railroad by viewing a play.
• To work effectively in a group.

This lesson plan was part of the Gateway to Dayton Teaching American History: Citizenship, Creativity, and Invention project which was sponsored by the Ohio Humanities Council and was a National Endowment for the Humanities We The People project.

This lesson plan was created between 2003-2005.