Walt Whitman’s featured letter on the conditions at a Union army camp when he went in search of his wounded brother can serve as an engaging launch point for a classroom lesson on the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Civil War.

These outstanding websites include lesson plans and resources for teaching about major global issues.

Providing students with opportunities for discussing contentious topics in the classroom can help bridge the civic opportunity and knowledge gap.

Place-based service-learning projects connect young people with the past in ways that can range from producing mini movies of a historic site to planting a tree geo-tagged with a Civil War soldier’s life story.

A discussion activity centered on a topic of interest to students helped teach seventh graders the rules of civic dialogue while engaging students with a range of academic abilities.

Three important strategies help students evaluate sources they encounter online and encourage active and evidence-based reconstruction of the past.

Real-life mysteries can involve students in rigorous problem solving, promote engagement, and provide students with a deep understanding of the criminal justice system.

A close look at the U.S.-Haiti treaty signed 100 years ago can launch an engaging lesson on U.S. involvement in Haiti and the commercial interests that fueled American interventions throughout Latin America.

In this lesson, students consider important factors that converged to help civil rights activists win a decades-long struggle for voting rights.