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• The Five Themes of Mayan Geography New
  1. Location
  2. Place
  3. Interaction
  4. Movement
  5. Region
  
  These free lesson plans come from our popular Toolbook The Maya Aztec and Inca
• Quotations About the Role of Government NewFrom the words of former presidents: Government must protect the public interest.
  Government is the problem.
  These free lesson plans come from our bestselling Toolbook Elections
• Common Sense - In Your Own Words NewTranslate Thomas Paine's Common Sense into your own words! Don't let the old style documents scare your students. Work as teams to translate the meaning into today's words. From our bestselling Toolbook The American Revolution
• Unusual Middle Eastern Place Names NewThe Blackboard Game, Middle Eastern Style. This is a great game to play when you have a few extra minutes, or on one of those days where your students just need a break from the routine. Don't discount the effect of visually knowing the name of a place!
• Quoting Democracy New From our Origins of the Constitution Toolbook, your students will analyze famous quotations about democracy. From Aristotle to Churchill to Lincoln, see what others have said about democracy. After the worksheet, your students will play "Bloom - Democracy"
• Translating The Magna Carta New From our Colonial America Toolbook, your students will translate the Magna Carta into words that make sense to them. After that, they will play - "Survivor, Magna Carta Style". This free lesson plan will help your students relate to this critical document signed years ago.
• The Five Themes of Ancient Rome's Geography New From our Ancient Rome Toolbook, this activity is sure to familiarize your students with the geography of Ancient Rome.
• ABCs of Ancient Egypt - The lessons inspired by our best selling poster Ancient Egypt Poster. If you teach World History, this poster and these lessons are a must for your classroom!
• Dozens more free lesson plans by Performance Education . . .

Other great resources from our History Archives -> History in the News

• Here is an amazing video San Francisco in 1906 – four days before the 1906 earthquake.
  It shows life in the big city at the turn of the century.
• Take a look at this chart, “Commuter Pain Index” of the world’s worst cities.
  Beijing, where people used to commute by bicycle!, is now the worst city for commuters.
• Russia in Color from 100 Years Ago - These photos are simply amazing. From before the Russian Revolution, we see the life of those who would be so affected. To see it in color, in the opinion of this author, only brings the humanity much more to life. Share this link with your students. Show it off at the beginning of a class period.
• Great Depression Era Photos - Everyone has seen the black and white depression era photos.  These are in color and they make the impact of these times feel closer to home.  Use suggestion.  Turn this into a 5 minute slideshow at the beginning of a class period and then have a 5 minute discussion after the slideshow.  This would be a great way to focus attention for a US History class.
• 10 Amazing Cold War Propaganda Posters - The Cold War lasted from the end of World War II right up to the early 1990s, although the Soviet Union and the USA never actually engaged in direct battle. Instead, the Cold War was expressed through weapons development (the nuclear arms race), technological development (the space race), espionage and propaganda.
• So many technological advances from the Maya.  A new one just discovered.