This 1782 British cartoon reflects the belief by the cartoonist that continual fighting on the part of the British was futile.

We have created questions and answers for your classroom use.

For more resources on this era check out our PowerPoints:

• Colonization to Reconstruction: US History Review
• Colonial Era
• The American Revolutionary War

Check out our classroom history games:

• Causes of the American Revolution Game
• Battle of Lexington and Concord
• Critical Decisions of Washington

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This German 1915 cartoon depicts the British navy as bullies.

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For more WWI resources check out:

World History WWI PowerPoint 

US History WWI PowerPoint

It explains exchange, value, and income including fixed income and price of items.

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We have excerpted the speech and created questions and answers for your students.

This lesson could be used in any Social Studies class at any given moment as the concepts covered are applicable in many situations and ought to spark excellent discussions.

For more US History teaching resources check out our PowerPoints that cover this era:

The West

Rise of Industrialism

Response to Industrialism

Imperialism

Immigration

Progressive Era

WW I

This film, titled “Twenty Four Hours of Progress”, traces the importance of oil in US industry, economy and the lives of individual Americans.

The tone and narration can make it seem boring to our media-savvy students, however the topic is relevant in American society today as new technologies are being introduced and explored every day.

This film offers many possibilities in the classroom in various Social Studies and environmental studies.

For more on the 1950s check out our Powerpoint:

1950s

Stanford has undertaken a fascinating project tracing the growth of newspapers in the U.S.

Here is their description: This visualization plots over 140,000 newspapers published over three centuries in the United States. The data comes from the Library of Congress’ “Chronicling America” project, which maintains a regularly updated directory of newspapers.

http://www.stanford.edu/group/ruralwest/cgi-bin/drupal/visualizations/us_newspapers

There are many applications for these maps in Social Studies classes. Enjoy!

A dynamic leader who studied under Aristotle, this famous speech from the 4th century BCE attempts to convince his battle-weary army to continue fighting.

We have created questions and answers for this speech.

For more resources on teaching ancient history check out our PowerPoints and Image Libraries:

Fertile Crescent

Ancient Egypt 

Aegean Civilizations

Ancient Rome

World History Image Library

This Coronet film is a typical post WWII-era film which stresses rigid gender roles and conformity. It was intended to be a social training tool for students to learn what makes a person likeable.

It might be fun to show older students in these opening weeks of school as a springboard for discussions: What items would you leave in if you were to produce a modern-day version? Is it appropriate for high school students? What does make a person popular? How are things the same/different from when this film was produced? And so on…