Give students a better understanding of our global society with these high school history lesson plan ideas and activities that focus on American and world history. Rewind the clock with free downloadable worksheets that cover monumental events and time periods that changed the world.
High School American History Activities
Looking for ways to help your students understand the September 11 terror attacks and their impact? Use these 9/11 activities and lesson plans designed for middle and high school classrooms.
Celebrate Juneteenth in the classroom. Explore Juneteenth activities and lesson plans for elementary, middle school, and high school students.
Inauguration Day is January 20. These presidential inauguration activities for students can be integrated into social studies or language arts lessons and used in remote or in-person classrooms.
Bring the experiences of U.S. military service members to life for your students with our high school Veterans Day activities and lesson plan ideas.
Here are Constitution Day activities to engage your students in learning about the historic document that defines how our government works.
Use this history of political parties lesson plan and activity to teach your students about how the U.S. political system in time for the 2020 presidential election.
Use these 9 Presidents’ Day lesson plans and activities for middle and high school classrooms to foster engaged and informed citizens.
High School World History Activities
Get tips for teaching fact versus opinion with these resources, insights, and activities from journalist and educator Esther Wojcicki.
Looking to include ELA instruction in your social studies classroom? This Mayan pyramids vs. Egyptian pyramids lesson plan idea has students discuss the similarities and differences between the two types of structures through writing an essay.
Use these Cold War lesson plans and activities for middle school and high school to teach students about the decades-long period of geopolitical tensions between the United States and Soviet Union.
Use this Age of Imperialism lesson plan to teach students about the actions taken by Europe and the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to acquire new territories.
Download these Enlightenment and American Revolution lesson plans to teach your students about how the latter was influenced by an era defined by human reason and science.
Download this absolute monarchy lesson plan to teach your students about rulers including Frederick the Great and Louis XIV.
Download our Protestant Reformation lesson plan to teach your students about this period of upheaval in Europe. Then, use the Protestant Reformation activities for middle school and high school to encourage critical thinking through writing and primary source analysis.
Use our Renaissance lesson plan and activities for middle school and high school to teach your students about this era of cultural “rebirth” in the 14th to 17th centuries.
Use these downloadable resources to teach students about Charlemagne and the Early Middle Ages.
Known for its architecture, democratic system of government, and impact on science and the arts, ancient Greece is an important topic often covered in middle and high school social studies.
Download these Code of Hammurabi activity and lesson plan resources to teach students the context surrounding the creation of the code of laws.
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