19th Century

On the Road to Cultural Bias: A Critique of The Oregon Trail

Background Reading for Teachers PDF. By Bill Bigelow. 13 pages.

Education, Native American, Racism & Racial Identity, Women's History

Presidents and Slaves: Helping Students Find the Truth

Teaching Activity PDF. By Bob Peterson. 7 pages.
How a 5th grade teacher and his students conducted research to answer the question: “Which presidents owned people?”

African American, Education, Individuals in US History, Racism & Racial Identity, Slavery

Reclaiming Hidden History: Students Create a Slavery Walking Tour in Manhattan

Teaching Activity PDF. By Alan Singer. 7 pages.
How a teacher and his students organized a tour of the hidden history of slavery in New York.

African American, Racism & Racial Identity, Slavery

The Expansion of Empire

Teaching Activity PDF. By Gayle Olson-Raymer. 15 pages.
Questions and teaching ideas for Chapter 12 of Voices of a People’s History of the United States on internal dissent over American expansionist policies.

Imperialism, US Foreign Policy, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements

Strikers and Populists in the Golden Age

Teaching Activity PDF. By Gayle Olson-Raymer. 18 pages.
Questions and teaching ideas for Chapter 11 of Voices of a People’s History of the United States on the Gilded Age.

Labor, Social Class

Civil War and Class Conflict

Teaching Activity PDF. By Gayle Olson-Raymer. 16 pages.
Questions and teaching ideas for Chapter 10 of Voices of a People’s History of the United States on “The Other Civil War” - the class conflict fought by the poor in the north and south.

Labor, Social Class

Slavery and Defiance

Teaching Activity PDF. By Gayle Olson-Raymer. 17 pages.
Questions and teaching ideas for Chapter 9 of Voices of a People’s History of the United States on black and white resistance to slavery before the Civil War.

African American, Racism & Racial Identity, Slavery

Indian Removal

Teaching Activity PDF. By Gayle Olson-Raymer. 18 pages.
Questions and teaching ideas for Chapter 7 of Voices of a People’s History of the United States on the American policy of “Manifest Destiny” and Native American resistance to their own displacement.

Imperialism, Native American, Racism & Racial Identity

The Early Women’s Movement

Teaching Activity PDF. By Gayle Olson-Raymer. 17 pages.
Questions and teaching ideas for Chapter 6 of Voices of a People’s History of the United States on the early women’s movement, including their efforts for social, racial, and political equality.

Democracy & Citizenship, Laws & Citizen Rights, Social Class, Women's History

The Line Between Us: Teaching About the Border and Mexican Immigration

Teaching Guide. By Bill Bigelow. 2006. 160 pages.
Lessons for teaching about the history of US-Mexico relations and current border and immigration issues.

Immigration, Latino, Wars & Related Anti-War Movements