Massachusetts Council for the Social Studies > Lesson Plans > U.S. History

Jefferson K-12: “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”

Submitted by Lauren Arvidson, Hingham

“…Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness..”

Filed Under: , U.S. History, Jefferson, Lauren Arvidson, U.S. history, revolution

Supreme Court and Chief Justice John Marshall

Submitted by Algot Runeman, King Philip Regional School District

What is the job of the Supreme Court? “A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body. If there should happen to be an irreconcilable […]

Filed Under: , Civics & Government, U.S. History,

1970s – 1980s P.R.I.M.E.S. and The Essential Question

Submitted by Norm Shacochis,
Filed Under: High School, U.S. History, Carter, Conservativism, Energy Crisis, Ford, High School, Iran, Kent State, Nixon, P.R.I.M.E.S., Reagan, U.S. history, Vietnam, 1970, 1980

Tic-Tac-Toe: Cold War

Submitted by Gorman Lee, Braintree Public School
Filed Under: High School, U.S. History, Cold War, Communism, Eisenhower, NATO, Nuclear War, Pop Culture, Postwar Conferences, SEATO, Soviet Union, Space Race, Spies, U.S. vs U.S.S.R., Warsaw Pact

Tic-Tac-Toe: Civil War Activities and Assignments

Submitted by Gorman Lee, Braintree Public School
Filed Under: High School, Middle School, U.S. History, Bleeding Kansas, Differentiated Instruction, Dred Scott, Fugitive Slave Law, Lincoln-Douglass Debates, Sectionalism, U.S. Civil War

Thomas Jefferson On Trial

Submitted by Norm Shacochis,
Filed Under: High School, Middle School, U.S. History, Constitution, Constitutional Interpretation, Executive Powers, Impeachment, Mock Trial, Thomas Jefferson

The New Deal

Submitted by Norm Shacochis,
Filed Under: High School, U.S. History, 1930s, FDR, Great Depression, New Deal, Relief Recovery and Reform