Article detailing the persecution and annihilation of much of the European Roma population under Nazi orders during World War II, and the continued persecutionof the remaining Roma population in many countries after the war.

A description of life in the Jewish ghettos of Eastern Europe during World War II.

Explore the history of voting rights in the United States through an interactive PowerPoint presentation highlighting landmark changes. Following the presentation and class discussion, students apply the new knowledge of how voting legislation evolved to individual scenarios through a class activity.

Love this lesson? Explore all of our free election curriculum and teaching resources at our Election Headquarters. LESSON OBJECTIVES: Explain how voting rights expanded and contracted over time *Identify the laws and amendments that altered U.S. voting laws *Evaluate obstacles to voting *Determine whether individuals living at various times in U.S. history would have been able to vote

In this lesson about creating a government, students learn how the U.S. Constitution came to exist by looking at the tensions and differences of opinion that existed among early American states and citizens. Students learn about the Articles of Confederation, why the first "constitution" didn't work, and how compromise led to the Constitution. LESSON OBJECTIVES: Describe how the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation led to the writing of the Constitution. *Compare different states' needs and interests. *Compare the Virginia Plan with the New Jersey Plan. *Compare the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution. *Identify cause/effect relationships in the creation of America's government.

As soon as America won its independence, the new government had to start making decisions about how things would work in the nation they'd just created. With the end of the Revolutionary War, America's geographical size doubled… but how should new territory be added to the United States? In this lesson, students learn about the issues raised by this American "first" and the challenges the nation faced with its new Northwest Territory. LESSON OBJECTIVES: Identify the Northwest Territory as part of new territory the U.S. acquired from Great Britain as part of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. *Describe the role of the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance in incorporating the Northwest Territory into the United States. *Use maps to depict the new territory's incorporation. *Explain the tension between U.S. and Native American interests in the territory, including U.S. policy toward native tribes. *Distinguish incorporation of the Northwest Territory as an accomplishment of the U.S. government under the Articles of Confederation.

In this lesson, students are shown the very basics of navigation. The concepts of relative and absolute location, latitude, longitude and cardinal directions are discussed, as well as the use and principles of a map and compass.

This lesson focuses on women who are too often overlooked when teaching about the "foremothers" of the movements for suffrage and women's equality in U.S. history. Grounded in the critical inquiry question "Who's missing?" and in the interest of bringing more perspectives to who the suffrage movement included, this resource will help to ensure that students learn about some of the lesser-known activists who, like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, participated in the formative years of the Women's Rights Movement.

Students will compare and contrast different methods of attaining the everyday items they need. Using the Akan people of Africa as an example of bartering, students will understand three different ways of paying for goods. Discussion questions and an activity are included.

In this lesson, students will learn that enslaved people resisted their captivity constantly. Because they were living under the domination of their masters, slaves knew that direct, outright, overt resistance"”such as talking back, hitting their master or running away"“"“could result in being whipped, sold away from their families and friends, or even killed.

This lesson plan explores the contributions of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) during World War II, and their aviation legacy.

This collection uses primary sources to explore women's work on the home front during World War II. Digital Public Library of America Primary Source Sets are designed to help students develop their critical thinking skills and draw diverse material from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States. Each set includes an overview, ten to fifteen primary sources, links to related resources, and a teaching guide. These sets were created and reviewed by the teachers on the DPLA's Education Advisory Committee.

This site from The History Place provides this extensive timeline of the events of WWII from the end of WWI until the conclusion of the War. Links to major events include photos along with additional information throughout.