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Great and powerful story of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were the first to ever grow in culture and be used in countless medical studies without her permission. It's a book that blends science, medicine, race and history. This teacher's guide provides very good reading questions and it's a nice way to discuss the right of privacy, the Constitution and minority rights.

An overhwleming topic. this page focuses on the aspect of suffrage as addressed by reconstruction and provides great background knowledge for students going into the study of the civil rights movement.

Simple, elegant timeline of major voting events in US history. This would be a great review for students studying the evolution of voting in the United States. It does not get bogged down in the details.

I like that you, as the teacher, can pick and choose the events you want to include, given your student population.

I referenced this site back when we were studying the expansion of voting rights. I found this page helpful in particular for learning more about the role women played in passing the Fourteenth Amendment, even though it did not give them the vote. This site in general also has a lot of useful information and suggestions.

Written by historian Paul Finkelman, a very opinionated takedown of Jefferson that could be used as part of a critical study of slavery and the founders. I tried to preface our look at the article with a discussion of the dangers of judging historical figures by contemporary standards, but most kids remained firmly in the "monster" camp anyway

This website is a huge collection of U.S. history texts, documents and audio/video files. Everything is organized by year, which makes it easier to locate specific documents.

"This relic from ancient Persia had a profound influence on the Founding Fathers" <br /> This might be a good short video to show middle school students when we try to connect US history to ancient history.... Thomas Jefferson apparently studied ancient Persia as a model for governing people with different religious practices.

Thank you so much. I am definitely going to check this out! We are always looking for ways to connect the ancient world to the modern one.

Lessons, activities, and resources about the Constitution-whether or not you celebrate Constitution Day. You do need to be a member of NCSS to access materials.

Yes, you do need to be a member.

Tons of good things on this site - videos about government (which I find really hard to locate), interactive games, readings and information about federalism, rights and equality.  There are a lot of resources here, including an entire section for teachers.  I think it is mostly geared towards middle and high school teachers.