Differing Federal Responses to the Great Depression Close Reading Worksheet
This worksheet helps students undertake a close reading of letters from President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin Roosevelt and summarize their different ideas about the role of government during an economic crisis.
Timeline of Selected New Deal Legislation Close Reading Worksheet
This worksheet helps students undertake a close reading of a timeline of New Deal programs and write a paragraph explaining one of them.
"A Mad Tea Party" Analysis Worksheet
This worksheet helps students undertake a close reading of the 1936 cartoon "A Mad Tea Party," about President Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. It also asks them to write a paragraph explaining the cartoon's argument.
Analyzing Evidence about Social Security Worksheet
This worksheet helps students to analyze three pieces of evidence about Social Security (a government poster, a letter about the program, and Congressional testimony about the program) and write a paragraph explaining the evidence's different points [...]
Analysis Worksheet: “I’m Proud...My Husband Wants Me to Do My Part”
This worksheet helps students analyze a poster created by the U.S. government during World War II that encourages women to take factory jobs.
By the Numbers: White and African-American Women Workers
This worksheet helps students analyze statistics about the labor force participation of white and African-American women in the decades before, during, and after WWII.
Analysis Worksheet: How is History Recorded?
This worksheet helps students compare two historical documents, a journal entry from the Lewis and Clark expedition and excerpts from a Lakota Winter Count. The sections of the worksheet align to major sections of the Common Core reading standards: [...]
Analysis Worksheet: Debating Immigration Restriction Images
This worksheet is designed to help students compare and contrast a political cartoon and a propaganda poster about immigration and restriction from the early twentieth century.
Debating Immigration Restriction Character worksheets
These worksheets help students analyze primary sources and cite evidence supporting various perspectives in the early 20th century debate over immigration restriction.
A Country Within A Country Presentation Talking Points worksheet
This worksheet is designed to help students organize the ideas they explored completing the Country Within A Country: Understanding San Francisco's Chinatown teaching activity.