The history behind a present-day court battle over ownership of Depression-era gold coins provides a perfect segue into a classroom lesson on the 1933 banking crisis and U.S. laws regulating coinage.

Examining the Page Act, which restricted the immigration of Chinese women into the United States, can stimulate important classroom discussions on the stigmatization of Asian women and its lingering implications today.

An inquiry-based approach to tackling hard history such as the one outlined in this article helps mitigate the instructional challenges presented by our current political climate.

The upcoming presidential election provides an excellent opportunity for students to examine the underrepresentation of women in American politics.

The study of several post-9/11 Supreme Court cases will launch a spirited student debate on the separation of powers and our constitutional system of checks and balances.

In their article, Beau Dickerson and Emma Thacker provide counternarratives to traditional Civil Rights Movement instruction. Their IDM and classroom examples highlight young people’s agency, resilience, and dreams for the future.

Examining the rich history of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American (APIDA) civic participation and resistance can spark an important classroom lesson on anti-Asian hate during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The suggested framework for teaching with primary and secondary sources can help guide students as they examine practices, like blockbusting, that were created to perpetuate inequality. 

A lesson exploring the Pledge of Allegiance, its history and the addition of the phrase under God, can serve as a jumping off point into major themes of U.S. history and First Amendment freedoms.