High School Resource Cinco De Mayo Foods: Tacos by History.com This video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on Mexican foods that can be eaten on Cinco de Mayo. Related NY State Academic Standards: LOTE.ML.2.1.B.A! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

Middle School Resource Mexican Holidays by Discovery Education In this activity, students will do the following: Research one of two Mexican holidays, Day of the Dead and Cinco de Mayo Present important facts about the holiday to the class Host an in-class celebration that reflects the dress, music, food, and traditions of that holiday Related […]

Elementary School Resource Cinco De Mayo by History.com This four minute video from History.com’s archives focuses on the real reason Mexicans celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.3.TCC.4, SS.3.MOV.5.b, SS.3.MOV.5.b.2, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, […]

High School Resource History of St. Patrick’s Day by History.com This video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on the history behind St. Patrick’s Day. Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.6.4, SS.6.4.b.1, SS.6.4.c.2, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

Elementary School Resource Betty Friedan by History.com This resource talks about Betty Friedan, and her book The Feminine Mystique as well as her role in the women’s rights movement as a founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW). Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.8.9.b, SS.11.10, SS.11.10.b.1, and more! Be sure to check out our […]

High School Resource Malcolm X by History.com This video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on Malcom X speaking on the Black Nationalist Movement. Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.8.9, SS.8.9.a.1, SS.E.1, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and more!

Middle School Resource Becoming Barack Obama by History.com This video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on how Barack Obama’s childhood helped to make him who he is today. Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.5.6.a.1, SS.7.5.b.1, SS.8.9.a.3, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher […]

High School Resource Freedom March by History.com This video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on the Freedom March lead by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.11.4.a.2, SS.11.10.a, SS.E.1, and more! Be sure to check out our Educational Resources, featuring thousands of activities, lesson plans, constructed-response questions, rubrics, teacher resources, multimedia, and […]

Middle School Resource The End Of The Civil Rights Movement? by Discovery Education In this activity, students will understand the following: Close observation is an important tool for social scientists and for others who comment on American society. The laws that leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. worked for are in place but don’t […]

High School Resource Adventures in History Series: The Grand Canal New York’s First Thruway Authors Eric Brunger and Lionel Wyld detail the history of the Erie Canal from its first inception as an idea in 1700 to its completion in 1825. This pamphlet is one of twenty-seven volumes in the Adventures in WNY History Series, […]