Contemporary History

High School

Performers hold flags of the Communist Party of China during an event to celebrate the upcoming 90th anniversary of the founding of the party, in Shanghai

Lesson Plans

Understanding China's Economic Rise Lesson Plan

Activities

Discussion Activity: The Jay Treaty

Soldiers at Nazi Party Rally in Nuremberg

Activities

Applying the Lessons of a World at War

Electric Vehicle Startup Leapmotor In Jinhua

Lesson Plans

Mass Production After World War II Lesson Plan

Activities

Discussion Activity: Annexing the Philippines

Employees work at a textile factory in Xiangfan

Activities

Discussion Activity: Post-Cold War Engagement with China

President David Dwight Eisenhower During A Conference Of Nato

Activities

Discussion Activity: Cold War Containment

Activities

Discussion Activity: Interwar Neutrality

Lesson Plans

America’s Role in the World: World War I to World War II

Lesson Plans

“The Spirit of Empire”: America Debates Imperialism

Teacher And Children Crouching Under Table

Lesson Plans

The Cold War as a Culture War: Visualizing Values and the Role of Pop Culture

Lesson Plans

The Origins of US Cold War Fears, 1946–1961

FILE PHOTO 10NOV89 - West Berlin citizens continue their vigil atop the Berlin Wall in front of the ..

Lesson Plans

Cold War and Decolonization Lesson Plan

Labourers work at a garment factory in Bac Giang province, near Hanoi

Activities

Mass Production

Activities

Isolationism v. Global Engagement

Lesson Plans

Isolation and Engagement in U.S. History Lesson Plan

China: Enthusiastic 'Red Guards' wave copies of Mao Zedong's 'Little Red Book' (Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung, Mao Zhuxi Yulu), c. 1966

Lesson Plans

Explaining Fascism and Communism Lesson Plan

Handout photo of Allied forces Supreme Commander General Eisenhower speaking with U.S. Army paratroopers at Greenham Common Airfield in England

Lesson Plans

Why the World Wars Happened Lesson Plan

Higher Education

A Bosnian Muslim woman cries near new open grave with the coffin of her relative, which was prepared for a mass burial at the Memorial Center in Potocari, near Srebrenica

Activities

The "Genocide" Label and U.S. Foreign Policy

Activities

Discussion Activity: Interwar Neutrality

Thirty Years' War: The swearing of the oath of ratification of the treaty of Münster

Essay and Discussion Questions

Contemporary History Pre-1900 Higher Education Questions

Activities

Discussion Activity: Post-Cold War Engagement with China

Activities

Discussion Activity: The Jay Treaty

Activities

Discussion Activity: Cold War Containment

Activities

Discussion Activity: Annexing the Philippines

Essay and Discussion Questions

Fascism Higher Education Questions

A book cover with a black and white photo of Henry Wallace speaking into a microphone and text that reads, "The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century".

Book Guides

The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century

A book cover with the Jewish star in American flag colors that reads, "If You Will It: Rebuilding Jewish Peoplehood for the 21st Century".

Book Guides

If You Will It: Rebuilding Jewish Peoplehood for the Twenty-First Century

Book Guides

Special Providence

Book Guides

Power, Terror, Peace, and War

Resource Collections for your Students

President Bill Clinton points to Chinese leader Jiang Zemin during joint press conference in front of U.S. and Chinese flags.

Primary Sources from Post-Cold War Engagement with China

A black and white photograph of a large, black mushroom cloud.

Primary Sources from the Cold War

A painting from the Battle of Quingua showing a scene with American troops in the foreground advancing on Filipino troops.

Primary Sources from U.S. Overseas Expansion

A color poster showing a sailor being sent to battle by a symbolic female figure with a sword, possibly Liberty.

Primary Sources from the Interwar Neutrality Debate

Contemporary History

High School

Understanding China's Economic Rise Lesson Plan

Discussion Activity: The Jay Treaty

Applying the Lessons of a World at War

Mass Production After World War II Lesson Plan

Discussion Activity: Annexing the Philippines

Discussion Activity: Post-Cold War Engagement with China

Discussion Activity: Cold War Containment

Discussion Activity: Interwar Neutrality

America’s Role in the World: World War I to World War II

“The Spirit of Empire”: America Debates Imperialism

The Cold War as a Culture War: Visualizing Values and the Role of Pop Culture

The Origins of US Cold War Fears, 1946–1961

Cold War and Decolonization Lesson Plan

Mass Production

Isolationism v. Global Engagement

Isolation and Engagement in U.S. History Lesson Plan

Explaining Fascism and Communism Lesson Plan

Why the World Wars Happened Lesson Plan

Higher Education

The "Genocide" Label and U.S. Foreign Policy

Discussion Activity: Interwar Neutrality

Contemporary History Pre-1900 Higher Education Questions

Discussion Activity: Post-Cold War Engagement with China

Discussion Activity: The Jay Treaty

Discussion Activity: Cold War Containment

Discussion Activity: Annexing the Philippines

Fascism Higher Education Questions

The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century

If You Will It: Rebuilding Jewish Peoplehood for the Twenty-First Century

Special Providence

Power, Terror, Peace, and War

Resource Collections for your Students

Primary Sources from Post-Cold War Engagement with China

Primary Sources from the Cold War

Primary Sources from U.S. Overseas Expansion

Primary Sources from the Interwar Neutrality Debate

Primary Sources from the Early Republic

How Does History Inform the Chinese Communist Party’s Domestic and Foreign Policy Goals?