Latest free history lessons posted here!

Every lesson incorporates important decision-making and critical-thinking skills such as evaluating cause-and-effect arguments, recognizing bias, and evaluating analogies, as students learn what happened in history.

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Posted May 25, 2026

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Posted May 4, 2026

Will you support the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961? A decision-making exercise.

Posted April 28, 2026

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Posted March 1, 2026

Will you support the CIA plan to overthrow the Iranian government in 1953? A decision-making activity.

Posted March 16, 2026

Did declining industries cause the Great Depression? Evaluating cause-and-effect.

Posted March 23, 2026

What caused American antebellum manufacturing to expand? Evaluating cause-and-effect.

Were Sacco and Vanzetti guilty? Evaluating the reliability of evidence.

Did prosecutors conspire to convict Sacco and Vanzetti? Evaluating a conspiracy theory.

How did industrialization change rural life. Analyzing a painting as an interpretation

Short lesson on the Bay of Pigs decision making.

How reliable are sources on the causes of the Mexican War? Evaluating evidence.

Posted May 11, 2026

Will President Jefferson give diplomatic recognition to Haiti in 1804? The skill of forecasting.

Posted May 18, 2026

What were the main underlying causes of the Mexican War? Creating an interpretation from evidence.

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