Have students develop a timeline of Mexico from pre-Spanish explorations to present time. Civil War: Students read a story from the website http://www.civilwarliterature.com/#Primary%20Emphasisand do a book report.

Industrial Revolution: Each student researches something that was invented during this time. How did this invention change the general population? What if had not been invented?

Immigration: Students should research their earlier generations and when they came over the U.S. They can put together a journal or family tree.

Women's Movement: Debate whether women should have been free through Constitution or waited until 19th Amendment.

WWI: Read poems about WWI and then write a short poem of one's own.

Roaring Twenties: Discuss the music, fashions, dance, etc. Of this time period.

How is a photo "worth a 1,000 words?
WWII: Interview someone who served in the military or was living in the U.S. during this time. How did it change his or her life?

Cold War: Show a movie about this time period and have students discuss it in class.

Civil Rights Movement: Have students research one of the men or women from this period of time. Write a biography of this person.

Sixties: Have students read a book about the Viet Nam War, a musician, drug culture, peace movement. How did the action in the book change the U.S.

9/11: Have students recall where they were when the terrorism occurred? How did it impact their life?