Curriculum Resources

The following materials are included in the McRAH Curriculumm Collection, located at Lake Forest College. McRAH Participants are welcome to borrow these materials for use in their classrooms. Contact Rachel Ragland about borrowing these materials.

Four books and answer guides:

O’ Reilly, Kevin. 1991. Colonies to the Constitution: Critical Thinking in United States History Series. California: Critical Thinking Books and Software
_______1991. New Republic to the Civil War: Critical Thinking in United States History Series. California: Critical Thinking Books and Software
_______ 1991. Reconstruction to Progressivism: Critical Thinking in United States History Series. California: Critical Thinking Books and Software
_______ 1991. Spanish American War to the Vietnam War: Critical Thinking in United States History Series. California: Critical Thinking Books and Software

Teacher Created Materials Sets

Each Set consists of:
Exploring History: Simulations and Activities binder
Primary Sources collection

Stix, Andi, Ed.D, Frank Hrbek. 2002. American Revolution. California: Teacher Created Materials, Inc.
_____ 2002. Constitution/New Government. California: Teacher Created Materials, Inc.
_____ 2002. Westward Expansion. California: Teacher Created Materials, Inc.
_____ 2002. Civil War. California: Teacher Created Materials, Inc.
_____ 2002 Immigration. California: Teacher Created Materials, Inc.
_____ 2002 World War I Era. California: Teacher Created Materials, Inc.
_____ 2002 Roaring Twenties and Great Depression. California: Teacher Created Materials, Inc.
_____ 2002 World War II. California: Teacher Created Materials, Inc.
_____ 2002 Civil Rights Movement. California: Teacher Created Materials, Inc.

History Alive! Binder Series

All published in1999 California Teacher’s Curriculum Institute. Author’s are from lengthy list of member’s no specifics given on the authors of the individual binders.

Geography of America from Past to Present
Colonial Life and The American Revolution
The Constitution in a New Nation
Manifest Destiny in a Growing Nation
The Civil War and Reconstruction: United States History to 1900
The Rise of Industrial America
The U.S. Coming of Age 1890-1920
The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression
The U.S. in WWII
The Cold War
The Civil Rights Movement
Contemporary American Society

Stix, Andi. 2002. History Strategies for Active Learning. California. Teacher Created Materials Inc.

Stix, Andi, Ed., Frank Hrbek. 2001 Using Literature and Simulations in Your Social Studies Classroom. California: Teacher Created Materials Inc.