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Lesson Plans for Teachers
Developed by participants of the various History Institute weekends and Cultural Immersion Opportunities, these classroom lessons serve as a free resource for educators to use in their own classrooms.
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- War Power in American Politics: An FPRI Primer - Paul Dickler
- The Bill of Rights and Amending the Constitution: An FPRI Primer - Paul Dickler
- The Geogrpahy of Post-Soviet Conflicts - Paul Bove
- America’s Wild West vs. Japan’s Wild North: Comparing and Contrasting Methods of Expansionism and Settler Colonialism - Erika Lundstedt
- Power of Place: Seeing Connections Between Community and the World - Jessica Christensen
- The Jomon People in a Neolithic World - Megan Zahuranec
- Two Religions of Japan - Alexandra Less
- Causation in History–Gender Equality in Japan - Javier Ergueta
- Buddhism and it’s Impact on East Asian Culture - Cody Neamand
- Cultural and historical influences on abortion views and practices in Japan - Sania Mirza
- “A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Ainu and other Indigenous People” - Christine Shaw
- Negotiating the Narrative: Japan’s History Textbooks, Wartime Atrocities, and the Conservative Agenda - Amy Perkins
- Labor, Workforce, and Immigration – A Study of Japan - Ronald Bravo
- Modern Transportation and Communication in Japan - Martin Gilbert
- Analyzing Insurgencies Throughout American History - Aaron Henricks
- Exploring the Jomon – Paleolithic Culture or Early Agricultural Society? - Sarah Foels
- Japan, the United States, and North Korea: A Media Literacy Approach to Understanding the Current Nuclear Crisis - Mary Kate Lonergan
- The Ainu People of Hokkaido - Victoria Scarpa
- Geopolitical strategies – American Bases in Germany: An Example - Tom Mueller
- NATO: An FPRI Primer - Paul Dickler
- Types of States - Craig Gaslow
- Causes of the Russian Revolution - Vasiliki Dardeshi
- To what extent do modern extremist groups follow the policies of Mao Zedong? - Leonore Heino
- The Birth of the Constitution: An FPRI Primer - Paul Dickler
- Free Market and Command Economies Sovkhozy, Kolkhozy, and a Houston Supermarket - John Rappazzo
- Deterrence and Conflict: Deterrence: what it can (and cannot) do - Ellen Resnek
- Spatially Examining Democracy in Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Republics: Freedom House Exercise - Thomas Mueller
- The Declaration of Independence: An FPRI Primer - Paul Dickler
- The National Security Council: An FPRI Primer - Paul Dickler
- 5 Themes of Geography – Persian Gulf War - Tom Mueller
- Assessing the Impact of the 1990-1991 Persian Gulf War - Leonore Heino
- Why did America Go to War in the 20th Century? - David Lonborg
- Comparing Canadian and American Memory of the War of 1812 - Matt Moore
- Clausewitz : Seven “Cs” Analysis: States and Other Institutions of Power - Ellen Resnek
- Contextualization of the Spanish-American War - Christina Cone
- A Match Without a Fuse - Mark Wiese
- Manifest Destiny and the Transcendentalists: A Crossover Lesson - Jessica Piper
- The Road to Independence and Constitutional America - Amy Brady
- Hangul - Natsuko Buurstra
- Year of Impossible Goodbyes - Mike Anderson
- Korea: An Ancient Kingdom embracing the Modern World - James Feldman
- Confucianism/Neo-Confucianism - Julie Kuo
- Korean Defection - Ana Baker
- The Korean War- Changing the Face of Our Military - Victoria Scarpa
- How Sick was the Sick Man of Europe? - Leonore Heino
- Reforming the Japanese Constitution: Is it time to change article 9? - Kathy Hagee
- TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership): What Do You Think? - Don Jenkins
- The Development of Feudalism in Japan and its Presence in Japan Today - Chelsea Maxwell
- Article 9: Continuing to Shape Modern Japan - Kelsey Hudson
- Finding the Lost Doughboys of World War I - David King
- The Changing Role of the US Military and Foreign Policy after the Cold War: 1991-2001 - Jeanne Scheppach
- The American Military and operations since Vietnam— 1975 to 2015 - Bruce Damasio
- US Foreign Policy of the 1990s – Peacekeeping and Nation-building - Jennifer Jolley
- International Cooperation Towards Peace: The Geneva Conventions and the Kellogg Briand Pact - James Feldman
- Korea- Solutions for US Problems? - Javier Ergueta
- World War I – the British Empire and Colonial Nationalism - James Feldman
- Zen Meditation - Natsuko Buurstra
- World War One Group Project - Leonore Heino
- World War 1: America’s Role on the Western Front - Ellen Resnek
- The Rise of American Sea Power and Its Impact on World War I - Anthony Dalasio
- What World War I Can Teach Us About the War on Terrorism - Mark Ladd
- South Korea’s Demographic Challenge - Larry Letellier
- Christians in Iraq - John Rappazzo
- South Korean Culture - Tricia Strouhal
- The Impact of Government on Personal and Economic Freedom - Felix Yerace
- Korean Website Exploration - Thomas Kenning
- The Cold War in Korea: Korean War - Brandi Love
- Korean Multi-Cultural Fair - Michelle Heim
- The Atomic End to World War II and What it Means for Humans Today - Shayne Dove
- An Introduction to Japanese Government - Evan Sellers
- Should Japan Amend Article 9 of the Constitution? - Rachelle Myllymaki
- Presidential Leadership and World War One - Jennifer Truman-Nanik
- The Changing Borders of Israel and the Future of Palestinians - Pamela Hunt
- Conflict in the Middle East - Christina Cone
- Korean Presidents: an Evaluation of Effective Leadership - Ellen Resnek
- Differing Viewpoints on the Japanese Occupation of Korea - Christina Cone
- When a Country is Torn Apart: North vs. South - Regina Chamberlin
- Analyze Korea DBQ - Nicole Vickerman
- Do You Know Korea? - Nicole Vickerman
- Google Kim Jong Un - Nicole Vickerman
- Show Me the Won - Nicole Vickerman
- Academic Pressure and Teens in the US and South Korea: Is it worth it? - Emily Osborne
- Decolonization and Ethnic Nationalism in Egypt - Christina Cone
- East vs. West Philosophers Smackdown - Stacy Higbe
- The Sunni and Shia Muslims - James Feldman
- Japan: Exploring Different Cultural Components of Japan Through Education, Declining Population, and Immigration - Ana Baker and Padi Kong
- Earthquakes and the Construction of Buildings - Michelle Heim
- To War or Not To War: Modern Presidential Decisions - Ron Keller
- International Cooperation vs. Isolationism - Shane Lesher
- Palestinian/Israeli Conflict – Contrasting Narratives - Sarah Jones
- Global Crisis Simulation - Gary Morris
- Is Democracy Possible in the Middle East? - Christina Cone
- Implications for the Future: Using Population Demographics, Population Pyramids and the Demographic Transition Model to compare Japan, the United States, and three additional countries - David Burton