This Day in History 1. Purpose of the lesson The students will learn facts from history that are still making an impression today. As a result of their timeline, students will see that history is not static, but rather a never-ending series of events which have influences on each other. Also, they will learn that history is more than the study of wards, which is all to often the emphasis in high school classrooms.
History reaches a wider audience when aspects of society and culture are included.
Introduction of lesson You will be using the History Channel's website to conduct research on this day in history. We will break into five groups. Each group will read what happened that day in their category. Then the groups will use the search engine on the main page of the website and timeline to make connections to other note-worthy events in their category, thus making a working timeline. They will then share their time lines with the rest of the class.