history works | core themes

History WORKS activities concentrate on six core themes, which are essential to a thorough understanding of the scope and drama of American history. Each theme is broad enough to encourage the appreciation of an historical narrative and pattern in American history, not just a moment in time. These themes are also closely linked with the state of Ohio Standards in United States history.

Faces and Places: American History through Ohio Biography

Turning Points: The Constitution and American Democratic Institutions

The United States in the World: American Foreign Relations

Migration and Immigration: The Peopling of America

Common and Uncommon Cents: American Economic History

Differing Perspectives: Social Movements and Social Change

History WORKS concentrates on building teachers' knowledge of six core themes of American History, each broad enough to encourage historical narratives and sequential patterns in history, not just moments in time. Click each theme for more information.