1. Welcome! History Alive! Pursuing American Ideals

2. What Is TCI? TCI is a K-12 publishing company created by teachers, for teachers. We believe the best teaching marries great content, meaningful technology, and interactive classroom experiences. The end result — students of all abilities and learning styles succeed.

3. High School Program Goals Teach students to think like historians. Inspire students with memorable classroom activities. Help teachers meet state and national standards. Develop critical readers and skilled writers. Make social studies an enjoyable and memorable class. Build students’ social studies skills.

4. Lesson: The Civil Rights Revolution: Like a “Mighty Stream” In a Visual Discovery activity, students analyze primary source photographs and songs highlighting six important events of the civil rights movement.

5. Lesson: Through Ellis Island and Angel Island: The Immigrant Experience In an Experiential Exercise, students discover what it might have been like to be a European immigrant passing through Ellis Island and Angel Island at the turn of the century.

6. Pursuing American Ideals Program Components Teacher ResourcesStudent Resources