History
Ancient Egypt Unit  |
Lesson Plan
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A simple outline for 13 lessons and activities for a study of Ancient Egpyt. Also includes links to student research projects and a library pathfinder to support students.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/egyptact.htm
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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Artifact Puzzles
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Lesson Plan
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Students pretend to be archaeologists to determine what artifact they have found and what its use might have been.
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/4935.shtml
Grade Level(s):
3-5
| | Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad |
Lesson Plan
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Making multicultural connections through trade books: lesson for math, social studies, and language arts.
http://web.archive.org/web/20070531214216/http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/cu...
Grade Level(s):
3-5
| | Columbus Day Activities |
Lesson Plan
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Arts and crafts, language activities, poetry, songs and fingerplays.
http://www.theholidayzone.com/columbus/index.html
Grade Level(s):
1-2, 3-5
| | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. WebQuest/Timeline |
Lesson Plan
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Work through the student-created timeline to find answers to the questions.
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/taverna/98/king.htm
Grade Level(s):
1-2, 3-5
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Explorers
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Lesson Plan
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The lesson will focus on an overview of concurrent Dutch, French, Spanish, and English explorations on the east coast of North America during the 1500’s and 1600’s. After students read their textbooks about North American exploration, this lesson will be used to reemphasize the aims, obstacles, and accomplishments each country experienced. The use of cooperative learning through group goals and individual accountability will be accentuated.
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/4611.shtml
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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Johnny Appleseed Day Research Activity
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Lesson Plan
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Students research, then create a holiday for a special person.
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/1587.shtml
Grade Level(s):
1-2, 3-5
| | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Lesson Plan
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Chronology of MLK's life, Jim Crow laws, "I Have a Dream" speech
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSMartinLutherKing5.htm
Grade Level(s):
3-5
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Slavery and the Underground Railroad
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Lesson Plan
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Following the map of the Underground Railroad.
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/450.shtml
Grade Level(s):
3-5
| | The Cowboy Unit |
Lesson Plan
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These five lessons help students to understand the roles that cowboys played in the United States and Colorado history during the late 1800's. They will develop vocabulary, help students look at cultural assimilation, power, diversity, and economics in Colorado history.
http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/passport/lessonplan/lessons/cowboyun...
Grade Level(s):
3-5, 6-8
| | The Holocaust: A Learning Site for Students |
Lesson Plan
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Students can navigate through this site to learn about World War II, Hitler, Nazi Terror, the Final Solution, concentration camps...
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/index.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5, 6-8, 9-12
| | The Thirteen Colonies |
Lesson Plan
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Two lesson plans exploring economics in the New World. Students learn the economic reasons colonists settled in America, and understand what job opportunities were available in the colonies.
http://www.cstone.net/%7Ebcp/3/3DHistory.htm
Grade Level(s):
3-5
| | United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
Lesson Plan
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A simple chronology of events surrounding the Holocaust.
http://www.ushmm.org/education/
Grade Level(s):
3-5, 6-8, 9-12
| | US History, Colonial America 1600-1776 |
Lesson Plan
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Gives some possible discussions, activities and works of literary merit. All of which are intended to be offered as choices to the learner rather than as assignments or lists of things to do.
http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/ushistory/colonial.html
Grade Level(s):
3-5, 6-8
| | WebQuest: Life on Plymouth Plantation |
Lesson Plan
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In this activity you will be discovering about the early Americans by looking at a recreation of Plymouth Plantation in 1627.
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/plymouth/
Grade Level(s):
3-5, 6-8
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