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The Opper Project , Using Editorial Cartoons in the Classroom: These standards-based, teacher-created, primary source lessons are based on editorial cartoons covering more than a century of American history.
Teaching History with Historic Clothing Artifacts : The History Teaching Institute in conjunction with The Ohio State University Historic Costume & Textiles Collection provides lesson plans to teach history using historical clothing artifacts.
Cold Cases: Lessons in Historical Skills and Methods : These standards-based, teacher-created, primary source lessons feature primary source materials from the Byrd Polar Research Center archives at Ohio State—all organized around the theme of polar exploration.
United States History Lesson Plans : Here you will find a variety of lesson plans for elementary, middle, and high school grades. Most of these use primary sources, and all were prepared by teachers.
The Great War in Global Context includes teacher created lesson plans, bibliography, and links to online resources that address the military, diplomatic, political, and cultural aspects of World War I.
World War II Lesson Plans were created by participants at a summer institute for educators (Ohio Chautauqua).
The Scientific Revolution : These lesson plans examine science, society, and culture from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
Inventors and Innovators Lesson Plans were created by educators at a summer institute (Ohio Chautauqua).
European History, 1450 - Present : These lesson plans include several primary-source based lessons.
Central Asia in World History : These are lesson plans in World History, World History AP, Geography, Family and Consumer Science, English, Journalism, Media Studies, and Global Studies for teaching Central Asia in World History.
Back to History: American History Lesson Plans created by educators
Back to History: American History Primary Source Activities created by educators
Lesson Plans Based on Current Events : These lesson plans are related to content from the "Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective" web site.
The purpose of this lesson plan is to place a human face on the Holocaust , by focusing on survivor's testimony, letters and journals from survivors and those who were killed, and poetry.
This lesson plan focuses on the French Revolution and how it challenged political, social and cultural norms in European society.
This lesson plan addresses the effect the Industrial Revolution had on people and industry.
These lesson plans focus on American history and integrate a variety of primary sources.
The Slavic Center at Ohio State University also has many K12 teacher resources, including some online teaching modules by some of our History Department faculty and graduate students. Check out their website here .
Direct links to the online teaching modules:
- " From Population Exchange to Ethnic Cleansing: Forced Migration in 20th-Century Eastern Europe " by Dr. Theodora Dragostinova. Format: Youtube video with a fully accessible transcript available .
- " An Introduction to Uzbekistan " by Henry Misa, Alisher Khaliyarov, and Dr. Madina Djuraeva. Format: u.osu.edu website.
- " Medical and Healthcare Innovation in Estonia " by Dr. Lorraine Wallace and Steven Mousetes. Format: Youtube video with a fully accessible transcript available . PowerPoint available for download through Knowledge Bank .
- " An Overview of Czech Language, History, and Culture " by Ashton Kimbler. Format: Youtube video with a fully accessible transcript available .
- " Youth Culture in Postcommunist Romania " by Dr. Adela Lechintan-Siefer. Format: Google website with embedded content.
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Browse our collection of U.S. History videos, interactive activities, teaching materials, and more. Get fun and engaging curriculum-aligned content on topics such as the Revolutionary War, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Reconstruction, and the Great Depression.
2/7/2020. Becoming US is a new educational resource for high school teachers and students to learn immigration and migration history in a more accurate and inclusive way. The people of North America came from many cultures and spoke different languages long before the founding of the Uni.
These worksheets, free to print, are designed for a comprehensive high school United States History course. There are 167 worksheets total, in chronological order, divided into fifteen sections. Each handout contains a reading followed by a series of questions based on the reading.
Home High School Introduction undefined High School Introduction Transcript Are you looking for a hook to teach about life in post-war America or strategies for teaching historical thinking skills? Wondering whether digital storytelling will really help students learn about the past?
Search U.S. History Hands-on Activities Delve into American history with these activities and games that will make history come alive for your youngster. From the pilgrims landing on Plymouth Rock to the influential African-Americans who led the civil rights movement, our collection features activities from important periods of US history.
Philadelphia: The Great Experiment A perfect resource for teachers. This high-quality video series follows the history of the city of brotherly love, from the early days of European settlement, through the American Revolution and continuing up through modern times. Free online resources for teaching and learning American history
History Lesson Plans The Opper Project, Using Editorial Cartoons in the Classroom: These standards-based, teacher-created, primary source lessons are based on editorial cartoons covering more than a century of American history.