Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Oneida Community and Birth Control

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the practice of mail continence in Oneida. They explore the reasons behind the community's practice of limiting births. They discuss the relationship between reproductive freedom and woman's rights.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Great Hunter Storytelling Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars listen to and use resources to translate an old Oneida story told in the Oneida language by an elder in the community. They then develop an illustrated slideshow of the story.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Thirteen Moons Language Lesson

For Teachers 1st
First graders study, discuss, and memorize the meanings in the Oneida Language of the most commonly used names for each of the Thirteen Moon cycles in their community. They draw pictures corresponding with the name of each of the moon...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wahta (Maple) Language Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students will review orally the sounds used in the Oneida, review orally sugar camp vocabulary and phrases, attend sugar camp and identify equipment/objects in the language teach vocabulary/commands to younger students, while walking...
Interactive
Curated OER

Reform Movements (5)

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive American history activity, high schoolers answer 20 matching questions regarding reform movements. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
Interactive
Curated OER

The Giver - Essay Questions

For Students 6th - 10th
In this literature activity, students respond to 15 short answer and essay questions about Lowry's The Giver. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Trash Goes To School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils explore solid waste background information. They are presented with a well balanced picture. Students review ideas on how to use solid waste issues in many fields including math, science, English, social studies and home...
eBook
Syracuse University

Oneida Community Collection: John Humphrey Noyes: The Putney Community

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the online text to a biography about John Humphrey Noyes. It is divided into three sections: his ancestry and early life, the Putney Community, the Oneida Community.
Handout
Other

Nyhn: The Oneida Community

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives some background information about the Oneida Community. Also provides information about the founder, John Humphrey Noyes, and lists the "doctrines" of the community.
Website
Other

Oneida Nation of the Thames

For Students 9th - 10th
The Oneida Nation migrated to the area around the Thames River in Ontario in 1840. See how the Oneida people have maintained their culture while enriching their community through their entrepreneurial spirit.
Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in New York: Oneida Community Mansion House

For Students 9th - 10th
Built in 1848 for the Oneida Community.
Website
Digital History

Digital History: Utopian Socialism

For Students 9th - 10th
A good look at the Utopian communities that were attempted in the first half of the 19th century. They had differing reasons for their development, but their common focus was trying a unique way of communal living. Read about the Oneida...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: John Mayfield, Triumph of Nationalism: America, 1815 1850

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An essay in which historian John Mayfield claims Americans' evangelical passion is the "religious equivalent of nationalism."
Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Experiments With Utopia

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the communities, often religious, that strove to be a Utopia, a perfect place where man's natural goodness would provide a good life. Several Utopian communities were spread across the East and Midwest.
Website
Curated OER

National Park Service: Utopias in America

For Students 9th - 10th
A good look at the various Utopian communities established in the United States in the 1800s. Find out about the communities, their founders, and their demise.