A collection of 29 lesson plans to use when teaching about September 11, about community service, or about tolerance, among other topics. These lesson plans have been created specifically with grades 3 through 5 in mind.

This site from Learning To Give provides information on recognizing need and finding a way to meet that need. A lesson plan for grades 6-8 is included. This site is very interesting to check out.

The East Tennessee Historical Society (ETHS) presented its ninth Teachers History Institute on June 4-8, 2007. It was funded by Humanities Tennessee and Mrs. B.W. Grimes. Taking as its theme "Voices of Opportunity: Industrialization...

In this lesson plan young scholars will explore the mapmaking craft, examine the Lewis and Clark maps,identify and apply mapmaking techniques and tools.

This lesson plan will allow middle schoolers to discover the Magna Carta and determine its importance to the United States in today's world.

This lesson plan is being built on the prior knowledge and discussion of discrimination of black Americans in the South. This lesson plan will focus on Martin Luther King Jr.'s visits to Memphis in support of their efforts and his public...

In this lesson, students work with primary source documents to recapture the experience of traveling on the Trail of Tears.

For this lesson, students will recognize the importance of the family in community situations through personal interviews, creating a personal history with pictures and text.

Adapted lesson plans, used by the Peace Corps to prepare their volunteers, are divided into three suggested grade grouping: 3-5, 6-9, 10-12. These activities introduce students to the concepts of perspective, culture, and cross-cultural...

The learner will collect and read menus from contemporary and historic sources list and compare similarities between collected menus. Students will identify differences between menus including foods offered, descriptions and prices...