Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"A Sound of Hammering"

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders study "A Sound of Hammering," which is a letter written by a former soldier after the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Personal Focus: S/SGT. GEORGE OIYE - 522nd Field Artillery Battallion

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders research S/Sgt. George Oiye, who fought in the 522nd Field Artillery Battallion. They examine the roles and sacrifices of this soldier, then answer questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Learning to Read Primary Documents

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research primary source documents related to the Canadian Loyalist theme at Canada's Learning Center website. They examine a painting, a list and a discharge notice of a soldier.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Doubles: Japan and America's Intercultural Children

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students experience issues of intercultural children born as a result of the Occupation of Japan by American soldiers. They reflect on how these experiences and issues might be relevant to our own lives. Task cars are available to print...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Prairie Grove Battlefield

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine the battle of Prairie Grove and Arkansas's role in the Civil War. They discover the realities of war on the soldiers and civilians. They analyze historical documents for content.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Powder Horns: Portals to the Past

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils discuss the uses of a powder horn. They identify the types of etchings soldiers would make on them. They create their own design for their own powder horn.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Three Faces of Isaac Stevens

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine three images of Isaac Stevens for information about the man and his activity as a US soldier, territorial governor and participant in treaty councils. Students are also shown Union Army pictures with different...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

St. James on Horseback

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research and write on this sculpture of St. James and describe his importance to the Spanish soldiers who conquered Mexico. Students create their own estofado designs in an engraving process suitable for the classroom of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Invasion of Iraq

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the war in Iraq. They use videos, newspapers, and other media to examine the circumstances leading up to the invasion, the war's major battles, and the post-war situation on the ground. Students read letters from Iraq...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

From the Four Corners 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners view a film looking at government propaganda during WWII. They look at the portrayal of Commonwealth tropps in "From the Four Corners." Students are asked to evaluate the utility of the film as evidence of why Commonwealth...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

After the American Revolution: Free African Americans in the North

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore how one-third of Patriot soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill were African Americans Census data also reveal that there were slaves and free Blacks living in the Nort
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Integrated Social Studies Lesson and Science Lesson

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss the Civil War and the fact that many soldiers died during the war as a result of sickness. They discuss germs and participate in an activity that shows them how germs are spread and how they can be stopped from...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Suffering and Sunset: An African American Artist's Impression of World War I

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study paintings by a Pennsylvania artist, Horace Pippin, to explore African-American contributions in World War I. They create presentations based on their impressions of the artwork.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploration of Civil War Webquest

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use the internet to research what life was like for Confederate and Union soldiers in a specific battle of interest to them. In groups, they complete a webquest on the battle in which one represents a Confederate soldier and the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Graveyard Investigation

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders visit a cemetery and copy the headstones of soldiers killed during the Civil War. They role-play as soldiers aand write letters about their war experiences.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Numbers Practice Game

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this numbers worksheet, students interpret symbols assigned to numbers and convert a "symbol" sentence to a number. An "X" represents 10 soldiers, an "I" represents one soldier.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Elegy

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students examine an elegy for form, tone and subject matter.  In this elegy lesson plan, students share impressions from Dylan Thomas's poem and a critic's response to the poem. Students discuss emotions and the refusal to mourn...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Glorieta Battlefield

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine how important combat was in Mississippi during the Civil War. They analyze the Battle of Glorieta Pass and soldiers movements and actions during the conflict. They also examine local war memorials.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Revolutionary Idea

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students take a field trip to watch a reenactment of the Revolutionary War. In groups, they participate in the same daily chores as the soldiers and examine the contributions of the colonies. To end the lesson, they eat a typical...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Career/Jobs: Picture/Word Worksheet #4

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this tracing words worksheet, students study the pictures of various jobs and then trace the matching words: pilot, mechanic, clown, soldier, astronaut, and plumber.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

United States Colored Troops in Missouri: Finding African American History at the M

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze primary source documents about African American soldiers in Missouri. They work together to complete a worksheet about the document. They discuss the information they gathered as a class.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Two Ways of Life

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students visit Internet sites to compare ways of life of Indians on western Texas frontier and U.S. military men at Texas forts, and draw pictures to illustrate clothing, transportation, weapons, and shelter of both Indians and U.S....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Veterans Day Activity

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Veterans Day learning exercise, students color a picture of a veteran and "talk about it" and answer 3 questions: what is a soldier, what kind of song do you think he's playing, and what patriotic songs do you know?
Lesson Plan
National History Day

Heroes Who Made a Difference: Memorializing a Distinguished Service Cross Award Recipient

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Ever wonder how to memorialize World War I heroes in the classroom? Activities in a high-quality social studies resource prompt middle schoolers to research Internet sources, complete a graphic organizer, and write an editorial feature...

Other popular searches