Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
Buffalo Soldiers Lesson PlanBuffalo Soldiers Lesson Plan
Publisher
Curated OER
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Lesson Plan

Buffalo Soldiers

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This Buffalo Soldiers lesson plan also includes:
  • Project
  • Vocabulary
  • Join to access all included materials

Middle schoolers investigate the role of the buffalo soldiers. In this African American history lesson, students research the African American soldiers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Middle schoolers discuss their findings and compose songs that memorialize the buffalo soldiers.

63 Views 51 Downloads
Concepts

african american history, buffalo soldiers

Additional Tags

african american history, african american soldiers, buffalo soldiers, social studies
Show More Show Less

Resource Details

Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
3 more...
Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
1 more...
Usage Permissions
Fine Print: Educational Use

See similar resources:

Worksheet

Black History: Famous People, Movements, Events (Crossword Puzzle)

Curated OER
If you want a light exercise to review 12 famous people, events, and movements in American history, with a focus on African-American history, this crossword puzzle may be useful. It requires familiarity with Rosa Parks, Martin Luther...
8th - 11th Social Studies & History
PPT

African American Civil Rights Movement

Alabama Learning Exchange
An excellent resource defines the African-American Civil Rights Movement from the early 1900s through the legacy left in modern times. Every major date, event, and key player is described under clear overarching categories. The NAACP,...
7th - 12th Social Studies & History
Lesson Plan

The Fabric of History

Curated OER
African-American history is an integral part of what America is. Learners examine important events, read informational texts, and create quilts depicting specific eras in African-American history. Each image created for the quilt will be...
5th - 12th Social Studies & History
Website

American History: From Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium

Independence Hall Association
Need an online resource to supplement the paper textbook in your classroom? An all-encompassing website covers historical events throughout the last half of the second millenium, leading right up to the third. From the pre-Columbian...
7th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Website

Juneteenth: An American History through Maps

ESRI
An interactive website traces the history of Juneteenth celebrations from their origin in Galveston, Texas, on June 19th to the present day.  Using interactive maps, learners can find information about the African-American...
6th - 12th Social Studies & History
Interactive

National Museum of American History: What Can You Make From a Buffalo?

Smithsonian Institution
The northern Plains Indians used every part of the buffalo. In this interactive matching game, students will match objects made by Native Americans from the buffalo.
3rd - 6th Social Studies & History
PPT

History Review: Colonial America

Curated OER
Explore key moments in American history with the click of a mouse! Learners read 50 questions from different eras in early America, and watch the rest of the presentation to find more questions to answer.
7th - 12th Social Studies & History
Lesson Plan

Reliving History through Slave Narratives

Curated OER
Helpful for an American literature or history unit, this lesson prompts middle schoolers to examine slavery in the United States. They read slave narratives that were part of the Federal Writers' Project and then conduct their own...
5th - 9th Social Studies & History
Lesson Plan

African American History: Honored as Heroes

PBS
To gain an understanding of the treatment of African American soldiers during World War I, class members watch an excerpt from the History Detectives film, Our Colored Heroes, and then examine three recruitment posters from that...
48 hrs 6th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

The First African American Regiment

National Gallery of Art
Young historians examine a memorial sculpture of the first African American regiment in the Civil War, and then compare how the experiences of the regiment are portrayed in letters and poetry, as well as in the motion...
6th - 8th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use