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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating Your Own Rock Art

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders look at early art. In this visual arts lesson, 8th graders investigate the attributes of rock art, examine rock art, and create their own examples of rock art. Analysis and instructional worksheets are included.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Whitewashing the History of the South

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners research online a variety of different plantation museums across the South to ascertain how realistically, if at all, slavery is portrayed. This is a very interesting way for students to see how history can be presented in many...
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention: Farrand's Records

For Students 9th - 10th
Three of the four volumes of Max Farrand's collection of the records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Called The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787, these documents are a critical part of American governmental history.
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: Does the Camera Ever Lie?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A presentation of how photographs were manipulated by photographers during the Civil War.