Curated OER
Discovering What Makes Up Culture
Third graders examine images of other cultures and express what they see that identifies those cultures. They discuss the components of the Jewish culture before listening to Miriam Nerlove Albert's, Shabbat. They write questions about...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Family and Friendship in Quilts
Quilts, in addition to being a great thing to have to cuddle up on the couch with, have historically been used to tell stories and bring friends and families together. This lesson plan leads students through a series of activities on...
Other
Teaching Tennessee History: Lesson Plans for the Classroom Volume Vii [Pdf]
Between 1860 and 1910, America began to see an increase in the number of immigrants coming to America for a better life, religious freedom, and a brighter future for their families. It is estimated that about twenty-three million...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Creating Family Timelines Graphing Family Memories
Contains plans for five 50-minute lessons that ask learners to create time lines of their own family and life histories. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in...
Other
Bringing History Home: Communities Long Ago
This Grade 1 unit explores U.S. communities in a historical context. By exploring their own community's buildings and services of both long ago and today, children in non-Native American communities are introduced to concepts of change,...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Nordic Sagas: Iceland Genes
Explain how the isolated and homegeneous population of Iceland makes research in family ancestry simpler than in other cultures. Investigate the work of genealogists, and trace your own heritage as far as you can without extensive research.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Old Business, New Business
In this lesson students are introduced to several businesses from the past. They see that, while the names for these businesses are different, many of the elements of that job are seen in occupations today. The web site, "Business Cards"...
Other
Women in World History Curriculum: Female Fury in the Forum
This lesson plan uses two examples of women asserting their power in Roman history to show what rights they really had. Activities are discussion based but could be easily expanded upon.