Lesson Plan Reviews
These reviews point to at least one key element of history instruction that a lesson plan does well. These lesson plans will eventually include commentary by teachers who have tried and adapted the activities for their own classrooms.
Lewis and Clark: Same Place, Different Perspectives
Students analyze short excerpts from primary sources and secondary information that describe an encounter between the Lewis and Clark expedition and a Native American tribe. They consider how varied locations influenced the ways in which the explorers and the various Native tribes interacted.
Abraham Lincoln
This lesson leads students to see how Lincoln’s home and life in Springfield influenced the way he thought about the important issues of the time.
State Standards
Explore state social studies and history standards, searchable by state and grade. The NHEC Annual report will address state assessment issues.
Gateway to History Lesson Plans
This search engine returns history lesson plans from the web at large. The material is not vetted or reviewed, but the search filters out non-history related materials. Please see our Lesson Plan Reviews for qualitative analysis of selected resources.
Ask a Master Teacher
Questions will be answered via email, and may also be posted in our archives for others to review.
Primary Source Documents: How do I bridge the language barrier?
Vocabulary legends, guiding questions, working with others to translate the document head the list of supports to help students comprehend and analyze a complicated document.
What are some of the most significant changes in teaching history over the past 10 years?
A lot of history teaching today looks pretty similar to what was being done 10 years ago, but some major changes also have taken place.
