History Lesson Plans

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• Kindergarten
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Kindergarten

• Long, Long, Ago
  Children will learn that the world has not always been as it is today by discovering things they use in every day life that were not available long ago. They’ll use reasoning and imagination to think...
• Thanksgiving Menu
  This activity allows students to be imaginative and do some creative writing, while learning about history by creating a menu for the first thanksgiving. ...

Middle School

• American History Review
  The purpose of this lesson is to review important events in American history from its discovery to present...
• Writing a Short Story - History
  Students will choose a period of history that they have studied so far and find interesting. Then, they will write a short story with the setting in that period of history. Students can do the...
• The States and Capitals - Part One
  In this lesson, students have to write the capital beside the state. This lesson is in two...
• The States and Capitals - Part Two
  In this lesson, students have to write the capital beside the state....
• Writing a Historical Fiction Story
  In this lesson, students will choose some period of history and write a fictional story, but the facts of history need to be...
• Writing a Biography - Helen Keller
  Students will write a biography of Helen Keller. This lesson will take more than one class period. You can have them do the research during a class period, and then have them write their paper at...

High School

• Guess the State?
  In this lesson, students will select a state they want to research and write down their information in the form of questions and answers so they can ask their class to guess the identity of their...
• Team Exercise - History
  Students will write their own questions about a specific topic related to history, so they can present them to the opposite team. Each team needs to let the other team know the area they selected,...
• Comparing and Contrasting Two States
  In this lesson, students will select two states and do some research on those two states. After that, they will choose a specific topic they would like to write about and compare and contrast the...
• Choosing A President - Writing an Essay
  In this lesson, students will select the president of their choice and do some research on the president. After that, they will choose a specific topic they would like to write about such as his...
• Acronyms - States
  Students will learn about Acronyms and will fill out the worksheet that I have included in this lesson plan. This lesson is on states. Students will find information on specific states listed in...
• Story Starters for Historical Fiction Story
  The students will be given some ideas for story starters that are related to History. For example, one story starter might be: If I was the President, I would change the following: They are to...
• Writing a Biography - Part Three
  In this lesson, students will edit and revise their first draft. They will type their final copy on the...
• Writing a Biography - Part Two
  In this lesson, students will gather their information and write their outlines. You can assign their first draft as...
• Writing a Biography - Part One
  This lesson is in two parts. In this lesson, you will have some discussion questions on what a biography is and how to research for information. ...
• Conversation with __________
  In this lesson, students will select a person they would like to know better and write a scene where the student and the famous person meet to discuss a specific event. This person can be a...
• How to Write an Essay Paper
  Students will learn how to write an essay paper. This lesson plan can be used in Language or in other subjects where students write...
• History of Thanksgiving
  Students will write a paper on the history of Thanksgiving. They will do some research on the Internet and then write their paper. This assignment can take two class periods: one for research...