Lesson Plan
Curated OER

BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners explore how to build a bridge and test how much weight it can support.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Social Studies Review for Grade 4 (4.1)

For Students 4th
In this social studies review for grade 4 (4.1) worksheet, 4th graders answer 25 multiple choice questions in standardized test format about U.S. history.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Statistical Study by Adolescent Students on Relevant Issues

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students use statistics to study attributes of a local center for pregnant teenagers. They apply mean, median, mode and a correlation study between two variables.
Lesson Planet Article
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American History Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
It's always a good time for students to go over lesson plans that talk about America's birth.
Lesson Plan
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NFE General Knowledge Quiz

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders review various aspects of World History. In this World History instructional activity, 8th graders participate in a bingo game.  Students complete a worksheet during bingo.
Worksheet
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Margot Fonteyn

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous people worksheet, students read a passage about Margot Fonteyn and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
Lesson Planet Article
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Mother's Day Lesson Plans

For Teachers K - 5th
Mother's Day lessons provide students a way to learn about art, music, and history.
Primary
Other

History 341: Colonial America: 1805 Copy of the New England Primer

For Students 9th - 10th
Clickable index for the full text of the 1805 New England Primer, a textbook that made public education possible in the early United States.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Legacy of French Canadian Immigrants in New England

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Designed by American Memory Fellows Linda Hamel and Linda Hedrirck, this site explores the settlements of French Canadians in New England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It provides teachers complete lesson plans for 8...
Graphic
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Etc: Maps Etc: Texas and the New England States, 1916

For Students 9th - 10th
A comparison of sizes between Texas and the New England states.
Activity
Washington State University

Washington State University: Literary Movements: Puritanism in New England

For Students 9th - 10th
Good overview of the beliefs, theology, church membership, and literary style of the Puritans. Contains a good bibliography for more resources.
Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Lacroix, the Transplantation of French Canada: A Challenge to Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the migration of French Canadians into the New England area and the impact on the area and the Roman Catholic Church. By the Great Depression, nearly a million Canadians of French descent had settled in the United...
Activity
Other

Northeastern States Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site gives and teachers and students ideas for research topics about the northeastern states. Topics range from economics to science. The content is geared towards elementary level students.
Graphic
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Etc: The Revolution in New England States, 1774 1783

For Students 9th - 10th
A map of America's New England states during the time of the American Revolution, including Maine, New Hampshire (with Vermont), Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Long Island. The map shows major cities, towns, forts, battle...
Website
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National Park Service: New Bedford Whaling Historical Park:technology&business

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the many products obtained from whales, how the whales were hunted, and how the business of whaling was run. This dangerous business brought riches to New England for about a century.
Website
Other

Nebhe: State Tuition Agreements

For Students 9th - 10th
If you're a resident of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont, the tuition saving program may save you money. The NEBHE provides a tuition break for students pursuing certain majors at public colleges...
Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Connecticut Blacks in 18th and 19th Centuries

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A curriculum unit that examines the history of slavery in Connecticut, the laws permitting it, segregation, and the struggles faced by freed blacks to achieve equality.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Portuguese in the u.s.: Whaling, Fishing, and Industrial Employment

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief article outlines the the employement of Portuguese immigrants in the whaling industry in southern New England in the 19th century.
Activity
Washington State University

Washington State University: Literary Movements: Puritanism in New England

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of Puritan beliefs, with an extensive bibliography that you can use to further your study of the Puritan people.
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Massachusetts

For Students 3rd - 5th
The Library of Congress profiles Massachusetts in this fact-filled article about the "Old Colony State."
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Report the Trials: Salem Hysteria

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will act as a radio/TV reporter informing the public of the hysteria of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. Within partners/groups, students will create a podcast/vodcast connecting Puritan life and culture with the events in Salem.
Activity
Washington State University

Washington State University: Literary Movements: Salem Witch Trials

For Students 9th - 10th
A survey of the Salem Witch Trials as well as its background in seventeenth-century colonial New England. Includes descriptions of the accused and analysis of the reasons for the outbreak of witchcraft accusations, a bibliography,...
Interactive
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: School Publishers: Towns in the Northeast

For Students 3rd - 5th
"All communities are different. They have different locations, different attractions, different people, different businesses, and different schools." This site is about some of the cities in the Northeast section of the United States....
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: United States History Map: 50 States

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the regions of the United States, find the states in those regions on maps, and play a game to locate the states. A great interactive review.