Lesson Plans

Teaching with Historic Places offers a series of more than 160 classroom-ready lesson plans that use historic sites as a means for exploring American history. Educators and their students can work through these online lesson plans directly on the computer or print them out and photocopy them for distribution.

You can browse lesson plans by theme, time period, and state.

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  • Women holding a flag that says
    Theme

    Find lesson plans based on themes in American history.

  • Drawing of people sitting in covered wagons. LOC
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    Find lesson plans based on time periods in American history.

  • Map of all states in the US.
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Last updated: June 24, 2021

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