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The following (H)our History Series are designed to meet common standards in state and national social studies curriculums. Explore these topics and find the lesson that best fits your curricular needs.
(H)our History Lessons are one-hour resources featuring a reading, discussion questions, and 1-3 activities. Some are based on longer, traditional Teaching with Historic Places lesson plans while others feature new material. Intended for use in a structured learning setting (whether at school or in a home classroom), they are lessons that can be taught bell to bell. (H)our History Lessons engage students with thought-provoking questions and place-based resources about the past.
You can also discover individual lessons on a range of subjects in the listing below.
(H)our History Lesson Series
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Civil Rights and Public EducationThese short lessons explore the significance of desegregation in the American public school system.
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Teaching Engaged CitizenshipThese mini-lessons make it easier to fit civics education into a variety of social studies classrooms.
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Women's History to Teach Year-RoundThese lessons span the geography of the US and cover diverse women’s experiences through the nineteenth and twentieth century.
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Claiming Civil RightsLearn about efforts to claim civil rights in the US, from the story of Dred and Harriet Scott to the work of activist Mary McLeod Bethune.
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The Legacies of SlaveryThe lesson plans in this series guide students though conversations about the history and injustices of slavery in the US.
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World War II LessonsExplore World War II lessons with highlighted lessons on African American and Women's history on the World War II home front.
Highlighted (H)our Histories
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What Makes A Hero? (Lesson Plan)This lesson explores the lives of Woodrow Wilson and John Marshall, prompting discussion about who should be considered a national hero.
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(H)our History: Lorton ReformatoryThis lesson on the Lorton Reformatory examines Progressive reformers’ effort to build build prisons that focused on rehabilitation.
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(H)our History: Alaska StatehoodThis one hour lessons looks at the Cold War shaped the story of Alaska statehood.
Individual Lessons
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This series of lesson plans about the WWII home front, focus on Savannah and Chatham County, Georgia, as an American World War II Heritage City. The lessons contain photographs, readings, and primary sources, with optional extension activities. The lessons highlight specific contributions, such as shipbuilding and civilian contributions. The lessons also connect to larger themes and understandings of the US home front during wartime.
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This a series of lesson plans about the WWII home front, focused on Evansville, Indiana, as an American World War II Heritage City. The lessons contain photographs, readings, and primary sources, with optional extension activities. The lessons highlight specific contributions (such as manufacturing and civilian volunteerism). There is a focus on women's history and African American history. The lessons also connect to larger themes and understandings of the US home front during wartime.
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This a series of lesson plans about the WWII home front, focused on Pascagoula, Mississippi, as an American World War II Heritage City. The lessons contain photographs, readings, and primary sources, with optional extension activities. The lessons highlight specific contributions (such as manufacturing, labor organizing, local volunteer efforts and civil defense organization). The lessons also connect to larger themes and understandings of the US home front during wartime.
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This a series of lesson plans about the WWII home front, focused on Lewistown, Montana as an American World War II Heritage City. The lessons contain photographs, readings, and primary sources, with optional extension activities. The lessons highlight specific contributions, such as the youth experience and aviation history. The lessons also connect to larger themes and understandings of the US home front during wartime.
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This is a series of lesson plans about the WWII home front, focused on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a World War II Heritage City. The lesson contains primary and secondary sources readings, photographs, statistics and other resources, as well as questions for students to consider. The lessons highlight specific contributions of the people of Pittsburgh, and they connect to the larger themes and understanding of the US home front during wartime.
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This a series of lesson plans about the WWII home front, focused on Pensacola and Escambia County, Florida, as an American World War II Heritage City. The lessons contain photographs, readings, and primary sources, with optional extension activities. The lessons highlight specific contributions, such as USOs, a Vocational School for women, and aviation. The lessons also connect to larger themes and understandings of the US home front during wartime.
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This a series of lesson plans about the WWII home front, focused on Los Alamos County, New Mexico, as an American World War II Heritage City. The lessons contain photographs, readings, and primary sources, with optional extension activities. The lessons highlight specific contributions (such as weapons research, changing geography, and Native American lives during the war). The lessons also connect to larger themes and understandings of the US home front during wartime.
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This is a series of lessons about the World War II home front, focused on the Tri-Cities, Washington as an American World War II Heritage City. Its impacts to home front efforts includes its contributions to The Manhattan Project (the Hanford Site), Naval Air Station Pasco, and Big Pasco. The lessons highlight specific contributions but connect to larger themes and understandings of the U.S. home front during wartime. This series is a part of Teaching with Historic Places.
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This a series of lesson plans about the WWII home front, focused on Dayton, Ohio, and Montgomery County, as an American World War II Heritage City. The lessons contain photographs, reading, and a primary source, with an optional activity. The lessons highlight specific contributions (such as defense manufacturing, civilian involvement, Armed Forces presence, and Japanese American resettlement), but connect to larger themes and understandings of the US home front during wartime.
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Last updated: October 24, 2024