American Heritage: History Lesson Plans for K-12

The American Heritage Education Foundation offers free lesson plans on American history for K-12.  These are not just quickly created lesson plans thrown on an Internet page for website exposure.  No, these are high quality lesson plans that were created by teachers for teachers and that have been under the scrutiny of testing.

The American Heritage Education Foundation describes their program as:

Each resource book includes an introductory essay regarding the curriculum rationale, lesson plans to specifically consider the American heritage themes, and activities in which students assess and analyze their own identities as Americans. The elementary school lesson plans include lessons about the colonists' experience under monarchy; the context for the writing of the Declaration of Independence; the creation of important American symbols, songs, and holidays; and the character traits modeled by great national leaders and presidents. The middle school lesson plans include lessons focusing on concepts within the Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, and other important texts and American symbols as well as the ideals for which many fought and sacrificed their lives. The high school lesson plans include lessons for in-depth analysis and understanding of the ideas, intentions, arguments, rights, and meanings addressed in significant texts from the Mayflower Compact and the Declaration of Independence to Federalist 47, the First Amendment, and a government letter on religious expression in public schools. 

You may access the lesson plans online, through the American Heritage Education Foundation website, or you may go to this page to order a 100% free CD of the lessons.

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