AHTC Lesson Plans

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Title	Topic	Grade Level	Duration	Artifacts From	Author
Oral Histories in the Classroom	Historical Biography	4-12	Weeks	Varied Sources	Alexis Jones
American Messengers	Immigration	8-12	Weeks	Early American Museum	Hyung Ro Warner Ferratier John Kirkpatrick
The Roaring '20s: Myth or Reality	Women's Roles in the 20's	10-12	2-3 days	Early American Museum	Michael Pollock Harold Dean Tim Lybarger
Drop Me a Line	Postcards and Communication	7-12	Weeks	Varied Sources	Christine Adrian
From Bullets to Blood	Military technology and its impact on civilian life: a brief history of feminine protection	9-12	1 Week	Varied Sources	Karen Klebbe
How the West (Champaign County) was Won	Settlement and Western Expansion in Champaign County, Illinois	4-8	Weeks	Varied Sources	Marianne Whitacre
Through the Years	African American History in Champaign County	4-8	Weeks	Early American Museum	Alexis Jones
Discovering the Architecture of Your Neighborhood	Architectural changes in the last 140 years	6-8	1-2 Weeks	Varied Sources	Zach Cain
Over There?	Perspectives on the Great War	4-8	1-2 Weeks	Varied Sources	Marianne Whitacre
Urbana: Then and Now	Urbana History	2-5	1 Week	Varied Sources	Tiffany Clark
The History of Photography	A study of the history of cameras and photography	3-8	2 Weeks	Cattle Bank Museum	Robert Smith
Potawatomi Trail of Death	Examining the role of local and national leaders in the Trail of Death	6-12	2 Weeks	Varied Sources	Mark Foley
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918	Explaining the chronology & severity of the 1918 pandemic, and the public's response	6-8	2 Weeks	Varied Sources	John Kirkpatrick Warner Ferratier Hyung Ro
Quilts as Symbols of America	Quiltmaking as a record of America's past and present	3-8	Weeks	Varied Sources	Mary Reger Candace Gwin Marianne Whitacre
Abel Harwood	Historical Research using primary sources	6-8	Weeks	Varied Sources	Christine Adrian
Our Place in Time	Using your home to study local history	3-5	2 Weeks	Varied Sources	Tiffany Clark
World War II in the Pacific and Home	Studying the affects of World War II on local people	4-8	2 Weeks	Champaign County Historical Museum	Todd Searing
Connecting History to Literature	Introductory lesson to studying the Great Depression	5-8	1 Week	Early American Museum	Barbara Thoma Mark Freedman
What was "Good" about the "Good War" - WWII?	A comparison of public sentiment of WWII & the Vietnam Conflict	4-8	1 Week	Early American Museum	Jim Zimmerman
Exploring Our Past	A historical fiction unit covering four time periods in U.S. History	3-5	1 Month	Early American Museum	Mary Reger
Electric Lighting	The impact of lighting on American families - positive or negative?	5-8	1 Week	Early American Museum	Mark Freedman

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