Lesson Plans from the Freedom Trail-2012

The following lesson plans were developed by TAH participants who joined us on the 2012 Freedom Trail week-long trip to the Washington, D.C. area.

The documents are MS Word files.

[R=Reading, LA=Language Arts, SS=Social Studies]

TITLE	GRADE LEVEL	CONTENT AREAS
Who Were the Presidents?	K	R, LA, SS
Virtual Visit of the National Monument	K	R, LA, SS
Rules of Civility	2	LA
Introduction to Primary Documents: Pictures of Mt. Vernon	2	SS
Library Skills	2	SS
Inalienable Rights	5	R, LA, SS
Checks and Balances	5	R, LA, SS
Political Cartoons, Mini Daily “dote”	6	SS
George Washington’s Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior	6	R, LA, SS
Constitution Day	7	SS
Virtues of Politicians	7	SS
History in the News	7	SS
Founding Documents Investigation	7	SS
Teaching with Documents: Memorandum Regarding the Enlistment of Navajo Indians	7	SS
Compare and Contrast the Battle of Gettysburg and The Battle of Gloreitta Pass	7	SS
Supreme Court	8	LA, SS
Using Primary Sources: E. Roosevelt’s Letter	8	R, SS
Making Inferences and Understanding Primary Source Documents: Photographs of Civil War Soldiers	8	LA, SS
Teaching Symbolism Using the Dome of the Main Reading Room at the Library of Congress	8	R, LA, SS
Words We Live By	8	R, LA, SS
George Washington and Rules of Civility	8	R, LA, SS
Who’s the Candidate: Webquest Lesson Handout	8	R, LA, SS
Why Revolution?	8	R, LA, SS