The History Teaching Institute at The Ohio State University is the P-16 portal of The Harvey Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching at the Ohio State University.
- History Lesson Plans
- Primary source based lessons related to European history since 1450 and United States history tied to the Ohio Academic Content Standards
- The Opper Project: Using Editorial Cartoons in the Classroom
These standards-based, teacher-created, primary source lessons are based on editorial cartoons covering more than a century of American history - Cold Cases: Lessons in Historical Skills and Methods: These standards-based, teacher-created, primary source lessons feature a variety of primary source materials from the Byrd Polar Research Center archives at Ohio State. High School students can learn historical skills using photographs and documents—all organized around the theme of polar exploration.
- The Great War in Global Context includes teacher created lesson plans, bibliography, and links to on-line resources that address the military, diplomatic, political, and cultural aspects of World War I.
- The Scientific Revolution: These lesson plans examine science, society, and culture from the 16th to the 18th centuries.
- Professional Development
Learn about our professional development programs, including projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Teaching American History program.
- Central Asia in World History will engage teachers in a deeper understanding of how Central Asia has historically functioned as a crossroads of intercultural exchange, connecting the great civilizations on the Eurasian periphery, giving rise to world empires of its own in antiquity and the medieval era, and serving as the playing ground for the Anglo-Russian “Great Game” in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This will be done through expert presentations, analysis of primary material, both narrative and documentary, screenings and discussion of relevant films, immersion in traditional food and music of the region, and the development of unit plans for classroom use.
- Picturing History: Editorial Cartooning in America, 1754-2011 is a summer institute sponsored by Ohio State's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum for Middle and High School teachers that will be held August 1-5, 2011, on the OSU main campus. Participants will learn how to conduct close readings and will gain a thorough grounding in the evolution of editorial cartoons, their purpose, and their intent. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to conduct research and work with primary source material at the Cartoon Library and Museum.
- Connecting to the Past is a professional development program designed to support and improve the teaching of American history. Participation is open to teachers in grades four to eight in Ashland, Holmes, Wayne, and Medina Counties.
- Back to History is a professional development program for K-12 teachers in Ohio's Educational Regional Service System Region 10, including Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, and Preble counties. This program combines the resources of The Ohio State University, the Ohio Historical Society, and the Clark County Educational Service Center to support and improve the teaching of traditional American history.
- Explore History Webinars: A program of five webinars presented during the winter and spring of 2010, funded by a Teaching American History grant from the U. S. Department of Education.
- Resources
- A selection of quality websites in American history
- Links to other sites that include high quality information and lesson plans
