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The History Teaching Institute at The Ohio State University is the P-16 portal of The Harvey Goldberg Program for Excellence in Teaching at the Ohio State University. Here you can find:

• 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.
• Professional Development
  • Learn about our professional development programs, including projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Teaching American History program.
• Resources
  • A selection of quality websites in American history
  • Links to other sites that include high quality information and lesson plans