History Lesson Plans

The History Teaching Institute has several primary-source based lesson plans for teachers of modern European history.

Here you will find a variety of lesson plans for elementary, middle, and high school grades.  Most of these use primary sources, and all were prepared by teachers.

In conjunction with Ohio Chautauqua, the Ohio Humanities Council offered a Summer Institute for educators at The Ohio State University at Newark. The History Teaching Institute assisted in organizing the institute and Department of History faculty lead seminars on topics ranging from the Legacy of WWII to the Pacific Theater. Participants created lesson plans based on the content and principles acquired at the institute.

Once again, the Department of History partnered with the Ohio Humanities Council to offer a Summer Institute for educators in conjunction with Ohio Chautauqua in Westerville. Faculty lead seminars on topics ranging from Advancements in Medicine to the Gilded Age, and participants created lesson plans based on the content and principles acquired at the institute.

These standards-based, teacher-created, primary source lessons are based on editorial cartoons covering more than a century of American history.

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.