Collections of World History Lesson Plans
HistorySimulation.com
Engaging and interactive lesson plans. History simulations for the
American Civil War, Imperialism, World War One, World War Two, the
Cold War, and more!
World History
Many lesson plans from PBS
World
History for Us All
An entire curriculum from UCLA.
Middle School
World History and Geography
Free lesson plans, worksheets, activities, Power Points, and notes
from a middle school social studies teacher.
World History Lessons
More than 20 lesson plans from the Stanford History Education Group.
AP
World History Course Home Page
Many resources including
"lesson plans and teaching strategies from your AP colleagues."
Global Issues
Lesson plans from the
N.Y. Times.
World History
for Teachers
Scroll down the page to find lesson plans and
activities, including many created by Mr. Donn.
World History Lesson Plans
From TeAchnology.
Women in World History
Curriculum
Biographies, reviews of classroom resources on women's history,
and 7 lesson plans.
World History Resources for Teachers
Teaching World History: An Idea Guide
From Teaching History.
World
History Archives
A collection of online documents.
Teach with Movies
Information for creating world history lesson plans using movies and
film.
Historyteachers.net
All sorts of resources and information.
World History Sources
From George-Mason University
Prehistory Lesson
Plans and Resources
Prehistory
Internet Links
Links to sites related to the stone age.
The Old Stone Age and The New Stone Age
A 6th-grade lesson plan.
Stone Age
A 1st-grade lesson plan.
Ancient Cliff Dwellers
A lesson plan from Reading a-z.com using this
book
about the people who inhabited the area that is now Mesa
Verde National Park from prehistoric times to the present.
Cave Art: Discovering Prehistoric Humans through Pictures
A
K-2 lesson plan from Edsitement.
Prehistoric Native American Lesson Plan: Pottery-Making Methods
A lesson plan for grades 3-12 from the Illinois State Museum.
Neanderthal
A lesson plan for grades 6-8 from Discovery Education. See also
The Life and Culture of Neanderthal Humans,
Hunting and Gathering: Finding Evidence about Neanderthals,
A lesson plan from the NY Times. See also
The
Human Spark
and
Modern Family.
Migration Theories
Lesson ideas and background information regarding the
land-bridge and coastal-route theories. For similar lesson plans, go
to
Earliest Americans and Their Environments.
For background information, go to
Jeffers
Petroglyph Site
and Lake
Agassiz: The Ultimate Fishing Spot?
Investigating Human Descent: Formulating Explanations and Models
A lesson plan for grades 9-12 investigating the misconception that
humans evolved from apes.
How Did Humans Evolve?
A teacher's guide from PBS.
Human Evolution
A high school lesson plan from Discovery Education examining the
evolution of the human species.
What
Does It Mean to be Human?
Lesson plans on human
evolution from the Smithsonian.
Prehistoric Climate Change and Why It Matters
A high-quality
lesson plan from Smithsonian Education.
Mammoth Mystery
An interactive resource Wisconsin Historical Society.
"Ardi" Lesson Plan (Ardipithecus Ramidus)
A lesson plan for
grades 7-8 that introduces students to the discovery of genus
Ardipithecus, and to common terms used when discussing
prehistory and early humans.
Ancient History Lesson Plans
and Resources
Bring Ancient History to Life!
Five lesson plans from
Education World.
The Ancient World
Five lesson plans from Thirteen Ed Online.
Ancient History Lesson Plans
Four lesson plans from Time
Maps.
Teachers Guide to Ancient Civilizations
From Kids Discover.
Mr. Donn's
Ancient History
Great source for lesson plans on many topics
related to ancient history.
Ancient Times
A K-5 lesson plan from Discovery Education.
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
Great source containing
hundreds of local files as well as links to source texts throughout
the net.
The Role of Women in Ancient Mesopotamia
A lesson plan from
The University of Chicago. See also
Migration into Ancient Mesopotamia: A Mapping Lesson and
The Question of Identity: Ethnicity, Religion, and gender, before
Islam - Mesopatamia.
The Cuneiform Writing System in Ancient Mesopotamia: Emergence and
Evolution
An elaborate lesson plan from EDSITEment.
Life in Babylonia: The Importance of Trade
A high-quality
lesson plan from EDSITEment. See also
Hammurabi's Code: What Does It Tell Us About Old Babylonia?
Laws and Government: Hammurabi's Code
A 7th-grade lesson plan
from Learn NC.
Ancient Babylonia History Lesson
For grades 5/6.
Ancient Canaan: The Exodus and Babylonia
A middle school
lesson plan.
Ancient Persia
A teacher's guide from Kid's Discover.
Ancient
Persian Empire for Kids and Teachers
From Mr. Donn.
Classical Greece: Battle of Marathon 490 BCE
A lesson plan
for grades 11-12.
Daily Life
in Ancient Greece
Learn about life in ancient Greece.
Reflections of Ancient Greece
A K-5 lesson plan from
Discovery Education.
Daily Life
in Ancient Rome
Find out what the ancient Romans did all
day!
Ancient
Rome for Kids and Teachers
From the authors of the above
site.
The
Roman Empire in the First Century
Eight lesson plans from
PBS.
Ancient Rome
A lesson plan for grades 6-8 from Discovery
Education. See also
Rome's Influence for another middle-grade lesson plan.
Ancient China for Kids
More from Mr. Donn.
Six Paths to China
Web-based activities for learning and teaching about ancient
China.
Egyptian Symbols and Figures: Scroll Paintings
A K-2 lesson
plan from Edsitement. See also
Egyptian Symbols and Figures: Hieroglyphs.
Egypt's Pyramids: Monuments with a Message
Another elementary
lesson plan from Edsitement.
The
Hidden History of Egypt
A lesson plan fro grades 6-8 from
Discovery Education. See also
Daily
Life in Ancient Egypt.
Neferchichi's Tomb
Lesson plans and information on ancient Egypt, including
Hieroglyphic Writing.
Guardian's Egypt
Take a cyber tour, print a map, learn about
the Sphinx, etc.
The Story of India
Five lesson plans for AP high school
students from PBS. The lessons plans cover ancient to modern times.
See also
Daily Life
in Ancient India.
Aztec Mythology
A unit for grades 4-5.
Aztec Codex
A 7th-grade lesson plan in which students learn
about and demonstrate an understanding of Aztec culture by making a
replica of an Aztec codex.
A Classical Mayan News Report
A high school lesson plan in which students learn about Mayan
city-states and what archaeologists can tell us about an ancient
civilization. See also
Daily Life in
the Maya Empire.
Discovering the Maya of Yesterday
An interdisciplinary unit for grades 5-8.
The Rise, Fall, and Collapse of Civilzations
A
7th-grade lesson plan.
Middle Ages Lesson Plans and Resources
The
Middle Ages
Twelve activities from Education world.
Medieval
Eleven
lesson plans from the Stanford History Education Group's Reading
Like a Historian curriculum.
Dark Ages
One lesson plan from the above source.
Middle
Ages for Teachers
A long list of lesson plans and units from
Mr. Donn's pages.
Middle Ages
A K-5 lesson plan from Discovery Education.
Not Everyone Lived in Castles During the Middle Ages
A lesson
plan for grades 3-5 from Edsitement.
Medieval Europe
A unit for the grade 4.
Mythical, Magical, Magical Middle Ages . . . Not!
A 4th-grade unit from Core Knowledge. See also
Gargoyles, Black Death, and Scary Music, Europe in the Middle Ages,
and
Feudalism
for other 4th-grade units from this organization.
From Medieval Times to Today
A lesson plan for grades K-8
from Discovery Education.
Medieval Life: Squires, Maidens and Peasants
An elaborate 7th-grade unit from Yale-New Haven Teachers
Institute.
Medieval Plainchant
A 7th-grade lesson plan in which students
learn about the contributions of medieval composer Hildegard of
Bingen and about the characteristics of plainchant.
Where in the World is Camelot?
A high school lesson plan.
Feudalism
A WebQuest.
The Great Schism in the Medieval Church
A high school lesson
plan from Hub Pages.
See also
Letters from
the Crusades.
The Path of the Black Death
A high school lesson plan.
Be a Viking!
A 3rd-grade lesson plan.
Leif Ericsson (Leif "the Lucky") an Unsung Discoverer
One more 3rd-grade unit from Core
Knowledge.
The Vikings: Sea Raiders, Land Raiders
A lesson plan for grades 6-8. See also
Viking Discoveries
for a high school lesson plan from this same source.
BBC-Vikings-Lesson Plans
"Six learner guides, 16 classroom videos."
Early and Medieval African Kingdoms
A 4th-grade unit.
Medieval China: How to Put Some "Tang" in Your Medieval Dynasties
A 4th-grade lesson plan from Core Knowledge.
The Role of Women in East Asia in the Middle Ages
A 7th-grade lesson plan from the USC US-China Institute. See many
their other lesson plans.
Tradition, Religion, and Culture in Medieval Japan
An elaborate unit from the above source.
On the Road with Marco Polo
An eight-lesson unit for grades
3-5.
Genghis Khan
A lesson plan for grades 6-8 from Scholastic.
Renaissance Lesson Plans and Resources
The
Scientific Revolution: Science & Society from the Renaissance to the
Early Enlightenment
Many lesson
plans for various grade levels from
the
History Teaching Institute at The Ohio State University.
The Renaissance: Rebirth of Ideas
A 5th-grade unit.
The Renaissance:
A WebQuest on the Time Period and Its Art
Four Armed Men from the Renaissance
A unit for grades 5-6.
Leonardo da Vinci: Creative Genius
A lesson plan for grades 6-8 from EDSITEment.
Reformation Lesson Plans and Resources
The Ideas and Ideals of Man, From the Renaissance to the Reformation
An extensive unit from The Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
See also The Protestant Reformation
and The
Catholic Reformation.
The Reformation
A 5th-grade unit from Core Knowledge. See also
The Reformation: Revolt and Redirection for another 5th-grade
unit.
Reformation and Counter Reformation
A 10th-grade lesson plan. See
also Martin Luther,
the Reformation,
and
Where Did the Protestant Reformation Begin?
Martin Luther
A lesson plan from
the Stanford History Education Group's
Reading Like a Historian
curriculum.
Simulation
of the Trial of Martin Luther
An AP history activity.
Age of Exploration
Land Ho: Early Exploration and Settlement of the Americas
A 1st-grade unit in
pdf format. See also
Columbus and the Conquistadors.
Columbus Day or Indigenous People's Day?
A high school lesson plan.
1492:
An Ongoing Voyage
An on-line exhibit from the Library of
Congress. See also
Exploration and Explorers for more lesson plans from the Library
of Congress.
New World
Explorers
Lesson plans and activities
from Mr. Donn. Scroll down the page for teacher resources.
What Was Columbus Thinking?
A lesson plan from EDSITEment in which students read excerpts
from Columbus's letters and journals, as well as well as recent
considerations of his achievements to learn about
the motivations behind Columbus's
explorations, his reactions to what he found, and the consequences,
intended and unintended, of his endeavor. See also
Other Worlds: The Voyage of Columbus.
Explorers
A lesson plan for grades 3-5 focusing on Dutch, French,
Spanish, and English explorations on the east coast of North America
during the 1500’s and 1600’s.
Vikings in Vinland
A lesson plan for grades 6-12 from the NY Times Learning
Network. See also
Discovery Channels.
Leif Ericsson (Leif "the Lucky") an Unsung Discoverer
A 3rd-grade unit from Core
Knowledge.
Viking Discoveries
A high school lesson plan from Discovery
Education.
Who Really Discovered the Americas?
A 5th-grade lesson plan.
Evaluating the Validity of Information - Did the Chinese
Discover America in 1421?
A lesson plan for grades 6-8.