Finished Lesson Plans
Grades K-5
Introduction to the Constitution
Foundations of the American Government Image
Introduction to the Constitution Closing Notes
Foundations of the American Government Image
Introduction to the Constitution Closing Notes
Grades 6-8
A Tale of Two Cultures- Mesopotamia and Iraq (1)
A Tale of Two Cultures (2)
Cartoon Civics- The Impact of Propaganda on Civic Involvement
Drafting and Dining-- George Washington's Diary
Dred Scott Decision (Assignment)
Dred Scott Decision (Lesson plan)
Early Settlements and Colonies
Indian Removal Policy (1)
Indian Removal Policy (2)
Indian Removal Policy (3)
Indian Removal Policy (4)
Indian Removal Policy (5)
Indian Removal Policy (6)
Indian Removal Policy (7)
Internment of Japanese -Americans in the 1940ʼs
Party Politics
Presidents Make Good Leaders
Supreme Court Confirmation- A Look at the Branches Interacting
This Land is Our Land?
A Tale of Two Cultures- Mesopotamia and Iraq (1)
A Tale of Two Cultures (2)
Cartoon Civics- The Impact of Propaganda on Civic Involvement
Drafting and Dining-- George Washington's Diary
Dred Scott Decision (Assignment)
Dred Scott Decision (Lesson plan)
Early Settlements and Colonies
Indian Removal Policy (1)
Indian Removal Policy (2)
Indian Removal Policy (3)
Indian Removal Policy (4)
Indian Removal Policy (5)
Indian Removal Policy (6)
Indian Removal Policy (7)
Internment of Japanese -Americans in the 1940ʼs
Party Politics
Presidents Make Good Leaders
Supreme Court Confirmation- A Look at the Branches Interacting
This Land is Our Land?
Grades 9-12
How Smooth Must Be the Language of the Whites Lesson Plan
Chief Black Hawk Writing Prompt
Jackson's Indian Removal Policy Speech
President Jefferson's Letter to Governor William Henry Harrison 1803
Textbook p. 1 | Textbook p. 2 | Textbook p. 3 | Textbook p. 4 | Textbook p. 5 | Textbook p. 6 | Textbook p. 7
How Smooth Must Be the Language of the Whites Lesson Plan
Chief Black Hawk Writing Prompt
Jackson's Indian Removal Policy Speech
President Jefferson's Letter to Governor William Henry Harrison 1803
Textbook p. 1 | Textbook p. 2 | Textbook p. 3 | Textbook p. 4 | Textbook p. 5 | Textbook p. 6 | Textbook p. 7
Course materials
General materials
An Engaged Citizenry syllabus
Online Classroom Help Document
Lesson Plan Template
Tomasz Herzog's Presentation
WebEx webinar help document
Webinars
Webinar 1: Primary Sources Online, led by Jim Wells, Maine Learning Technology Initiative
Webinar 1 Resource Document
Webinar 2: Maine Memory Network and Maine History Online, led by Bridget McCormick, Maine Historical Society
Webinar 3: Congress Past and Present, led by Judy Graves and Pam Craig, Library of Congress
Webinar 4: Archives--What They Are, and How To Use Them, led by Erin Rhodes, Colby College
Webinar 4 Resource Document
Constitution topic materials
Constitution primary source set
Jeff Selinger's Presentation Outline
"A Road Closed: Rural Insurgency in Post-Independence Pennsylvania," by Terry Bouton
The Writings of James Madison. Edited by Gaillard Hunt. James Madison, May 7, 1787. Vices of the Political System of the U. States.
DoHistory: Martha Ballard's Diary Online
American Experience: A Midwife's Tale
Taylor, Alan. Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier 1760 - 1820. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1990.
Bouton, Terry. Taming Democracy: "The People," the Founders, and the Troubled Ending of the American Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Robertson, David Brian. The Constitution and America's Destiny. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Cornell, Saul. Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999.
Confederation government policy towards Native Americans materials
Government policy towards Native Americans primary source set
Strother Roberts' presentation
Daniel Boone clip
Loyie, Larry. As Long As the River Flows. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2003.
Sockabasin, Allan. An Upriver Passamaquoddy. Gardiner, ME: Tilbury Books, 2007.
Pawling, Micah. Wabanaki Homeland And the New State of Maine: The 1820 Journal And Plans of Survey of Joseph Treat. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2007.
Hardy, Kerry. Notes on a Lost Flute: A Field Guide to the Wabanaki. Camden, ME: Down East Books, 2009.
Cook, David. Above the Gravel Bar: The Native Canoe Routes of Maine. Solon, ME: Polar Bear and Co, 2007.
McBride, Bunny. Women of the Dawn. Lincoln, NE: Bison Books, 2001.
Brooks, Geraldine. Caleb's Crossing. New York: Penguin Books, 2012.
An Engaged Citizenry syllabus
Online Classroom Help Document
Lesson Plan Template
Tomasz Herzog's Presentation
WebEx webinar help document
Webinars
Webinar 1: Primary Sources Online, led by Jim Wells, Maine Learning Technology Initiative
Webinar 1 Resource Document
Webinar 2: Maine Memory Network and Maine History Online, led by Bridget McCormick, Maine Historical Society
Webinar 3: Congress Past and Present, led by Judy Graves and Pam Craig, Library of Congress
Webinar 4: Archives--What They Are, and How To Use Them, led by Erin Rhodes, Colby College
Webinar 4 Resource Document
Constitution topic materials
Constitution primary source set
Jeff Selinger's Presentation Outline
"A Road Closed: Rural Insurgency in Post-Independence Pennsylvania," by Terry Bouton
The Writings of James Madison. Edited by Gaillard Hunt. James Madison, May 7, 1787. Vices of the Political System of the U. States.
DoHistory: Martha Ballard's Diary Online
American Experience: A Midwife's Tale
Taylor, Alan. Liberty Men and Great Proprietors: The Revolutionary Settlement on the Maine Frontier 1760 - 1820. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1990.
Bouton, Terry. Taming Democracy: "The People," the Founders, and the Troubled Ending of the American Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.
Robertson, David Brian. The Constitution and America's Destiny. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Cornell, Saul. Anti-Federalism and the Dissenting Tradition in America, 1788-1828. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1999.
Confederation government policy towards Native Americans materials
Government policy towards Native Americans primary source set
Strother Roberts' presentation
Daniel Boone clip
Loyie, Larry. As Long As the River Flows. Toronto: Groundwood Books, 2003.
Sockabasin, Allan. An Upriver Passamaquoddy. Gardiner, ME: Tilbury Books, 2007.
Pawling, Micah. Wabanaki Homeland And the New State of Maine: The 1820 Journal And Plans of Survey of Joseph Treat. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2007.
Hardy, Kerry. Notes on a Lost Flute: A Field Guide to the Wabanaki. Camden, ME: Down East Books, 2009.
Cook, David. Above the Gravel Bar: The Native Canoe Routes of Maine. Solon, ME: Polar Bear and Co, 2007.
McBride, Bunny. Women of the Dawn. Lincoln, NE: Bison Books, 2001.
Brooks, Geraldine. Caleb's Crossing. New York: Penguin Books, 2012.
Library of Congress Digital Resources
Library of Congress
Library of Congress Digital Collections
Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program
Library of Congress Teacher Resources
Self-paced modules:
July: Introduction to the Library of Congress
August: Supporting Inquiry with Primary Sources
September: Copyright and Primary Sources
October: Analyzing Primary Sources (Photographs and Prints)
November: Analyzing Primary Sources (Maps)
December: Finding Primary Sources
Library of Congress Digital Collections
Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program
Library of Congress Teacher Resources
Self-paced modules:
July: Introduction to the Library of Congress
August: Supporting Inquiry with Primary Sources
September: Copyright and Primary Sources
October: Analyzing Primary Sources (Photographs and Prints)
November: Analyzing Primary Sources (Maps)
December: Finding Primary Sources
Additional Resources
Maine Memory Network
Maine History Online
Windows on Maine
Smithsonian Education
Smithsonian Folkways
National Archives Teachers' Resources
THOMAS: Legislative Information from the Library of Congress
Historical Thinking Matters
Beyond the Bubble: Assessing 21st-Century Skills with Library of Congress Documents
Teaching History
Center for Civic Education
iCivics
Let Freedom Swing: Conversations Between Jazz and Democracy
HistoryTeacher.net
Picturing America
Visual Thinking Strategy
Wineburg, Sam. Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001.
Wineburg, Sam, Martin, Daisy, and Monte-Sano, Chauncey. Reading Like a Historian. New York: Teachers College Press, 2011.
Zinn, Howard and Arnove, Arnold. Voices of a People's History of the United States. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2009.
Maine History Online
Windows on Maine
Smithsonian Education
Smithsonian Folkways
National Archives Teachers' Resources
THOMAS: Legislative Information from the Library of Congress
Historical Thinking Matters
Beyond the Bubble: Assessing 21st-Century Skills with Library of Congress Documents
Teaching History
Center for Civic Education
iCivics
Let Freedom Swing: Conversations Between Jazz and Democracy
HistoryTeacher.net
Picturing America
Visual Thinking Strategy
Wineburg, Sam. Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2001.
Wineburg, Sam, Martin, Daisy, and Monte-Sano, Chauncey. Reading Like a Historian. New York: Teachers College Press, 2011.
Zinn, Howard and Arnove, Arnold. Voices of a People's History of the United States. New York: Seven Stories Press, 2009.