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Ohio Village Virtual Experience
Ohio Village Virtual Field Trip is an interactive online experience that explores life during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Through this virtual field trip students help different Ohio Village characters achieve their mission. Characters in the experience represent people of different backgrounds and lived experiences of the time.
Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
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Searching for Homer Lawson
With a collection of images and documents, find out the roles and contributions of African American World War I soldiers!
This lesson plan was written by Paul LaRue. A retired thirty-year high school social studies teacher, Paul has received numerous state and national teaching awards. He serves as a member of the Ohio World War I Centennial Committee.
Grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Shapes in History
Explore buildings locally and globally and learn about the shapes that are part of their architecture.
Grades K, 1, 2, 3
Spotlight on Victoria Woodhull
Learn about Victoria Woodhull – newspaper editor, women’s rights activist and first ever female presidential candidate!
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Star Armada Archivist Activity
Star Armada Archivist Activity
Struggling with teaching controversial history? Not sure where to begin? Experience our new activity for 4th-12th grade students, the Star Armada Archivist Academy! Students learn how historians navigate difficult history by roleplaying as galactic explorers. Encounter sci-fi scenarios based on real-life situations taken from our historical work and learn how historians respond! In the end, your students must band together to solve a diplomatic crisis of cosmic proportions. Navigate the trials of historical work in a new and exciting way!
Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Suffrage Activity 1
Do you know about soapbox speeches? In this activity you will find more about this style of speech made popular during the Women’s Suffrage movement and learn how to write and deliver your soapbox speeches!
Grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Suffrage Activity 2
Check out Lucy Stone’s famous speech “Disappointment Is the Lot of Women”. Then learn how to analyze it using visual imagery and artwork.
Grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Suffrage Activity 3
You are now a museum curator! We will guide you as you create your own exhibit about an important figure in women’s history.
Grades 6, 7, 8
Suffrage Activity 4
Take a look at these suffrage flyers, poster and political cartoons! We will show you how to create your own propaganda materials.
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Suffrage Activity 5
Have you ever considered how much we can learn from a political cartoon?
We will provide you with a great example and some guided questions that will make you an expert in the subject.
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Technology of the First World War
This resource guide helps teachers to use World War I source material from the World War I in Ohio Collection on Ohio Memory in the classroom. This interactive activity explores technologies developed during WWI.
This resource was created by staff of the Ohio History Connection for Little Stories of the Great War: Ohioans in World War I, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Resources are provided for free and are available for non-commercial use and reuse with attribution to the Ohio History Connection.
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
