Activities & Lesson Plans

The Words We Use Matter

Have you thought about your own identity? What about the words you use to describe yourself? And the words you use to describe others? Let’s explore how identity terminology is fluid and changes over time.

The WWI Soldier Experience

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. The materials included in this resource guide engages students with the soldier experience from enlistment and training to service overseas.

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.

Using Dioramas to Tell Stories

Museums use things like models, replicas, pictures and other objects to share stories about the past. With this activity, you will have a chance to create your own diorama at home and tell a story that is meaningful to you!

Using the NAAMCC to Prepare for Ohio State Testing

This outstanding resource from the National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center can be used to prepare students for Ohio State Testing or any time of year as a complete lesson plan. It features special access to several NAAMCC exhibits. Students will practice historical thinking skills by analyzing primary and secondary source materials, synthesizing arguments and more.

WWI and the American Home Front

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. The materials included in this resource guide engages students with the important ways Ohioans and others contributed to the national war effort 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.

WWI Technology Impacts Ohio

Explore the role played by African Americans in the Signal Corps and the growth and development of communication technologies and aviation!

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.