Lesson Plans: High School
Lesson Plan: Chesapeake Living
Subjects: History, Social Studies, Computer-based Research/4th and 5th grades
Skills: Students will practice reading, writing comprehension, and using primary and secondary documents.
Strategies: Collaborative/cooperative learning, using skills in inference, predictive model creation, utilizing web-based materials, research, and writing.
Time: 60 minutes
Class Size: Adaptable, designed for teams
Lesson Plan: How to Think Like an Archaeologist
Subjects: History, Social Studies, Math/3-5th grades
Skills: Students will practice observation, deductive reasoning, estimating.
Strategies: Collaborative/cooperative learning, hands-on, classifying.
Time: 60 minutes
Lesson Plan: American Crucible — Pioneers of Iron
Subjects: Maryland History, Archaeology, Economics, Slavery, Computer/ Technology (8—12th Grades — Independent project)/Report
Skills: Students will practice independent multi-disciplinary research, writing
Strategies: Constructing compelling questions, analyzing key concepts, determining helpful sources
Time: Teacher discretion
Lesson Plan: How to Think Like an Archeaologist
Subjects: History, Social Studies, Math (3—9th grades)
Skills: Students will practice observation, deductive reasoning, estimating
Strategies: Collaborative/cooperative learning, hands-on, classifying
Time: 60 minutes
Lesson Plan: African American Legacy
Subjects: History, Social Studies, Economics of Slavery (7th—12th Grade)
Skills: Students will practice reading and writing comprehension, and analysis using primary and
secondary documents; geographical tools such as maps, imagery
Strategies: Have students read and interpret primary and secondary sources to gain
understanding of historic, social, and economic events.