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Find videos, activities and lesson plans to nurture curiosity and spark the discovery of history! This content can be used in the classroom or at home to keep students engaged and active. You can conveniently browse them by topic and/or grade level.
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.
Learn more about the centennial of Women’s Suffrage and the role Ohio women played in securing women’s voting rights. Understand how women’s activism continues today.
This lesson plan was written by Charlotte Stiverson, author of the book A Bird’s Eye View of the Hopewell. It will complement the reading of the book. Ms. Stiverson through 4th grade for 30 years, including Ohio history.
Travel with Owl and her friends as she uses her knowledge and observations to offer insights into how early Ohioans, known in today’s world as the Hopewell Culture, may have lived.
Ohioan Jesse Owens astounded the world when he won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Read The Jesse Owens Story, a short graphic biography that appeared in Echoes Magazine, our publication for members. Learn how to create your own graphic novel and tell the stories that inspires you!
This hands-on activity has something for everyone! Using beautiful images from the quilts in our collections, we will work on fine motor skills, creativity and historical thinking skills.
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.
Native peoples have made their homes in the land we now call Ohio for over 15,000 years. Ohio History Day and the Ohio History Connection are committed to sharing the colorful histories, viewpoints, and stories of American Indian people connected to this land. Check out our guide!
Newspapers are often a key part of historical research. With newspaper clippings from the Dayton Forum, you will learn how to use these primary sources to understand the 1850’s World’s Fair and what the first African American exhibit in U.S. can tell us about American race relations.
Join Curator of Archaeology, Linda, to learn about what an archaeologist does, the coolest things she’s ever found, and why Ohio doesn’t have dinosaur bones!
Learn about Ohio’s astronauts, space exploration and the Engineering Design Process. Build an Alka-Seltzer rocket and blast it at a target!
Learn about the complicated history of Camp Sherman and the challenges of preservation faced by the Mound City Earthworks.
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.
New resources and ideas are added monthly
One of the biggest goals in elementary classrooms is to teach students to read. Encompassed in this one goal are so many important skills (phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, phonics, decoding, vocabulary, background knowledge, language acquisition, comprehension skills) that each take time to teach. It is easy to feel like there is not enough time in […]
“I long to hear that you have declared an independency—and by the way in the new Code of Laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors.” This oft quoted text comes from a […]
This writer was traveling in Iceland last week and stopped by Thingvellir National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. When I chatted with their staff and told them I worked as a historian in Ohio, they immediately responded “Oh, you just got a new World Heritage site last month! Congratulations!” News travels fast if, even […]
Discussion about Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to be everywhere, from the ethics of AI to its usefulness and pitfalls. Professionals worldwide are grappling with its strengths and dangers in their field. And the question on many educators’ minds today is, does AI belong in the classroom? To imagine a path forward with this latest technological […]
Hispanic Heritage Month takes place each year from September 15 to October 15, commemorating the contributions and influence of Hispanic Americans. With celebrations of all shapes and sizes across the U.S., this Hispanic Heritage Month is a great time to engage students in learning and discussion about the contributions and history of Hispanic Americans and […]