Lesson Plans
Below is a collection of lesson plans about cultural heritage and archaeology.
Organization: Abbe Museum
Description: A lesson plan with an explanation about Rhonda Frey’s talk in Stockholm Springs back in 2008 and an activity related to said talk.
Age group or class level: Grades 8-9
Current Events in Stereotypes and Racism- Stockholm Springs (PDF)
Organization: Abbe Museum
Description: Lesson plan designed to provide an alternative to the “typical” Thanksgiving Day lessons, with non-Indian bias.
Age group or class level: Grades 3-5
Giving Thanks (PDF)
Organization: Abbe Museum
Description: Lesson plan created to teach children about differences in an attempt to combat racism and discrimination amongst youth.
Age group or class level: Grades 6-8
Growing up with Stereotypes: A Native Woman’s Perspective (PDF)
Organization: Abbe Museum
Description: This unit is designed for educators interested in Wabanaki Studies, Maine Studies and/or for educators planning a visit to the Abbe Museum. Students use events from the Abbe Museum Online Timeline of Wabanaki History to demonstrate how Wabanaki peoples have maintained their cultural identity over time.
Age group or class level: Geades K-12
Organization: Adventure Learning Foundation
Description: Blast stereotypes with "across the curriculum" activities for students of all ages.
Age group or class level: All grades/class levels
Organization: Adventure Learning Foundation
Description: In this lesson, students will look closely at the unrehearsed stories that people tell each other every day ("natural narratives") and discover their underlying organization. Using the model for natural narratives created by linguist William Labov, students will break down a story told on film by a Finnish man, as well as natural narratives of their own, in order to identify the structure common to well-developed narratives. For more information on sociolinguistics and narrative analysis, please see the Resources section of this lesson.
Age group or class level: Grades 9-12, college
Steam of Life (PDF)
Organization: Adventure Learning Foundation
Description: A lesson plan to help teach students about the multifaceted and ever changing concept of culture. This lesson will introduce students to what the basics of culture are and how one can see culture in everyday life.
Age group or class level: Grade 9
Organization: Alexandria Archaeology Museum
Description: A lesson plan teaching about the slave trade market in America, the living conditions for the slaves and the legacy of the slave trade.
Age group or class level: Middle School/High School students
“A Loathsome Prison:” Slave Trading in Antebellum Alexandria (PDF)
Organization: Alexandria Archaeology Museum
Description: A lesson explaining the history behind the 1939 Alexandra Library Sit-In and its historical implications.
Age group or class level: Middle School/High School students
America’s First Sit-Down Strike: The 1939 Alexandria Library Sit-In (PDF)
Organization: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece
Description: Topics include water management to religion, trade, diet, and disease. Plans use artifacts excavated in Ancient Corinth from the Classical to the Byzantine periods as a foundation for learning.
Age group or class level: Grades 6-8
Lesson Plans on Greco-Roman Civilization and the Medieval Mediterranean World