Lesson Plans
Below is a collection of lesson plans about cultural heritage and archaeology.
Organization: Viking Learning Center
Description: Through a blend of history, art and literature, archeology, life, earth and environmental sciences, the exhibition explores the Vikings' cultures and their times as well as their influences in history and on other cultures. The exhibit shows they were not only plunderers and pillagers but they were also farmers & fishermen, extraordinary sailors and shipbuilders, highly skilled and inspired artists and craftsmen, long distance traders, planners and builders of towns, renowned poets and tellers of heroic tales
Age group or class level: Grade 4 on up
Organization: Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Description: The Explorers of the Northwest is a 148-page education resource guide on the topic of explorers who blazed the trails to the Pacific Northwest. It includes background history, classroom discussion activities, site-visit activities, worksheets, coloring sheets and references.
Age group or class level: 4th Grade students
Explorers of the Pacific Northwest: An Education Resource Guide (PDF)
Organization: Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Description: The 158-page Resource Guide is designed for use by teachers and other educators who are teaching Oregon Trail history. Some activities are designed for the classroom while others are specific to the Bureau of Land Management Oregon Trail Interpretive Center near Baker City Oregon and would necessitate a field trip to the site. The guide is designed for use by fourth grade teachers who traditionally teach Oregon history, but many activities can be adapted to younger or older students.
Age group or class level: 4th Grade students