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Oregon Coast Bathers, 1895
Oregon Coast Bathers, 1895
 
Welcome to the Oregon History Project teacher pages. The lesson plans and other materials here have been created by teachers, historians, and museum educators in order to support open inquiry learning. Students will learn to create their own questions, to read and interpret primary and secondary sources, and to design projects based on regional history and its connection to the history of the wider world.
 
 
Lesson Plans
 
Elementary School
Elementary School Lesson Plan in Anthropology
Identify and understand Native American groups and cultures living in Oregon before Euro American contact and to understand how those groups were removed to reservations.
Elementary School Lesson Plan in Cartography
Mapping Lewis and Clark: How Have we Changed?
Elementary School Lesson Plan in Schoolhouse Archaeology
Gather, analyze and interpret information on the history of 20th century schoolchildren and schools.
Elementary School Lesson Plan in the Built Environment:
What are Buildings Made of?
Encounters – Native Americans and Euro Americans (1850-1870)
Encounters – Native Americans and Euro Americans (1850-1870)
Native American Culture in Oregon
Native American Culture in Oregon
Oregon Cities
Oregon Cities - population change 106 (years)
 
Middle School
Creating a Sense of Time and Place–Parallel Time Lines
Creating a Sense of Time and Place–Parallel Time Lines
Economic Development
Resources and Economic Development
Middle School Lesson Plan in Anthropology
Native American Culture in Oregon
Middle School Lesson Plan in Archaeology
From China to Gold Mountain: Portland's Chinese
Middle School Lesson Plan in Cartography
Maps and Townsites: How can Maps determine State’s City Centers?
Middle School Lesson Plan in the Built Environment
Timber Buildings and the Timber Industry
Timeweb Treasure Hunt
Timeweb Treasure Hunt
 
High School
African Americans Oregon
African Americans in Oregon
Great Depression in Oregon: Effects and Reactions
Great Depression in Oregon: Effects and Reactions
High School Lesson Plan in Anthropology
People and the Land: Place and Space
High School Lesson Plan in Archaeology
Growing Pains: Westward Expansion and its Effect on Native People
High School Lesson Plan in Cartography
Cartographic Representation: Visioning Native Lands over Time
High School Lesson Plan in the Built Environment
Historical References in Architecture
Japanese Internment
Evacuation: The Japanese Americans in WW II
 
Expert Pages
 
Introduction to Expert Pages
Introduction to Expert Pages
Expert in Anthropology
The Value of Using Primary Sources for the Historical Anthropologist by Robert Boyd, Anthropologist
Expert in Archaeology
The Value of Using Primary Sources for the Historical Archaeology by Julie Schablitsky, Archaeologist
Expert in the Built Environment
The Value of Using Primary Sources for the Historian of the Built Environment by Richard H. Engeman, Historian and Archivist
Expert in Cartography
The Value of Using Primary Sources for the Cartographer by Rafael Gutierrez, Cartographer