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Lesson Plans - History

Meet Our Presidents Bulletin Board

Use resources from the White House Web site and other library or Internet resources to create a “Meet Our Presidents” bulletin board.

Make a Mummy: The Science of Mummification

Learn about the history and science of mummification by making an apple (or chicken) mummy.

From Concrete to Memory: Scrapbooking the Berlin Wall

In this lesson, students consider how ordinary citizens contributed to and experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall. They then develop scrapbooks depicting how people experienced the wall and use the books as symbolic bricks in building a classroom Berlin Wall.

Akhenaten

Students will understand some religions, or belief systems, develop because of the influence of an individual human being; some develop in other ways & Religious leaders and religions have features in common as well as significant differences

Making Mummies

Learn about different kinds of mummies around the world