Curriculum Materials

 

Ranger Bert Dunkerly demonstrates firing a gun for students.

NPS

Find documents, primary source activities, and ideas for engaging young people with history in the following links:

Teaching with Museum Collections

Listed below are specific lesson plans available in pdf form. Each link gives extensive lesson plans aligned with state and national standards and includes materials and extension activities.

McLean House lesson plan

Toys and Games lesson plan

Home Front lesson plan

Kitchen lesson plan
Many a Weary Banner: Flags of Appomattox lesson plan

Click for a printable Teacher Packet.