Ida Lewis Lighthouse KeeperSOCIAL STUDIES/TECHNOLOGY – Learn about the history of women lighthouse keepers, five of whom worked in Rhode Island. […] in Common Core / Feature / Grades 5-8 / Grades 9-12 / Grades K-4 / Lesson Plan / Social Studies / Technology tagged Common Core / Communication / Lesson Plan / Lighthouse / Navigation / Technology / Women in Maritime / Women's History
The Holocaust, Jewish Refugees, and SteamshipsSOCIAL STUDIES – Students will learn about the ways in which the United States and other Western countries […] in Common Core / Feature / Grades 9-12 / Immigration / Lesson Plan / Social Studies tagged European History / Immigration / Jewish History / Lesson Plan / Refugees / World History / World War II
The Floating Freedom School“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” –Martin Luther King, Jr. Learning Objective: In the […] in Common Core / Feature / Grades 5-8 / Grades 9-12 / Lesson Plan / Social Studies tagged African American History / Black History / Civil Rights / Civil War / Common Core / Lesson Plan / Slavery
The Art of CamouflageAs an art teacher, you may wonder how to bring history into your lesson plans. Why not teach […] in Art / Grades 9-12 / Lesson Plan / Social Studies tagged Art / Lesson Plan / Women in War / WWI
Immigration Then & NowSOCIAL STUDIES – Learning through oral history and primary sources, students will compare early immigration via steamship with […] in Common Core / Feature / Grades 3-5 / Grades 5-8 / Immigration / Lesson Plan / Social Studies tagged Ellis Island / Immigration / Lesson Plan / SS United States
Building Cryptosystems – Secret MessagesENGINEERING – Learn how to make cryptosystems to encode and decode messages. The French passenger ship Lamoricie […] in Computer Science / Engineering / Feature / Technology tagged Lesson Plan / Shipwrecks / War
Hudson River Line FoodMATH/SOCIAL STUDIES – This lesson allows students to view primary source materials and draw historical conclusions based on […] in Feature / Grades 3-5 / Grades 5-8 / Grades 9-12 / Lesson Plan / Mathematics / Social Studies tagged Food / Hudson River Line / Lesson Plan
Refrigeration on ShipsSCIENCE – This lesson plan introduces students to the history of refrigerated shipping and its impact on the […] in Common Core / Engineering / Feature / Grades 5-8 / Grades 9-12 / Grades K-4 / Lesson Plan / NGSS / Science / Social Studies / Technology / Trade tagged Lesson Plan / NGSS / Refrigeration
Aluminum Foil BoatsENGINEERING – Try this experiment that can be used for science, engineering, or technology, or computer science. […] in Common Core / Computer Science / Engineering / Feature / Grades 5-8 / Grades 9-12 / Lesson Plan / NGSS / Science / Technology tagged Computer Science / Lesson Plan / NGSS
Trade StatisticsMATH – Use these statistics to calculate percent increase or decrease for mathematics. You can also use these […] in Feature / Grades 9-12 / Lesson Plan / Mathematics / Social Studies / Trade tagged Lesson Plan / Merchant Marine / Statistics
Merida ShipwreckSOCIAL STUDIES / MATH – Use primary sources to calculate value of passenger’s personal items lost at sea. […] in Feature / Lesson Plan / Mathematics / Social Studies tagged Lesson Plan / Merida / Shipwrecks
Midpoint in Ocean CrossingsMATH – This lesson allows students to look at historical maps used in steamship travel to solve mathematical […] in Common Core / Feature / Grades 9-12 / Lesson Plan / Mathematics tagged Lesson Plan