Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans
The Evanston History Center offers a variety of lesson plans for educators.
Click through the lesson plans to view more information about each one. To download a PDF copy of the lesson plan, click the link below the photograph on the lesson plans main page.
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Digital Heritage
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Lesson plans for teachers, Middle and High School, discussing Freedom in Illinois from the 1850s-1860s. Click to view the lesson plan and photographs. Downloadable PDF and images also available.
Digital Heritage
4 pages
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Lesson plans for teachers, grades 2-5, discussing with students what they know about Evanston history. Click to view the lesson plan and photographs. Downloadable PDF and images also available.
Digital Heritage
4 pages
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Lesson plans for teachers, grades 2-5, discussing with students what they know about Evanston history. Click to view the lesson plan and photographs. Downloadable PDF and images also available.
Digital Heritage
5 pages
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Lesson plans for teachers, grades 2-5, discussing where Evanston is in the world. Click to view the lesson plan and maps. Downloadable PDF and images also available. 
Digital Heritage
7 pages
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Lesson plans for teachers, grade 2-5, discussing with students how everyday life was very different in Evanston in the past. Click to view the lesson plan and photographs. Downloadable PDF and images also available. 
Digital Heritage
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Lesson plans for teachers, grades 2-5, discussing what it was like to be a kid 100 years ago. Click to view the lesson plan and photographs. Downloadable PDF and images are also available. 
Digital Heritage
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Lesson plans for teachers, grades 6-12, discussing technology, class, domestic life, and material culture. Click to view the lesson plan. Downloadable PDF also available.
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Lesson plans for teachers, grades 6-12, discussing the different roles of the many people who lived in the Dawes House and their experiences. Click to view the lesson plan. Downloadable PDF also available. 
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Lesson plans for teachers, grades 9-12, using the Dawes House to provide more insight to novels from the early 20th century. Click to view the lesson plan. Downloadable PDF also available with link below the image.