Resources: Lesson Plans

Lesson Template

Download the Colorado Rural Partnership Lesson Plan Template and Rubric

Lesson Plans Online

Looking for Lessons that already use primary sources? Take a look at the Web sites below.

The Learning Page from the Library of Congress has an organized list of lessons using primary sources for every grade level. These are primarily social studies and language arts lessons.

Teaching with Documents from the National Archives has both lesson plans and analysis worksheets.

Primary Source Learning has a searchable database of learning experiences in all subject areas and grade levels.

Please note: if you decide to use a lesson from our Web site, please make sure you give the appropriate credit to the person who developed it. If you choose to adapt a lesson and turn it into your own, please acknowledge the original person who developed it by saying "adapted from...".