Arkansas History Lesson Plans

The Arkansas History Lesson Plans were written by Arkansas teachers for Arkansas teachers.These may be downloaded and used in Arkansas classrooms free of charge. Arkansas teachers who utilize all or parts of the lessons are encouraged to share their classroom experiences with the Butler Center. Suggestions for other Arkansas history lesson topics are also needed by the Butler Center.
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Strand one: Time, continuity, and change
Kindergarten through Grade 4	Can you dig it? Timeline Civil War timeline Important Arkansas people My Arkansas family tree My life: Recording personal events in Arkansas Native Americans in Arkansas Step into the past: time in history	TCC 2.4 TCC 1.1 TCC 1.2 TCC 1.3 TCC 1.3 TCC 1.4, 2.4 TCC 1.4
Grades 5 through 8	Arkansas Civil War bandits and outlaws Arkansas novaculite Changing times The museum of gray sky Timber	TCC 1.3, 2.3 TCC 1.2 TCC 1.1, 2.3 TCC 1.2 TCC 2.1
Grades 9 through 12	1818 Arkansas journals Arkansas Civil War drama Arkansas progressive era dinner Jim Crow and poll tax	TCC 2.2 TCC 2.3 TCC 1.2 TCC 1.2
Strand two: People, places, and environments
Kindergarten through Grade 4	Arkansas geography Arkansas highlands and lowlands Arkansas salt relief map	PPE 2.3, 2.6 PPE 1.1, 2.3 PPE 2.3
Grades 5 through 8	Arkansas animals: story of change Arkansas festivals of the land Arkansas, a feminine perspective Bears and panthers aplenty Boom and bust in Ozark forests Crowley's Ridge Emancipation Proclamation Into the wilderness Life in Arkansas Territory My town Nature and place names in Arkansas Osage legend and Arkansas Ouacita National Forest Ozark karst Places in Arkansas Snapshot: Arkansas photographs Sunburns and sore muscles The 1927 flood To the north	PPE 2.1, 2.2, 2.4 PPE 2.2 PPE 1.2 PPE 2.1, 2.2 PPE 2.4 PPE 2.4 PPE 1.2 PPE 2.1, 2.4 PPE 1.2 PPE 1.1 PPE 2.4 PPE 1.2 PPE 2.4 PPE 2.4 PPE 2.1, 2.2, 2.5 PPE 1.1 PPE 2.1 PPE 2.1, 2.4 PPE 1.2
Grades 9 through 12	Arkansas poetry connection Hard times come again no more	PPE 1.2 PPE 1.1, 1.2
Strand three: Production, distribution, and consumption
Kindergarten through Grade 4	Arkansas animals Arkansas: a natural state Attracting business to Arkansas	PDC 1.2 PDC 1.1, 1.2 PDC 1.6
Grades 5 through 8	Arkansas a changing climate Arkansas: land of cotton Bromine Everything is connected Mary and the Red River Raft Ozark folk culture in Mountain View Rollin' on the river Salt of the Earth Sportsman's paradise Story of Hot Springs Sunburns and sore muscles The responsibility of preservation Timber To the north	PDC 1.2 PDC 1.4 PDC 1.4 PDC 1.3 PDC 1.2 PDC 1.4 PDC 1.3 PDC 1.2 PDC 1.2, 1.4 PDC 1.4 PDC 1.2 PDC 1.4 PDC 1.4 PDC 1.3
Grades 9 through 12	Mucket mania On the road, again, Highway 67	PDC 1.1 PDC 1.3
Strand four: Power, authority, and governance
Kindergarten through Grade 4	Arkansas state flag Arkansas state mineral Arkansas state rock Arkansas state symbols Flying high in Arkansas: a study of the state flag Symbols of our state	PAG 1.2 PAG 1.2 PAG 1.2 PAG 1.2 PAG 1.2 PAG 1.2
Grades 5 through 8	Bass Reeves The responsibility of preservation	PAG 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 PAG 1.1, 1.2
Strand five: Social science processes and skills
Kindergarten through Grade 4	Differentiating between a state and a country N is for Natural State Where, oh, where is Arkansas?	SSPS 1.2 SSPS 1.3 SSPS 1.2
Grades 5 through 8	Is that how it happened? Japanese Americans and the Rowher Relocation Camp The mastodon kill Where has it been? Who's who in Arkansas?	SSPS 1.1, 1.5 SSPS 1.4 SSPS 1.2 SSPS 1.1, 2.3 SSPS 1.2
Grades 9 through 12	Arkansas top ten events - says who? In God we trust Minding your P's and Q's Three tools for assessing the reliability and importance of historical materials	SSPS 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.6 SSPS 1.3 SSPS 1.1 SSPS 1.3