Primary Source Learning: LOC.gov Teacher-Created Lesson Plans
The Teacher’s section on LOC.gov features close to 100 teacher-created lesson plans. As you can see from the image above, lesson plans are listed in alphabetical order and there is a handy search bar to help you easily conduct a keyword search. Use the links below to jump to select groupings of the LOC.gov lesson plans and related PSN teaching resources.
Lesson plans by grade level
Lesson plans by time period
- Three Worlds Meet, Beginnings to 1620
- The American Revolution, 1763 to 1783
- The New Nation, 1783 to 1815
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815 to 1860
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861 to 1877
- Rise of Industrial America, 1876 to 1900
- Progressive Era to New Era, 1900 to 1929
- Great Depression & World War II, 1929 to 1945
- Postwar United States, 1945 to Present
Lesson plans by topic
- African American History
- American Indian History
- Arts & Culture
- City & Regional History
- Culture & Folklife
- Government, Law & Politics
- Immigration & Ethnic Heritage
- Maps & Geography
- Oral Histories
- Poetry and Literature
- Science, Technology & Business
- Sports, Recreation & Leisure
- Women’s History
- World History and Cultures
PSN Learning Resources
- Citizen U: Multidisciplinary Civics lesson plans K-12 lessons spanning subjects and connecting the past to the present
- Learning from the Source lesson plans spanning subjects and grades
- Guided Primary Source Analyses three-step activities spanning subjects and grades
- Literature Links activity ideas for connecting primary sources with books
- Timely Connections resources and activity ideas for connecting primary sources to contemporary topics and issues