These lesson plans were designed by Liz Swasey, an teacher with years of experience teaching High School. They are suitable for high schoolers in advanced history courses.
An Introduction to Maps as Primary Source Documents: Reading Maps Critically
Appropriate for advanced students of history
Lesson Plan to Supplement American Treasures: Of Climates and Empire – Exhibit
For Advanced Students of U.S. History, Western Civilization or Humanities
Lesson to Supplement The Changing Peninsula – Exhibit
For advanced students of U.S. History, Urban Studies, Regional Studies
Central Question: What forces have changed the landscape of Portland over the centuries?
Lesson Plan to Supplement Mapping the Republic – Exhibit
For advanced students of U.S. History
Lesson Plan to Supplement Exodus and Exile: The Spaces of Diaspora – Exhibit
Lesson Plans to Supplement Road Maps: The American Way – Exhibit
For Advanced Students of American Literature, U.S. History or Humanities
Lesson Plans to Supplement The Cartographic Creation of New England – Exhibit
(Tailored to ESL or ELL students.)
