Recommended Website
AmericanHeritage.org
Age Range: 5-18 (Grades K-12)
This website, sponsored by the non-profit, non-partisan American Heritage Education Foundation, produces and distributes FREE K-12 lesson plans to teachers, students, and families in all 50 states.
As explained at the website, AHEF is “dedicated to the understanding and teaching of America’s factual and philosophical heritage to promote constructive citizenship and Freedom, Unity, Progress, and Responsibility among our students and citizens…AHEF is inclusive of individuals of every race and creed and every religious or non-religious persuasion.”
When you get to the website, you’ll see some explanatory text with hyperlinks to the lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school. Simply click on the link for the grade level of interest and a new page opens to a menu of lessons with activities that include:
- FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES:
- Colonial America
- Declaration of Independence
- U.S. Presidents
- The Great Seal, Motto, Flag, etc.
- The History of Thanksgiving Day
- and more!
- FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL:
- Colonial America: American Revolution
- U.S. Constitution
- Bill of Rights
- Gettysburg Address
- What is an American?
- and more!
- FOR HIGH SCHOOL:
- The Mayflower Compact
- Federalist Paper Number 47
- The First Amendment
- Entrepreneurs in History
- American’s Creed
- and more!
Each lesson is available in English and Spanish. You can access it online through a downloadable pdf file. (You’ll need Adobe Acrobat Reader that you can download for free at the site.) You can print the lessons out and use them offline as well.
You can also order a CD of these lessons absolutely FREE! Instructions are at the website.
Note: A binder of the lessons for each grade level is also available for a fee of $19.50.
These free AHEF lessons and activities can be enjoyed regardless of homeschool methodology.
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