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- American prehistory: 8000 years of forest management
- In this lesson from the Forest History Society in Durham, North Carolina, students study the evidence of 8000 years of Native American prehistoric land use practices. By analyzing images of Native American material culture, students will understand how... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 and 8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- Provided by: Forest History Society
- From Arbor Day to Earth Day
- In this lesson from the Forest History Society in Durham, North Carolina, students analyze the influence of diverse forms of public opinion on the development of environmental public policy and decision making from the early industrial age through the postwar... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 8 Social Studies)
- Provided by: Forest History Society
- From forest to farm and back again
- In this lesson plan from the Forest History Society in Durham, North Carolina, students examine the history of land use from colonial settlement to the emergence of modern America at Harvard Forest in Petersham, Massachusetts. Students will examine, interpret,... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5–6 Social Studies)
- Provided by: Forest History Society
- From forest to farm to urban forest
- In this lesson from the Forest History Society in Durham, North Carolina, students examine what happens when the post-war urban development boom crowds out the forest. Students will examine the land use history of Duke Forest from 1930 on, and the variety... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5–8 Science and Social Studies)
- Provided by: Forest History Society
- Fueling the fires of American industrialization
- In this lesson from the Forest History Society in Durham, North Carolina, students examine the role wood played in the American Industrial Revolution. By calculating how much wood was consumed by U.S. railroads before and after the invention of wood preservatives,... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 8 Social Studies)
- Provided by: Forest History Society
- Trees in your own back yard
- In this lesson from the Forest History Society in Durham, North Carolina, students survey trees in the schoolyard and itemize their various benefits. They will consider human impacts on trees in the city landscape and the responsibility of citizens for... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 8 Social Studies)
- Provided by: Forest History Society
