Middle School Lesson Plans
Grades 3-5 and 6-8
For this project, you’ll work in pairs to create some campaign materials for each of the Presidential candidates.
Explore elections plans geared toward the 2020 presidential election but adaptable for many other elections and presidential history lessons.
These lessons are searchable by grade level and curricular connections.
The Civics Renewal Network is an alliance of 36 nonprofit, nonpartisan organizations that provide free online classroom resources for civics education
Free virtual and in-class creative activities on voting and elections invite student voice and power to actively take part in the U.S. electoral system.
Over the past fifteen years, the Gilder Lehrman Institute has worked closely with master educators across the country. Many of them have developed unique lesson and and activities related to this historical era. These resources are included here along with pedagogical videos and other general teaching tools that can be adapted for a variety of time periods and themes in American history.
Over the past fifteen years, the Gilder Lehrman Institute has worked closely with master educators across the country. Many of them have developed unique lesson and and activities related to this historical era. These resources are included here along with pedagogical videos and other general teaching tools that can be adapted for a variety of time periods and themes in American history.
