Category: Louisiana Purchase Through Early Statehood 1803-1860

The major goal of the unit is to guide students as they research a Arkansas Civil War topic, The Engagement at Poison Spring, in preparation for a classroom ‘debate’.

Lesson Plan

Courtesy of CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Grade Level:9-12 High School

Time period:Civil War Through the Gilded Age 1861-1900

Arkansas Academic Standards are subject to revision every six years by the Arkansas Department of Education.

Students will research and examine the important roles of lawmen such as Bass Reeves in the structuring of Arkansas as a state.  They will also review how lawmen such as Reeves may have influence Arkansas law and political system as a whole.

Lesson Plan

Courtesy of CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Grade Level:5-8 Middle School

Time period:Civil War Through the Gilded Age 1861-1900

Arkansas Academic Standards are subject to revision every six years by the Arkansas Department of Education.

In the nineteenth century, historians tried to lift their scholarship to a higher level, declaring that they would rely only upon documented facts. However, as noted historian E. H. Carr wrote in his essay, What Is History?, even this does not guarantee the final truth about the past. The next question is, “Which facts?” This lesson will include two more questions that historians must always ask: What is significant about a particular event?

Students will review an assortment of Arkansas’s natural resources as they use a large map of Arkansas. They will learn a song about the natural resources in Arkansas and then use concrete examples to locate where these resources are found within our state. This lesson is also intended to help the kindergarten teacher implement art/music while using curriculum content.

Students will be introduced to the struggle for women’s rights in the U.S. first by reading a quote from Carrie Chapman Catt. They will then study and discuss gender attitudes and the roles of women in Arkansas from colonial times to the present. Finally, students will research specific Arkansas women and their contributions to our state’s history.

The goal of this unit is to teach students to identify the State of Arkansas on a map. They will learn the difference between a state and a country, discuss the lines and shapes that make up the State of Arkansas and create a State of Arkansas necklace as a culminating activity. The unit is designed to provide the kindergarten teacher with a music/art lesson using curriculum content.

The goal of the unit is to provide kindergarten teachers with a plan to help them teach Arkansas history student learning expectations about basic geography in the state. The lesson also provides the teacher with information on an art activity to accompany content. It is suggested that this unit could be a part of a longer unit on communities.

Students will study the impact of the flu epidemic of 1918 in Arkansas. The epidemic affected education, politics, agriculture, religion and practically every aspect of life.

Lesson Plan

Courtesy of CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Grade Level:9-12 High School

Time period:Early 20th Century 1901-1940

Arkansas Academic Standards are subject to revision every six years by the Arkansas Department of Education.

In this lesson students will examine the impact of the Civil War on the economic, social, and political systems of Arkansas. After studying the Civil War, each student will research an assigned character from this era. Students will then write their parts and perform them together in a role-playing simulation.

Lesson Plan

Courtesy of CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Grade Level:5-8 Middle School;

Students will study civilian Arkansans during the Civil War. These Arkansans, who held down the home front during the Civil War, faced many challenges, including outlaw bands know as Jayhawkers who ravaged the people and the land. Additionally, students may study the events leading up to the war and the post Civil War era.

Lesson Plan

Courtesy of CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies

Grade Level:5-8 Middle School

Time period:Civil War Through the Gilded Age 1861-1900

Arkansas Academic Standards are subject to revision every six years by the Arkansas Department of Education.