Teacher Resources

Lesson Plan Archive

The lesson plans included in the Lesson Plan Archive were developed over the years for the CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies. Please note that they may not align with current educational standards,  may contain outdated historical information, and are not actively being updated.

Arkansas History Videos

The videos below are designed to help Arkansas history teachers discover resources they can use to teach Arkansas history in their classrooms. The handout referenced in all programs is available here.

Teacher Resources from previous teacher workshops & programs

• AHC Historic Washington Teacher Resources
• CALS Memory Project Power Pair Reading Circle Activity PDF 110719 Rev
• Rohwer Autobiographies Object Lesson

Teacher Workshops and Seminars

In the past, CALS Butler Center for Arkansas Studies has offered ADE approved professional development for teachers. As of 2020, we are no longer offering these workshops.

Past Workshop Topics:

2019 – Tools for Teaching and Learning Difficult History: Racial Violence in Arkansas, the 1919 Elaine Massacre and a Century of Lynching, 1836-1936.
2018 – Mapping the Arkansas Territory—Then & Now
2017 – WWI Centennial: Finding Arkansas’s Stories of Challenge and Change in the Great War
2016 – Words That Matter: Pulitzer Prize Authors with Arkansas Connections