Teacher Resources
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Teaching Boxes
The History Center’s Teaching Boxes can be borrowed free of charge by schools and community organizations. The Teaching Boxes include new “old” objects, books, lesson plans and hands-on activities. Topics…
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Primary Sources
The History Center has a variety of primary and secondary sources related to local history that teachers and students can read and interpret as part of the NYS Social Studies…
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Erie Canal Lesson Plans
Grade Level: 4th grade New York State Social Studies Curriculum. The Niagara History Center created six virtual lesson plans on the Erie Canal and particularly “The Flight of Five” locks…
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“Belva Lockwood and the Precedents Set for Women’s Rights” Lesson Plan
Grade Level: 6th – 8th This lesson examines the Women’s Rights Movement in the context of the life and career of Belva Lockwood. By studying the precedents Lockwood set for…
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“Urban Renewal or Urban Removal” Resource Kit
Grade Level: 11th and 12th This kit explores the history of Lockport, NY between 1954 and 1974 when almost every major city in the United States was impacted by federal…