War of 1812: Additional Lesson Plan Resources
Go to Thinkport and click lessons under resource filter
http://warof1812.thinkport.org/#resources.html. There are 50 lesson plans listed including
"Our Cause It Is Just," "Spreading the News," Citizen's Defense of Baltimore," and "Star-Spangled
Math."
The Anthem Project has four lesson plans. Go to
http://www.theanthemproject.org/index.php/2013-05-09-23-11-26/2013-05-23-19-28-56.
Lesson 1 "By the Dawn's Early Light: Understanding the Lyrics and Their Influence," teaches the
story behind The Star-Spangled Banner and the bombardment of Fort McHenry through
multimedia resources, primary source documents, and reading activities.
Lesson 2 "Our Cause It Is Just: The Causes of The War of 1812," investigates the arguments for
and against war with Britain by role-playing congressional leaders in 1812.
Lesson 3 "Land of the Free, Home of the Brave Becoming the Anthem," explores patriotic songs
about the United States and why the U.S Congress adopted The Star-Spangled Banner as the
national anthem in 1931.
Lesson 4 "Between their Loved Home and War's Desolation: Marylanders Defend Their Home,"
uses local history to learn how Marylanders responded to the War of 1812 and the legacy of the
war on the Chesapeake region.
The Education Department of Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum has lesson plans based on a
traveling trunk (see below) including Creating An Exhibit, Creating Original Artwork, Creating a
Broadside, Letter Writing With a Point Of View, Making a Timeline, Mystery Objects, Preparing
And Tasting Food, Reading Maps, Responding To Artwork-Historical Images, The Experience of
Kids, and American Images. Go to http://www.jefpat.org/teacherslessonplans.html. Four
additional lesson plans about the War of 1812 can be found at the bottom of their website.
See also The White House Historical Association lesson plan "The White House Burns: The War
of 1812" for grades 4-8 at
http://www.whitehousehistory.org/whha_classroom/classroom.html