Lesson Plans

Voting in America Institute

In October of 2020, Social Studies teachers from around Colorado attended Hewit History Institute: History of Voting in America. After an intensive week, they distilled what they learned into a variety of K-12 lesson plans for the benefit of teachers across the country.

Please feel free to download, modify, and utilize these lessons on the history of immigration for your classroom.

Grade K-5 Lessons

Voting in your Classroom (3-5 Grade)

Gerrymandering and the Importance of your Vote (5th Grade)

Grade 6-12 Lessons

Path to Suffrage (6-12 Grade)

What is the Electoral College (6th Grade)

How Do We Vote? (7th Grade)

Women's Suffrage (8th Grade)

Running for President (8th Grade)

Editorial Cartoons (8th Grade)

Democracy in the U.S. Constitution (8th Grade)

Electoral College Mini Unit (9th Grade)

The Nations's Founding Fathers (9-12th Grade)

Voting Overview (9-12th Grade)

Create Your Own Government Activity (12th Grade)

Lesson Plans

Immigration Institute

In June of 2019, Social Studies teachers from around Colorado attended Hewit History Institute: History of Immigration in America. After an intensive week, they distilled what they learned into a variety of K-12 lesson plans for the benefit of teachers across the country.

Please feel free to download, modify, and utilize these lessons on the history of immigration for your classroom.