Lesson Plans

• “Paul Revere’s Ride” Map-Reading Lesson, from the Newberry Library’s Hermon Dunlap Smith Center for the History of Cartography (grades K-2).
• “One of by Land, Two if by Sea”, from National Geographic’s “Xpeditions” (grades 3-5).
• “Why Do We Remember Revere?: Paul Revere’s Ride in History and Literature”, from EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities (grades 6-8).
• WebEnglishTeacher page with multiple lesson plans using Longfellow and “Paul Revere’s Ride.”
• Lesson plans on other aspects of the American Revolution developed by teachers working at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
• Lesson plans from Longfellow National Historic Site.
• “Poetry and the Imagination: The Legacy of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow” from Longfellow National Historic Site (grades 3-6)—PDF download.
• Curriculum materials for sale from the Paul Revere House.
• Classroom lessons from Old North Church.
• Curriculum materials from Minute Man National Historical Park.
• Resources for teaching Longfellow from the Maine Historical Society.
• The Big Read’s Longfellow project.