Lesson: A Global and Historical Context for the U.S. Prison System

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit  Created by: Ryan Nase, Tacony Academy Charter School   Subjects: Government, Economics Grade Levels: 9-12   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: Through time, governmental systems have created numerous ways to handle offenders. Many times, community officials incarcerate these individuals or otherwise remove them from society. Society…
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Lesson: Creating a Historical Context for United States’ Emergence as a World Power

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Alexis Johnson-Sziy, Catasauqua High School   Subjects: American History, World Cultures Grade Levels: 9-12   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: Students will work in small groups to gather background information (through print and online sources) related to United States’ expansionism as it occurred in…
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Lesson: Yo, What Else Youse Got? The Case for Making Philadelphia a True World Heritage City

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Susan Baraldi, Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts   Subjects: American History Grade Levels: 10   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: This lesson plan covers students’ deliberations over Philadelphia sites worthy of World Heritage status and students’ conclusions about Philadelphia as a…
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Lesson: Rights Across the World

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Sarah L. Sharp, William Penn Charter School   Subjects: Human Rights, Social Studies Grade Levels: 9-12   View or download this Lesson Plan.    Overview: Fair Hill Burial Ground (FHBG) is located at 2900 Germantown Avenue at Cambria Street, also bounded by Indiana Avenue and 9th Street,…
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Lesson: Roman Artifact Geometry

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Michelle Shanahan, St. Francis de Sales School   Subjects: Math Grade Levels: 6-8   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: Students will use Roman artifacts to further develop their understanding of plane figures and transformations. These cultural artifacts will represent mathematics in multiple ways. Teachers…
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Lesson: Teaching Ratios with Global Currencies

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Danielle Heeney, Penn Treaty School   Subjects: Math, Social Studies Grade Levels: 5-8   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: In this lesson, students explore foreign currencies while learning about the mathematics skill of manipulating ratios.   Objectives: Students will be able to convert between…
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Lesson: A Journey to Freedom via America’s Birthplace (An Intricate Connection Among Conductors, Passengers, and Stations)

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Stacia Parker, Roosevelt Elementary School   Subjects: English, Language Arts, American History Grade Levels: 7-9   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: This lesson is designed to put emphasis on Philadelphia’s role as a central component in the Underground Railroad network that enabled hundreds of…
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Lesson: The American Civil War’s Impact on the United States and the World

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Jennifer Bellantoni, Mary, Mother of the Redeemer Catholic School   Subjects: Social Studies Grade Levels: 6-8   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: This lesson will examine the impact of the American Civil War on Philadelphia and the world.   Objectives: Students will demonstrate an…
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Lesson: Understanding the Meaning of World Heritage & How it Relates to Philadelphia

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Peggy McGraw, Our Lady of Angels School   Subjects: Technology, Language Arts, Social Studies Grade Levels: 5-8   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: This lesson will address these questions: 1) Do you have something that is really important to you? 2) Why is it…
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Lesson: Hear My Voice

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Olivia Cureton, D. Newlin School   Subjects: Language Arts Grade Levels: 7   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: Students will identify cultural experiences, analyzing place and tone by writing about, reading, speaking, and listening to poetry from the era of The Harlem Renaissance.  …
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