Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Denise Junkerman, Prep Charter High School   Subjects: English Language Arts Grade Levels: 9-12   View or download this Lesson Plan.    Overview: With LOVE Park serving as its entrance, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway extends from City Hall to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Inspired by the…

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Annabelle Lyons, Constitution High School   Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies, Social Justice Grade Levels: 9-12   View or download this Lesson Plan.    Overview: The Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) is located at 2027 Fairmount Avenue, (between 20th Street and 22nd Street on Fairmount Avenue). It is…

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Andrew Adams, Northeast High School   Subjects: American History Grade Levels: 5-12   View or download this Lesson Plan.    Overview:  Philadelphia is known as a city of neighborhoods. Through independent research, students will engage in a multidisciplinary research assignment to investigate an assigned neighborhood with the…

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Margaret Smith, Friends Select School   Subjects: European History, World History Grade Levels: 9-12   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: The Enlightenment was an eighteenth-century intellectual movement that began in Europe and led to cultural, and political consequences around the globe. One such commonly…

Source: Philadelphia World Heritage Tool Kit Created by: Heidi King, South Philadelphia High School   Subjects: Social Studies Grade Levels: 10   View or download this Lesson Plan.   Overview: By reviewing articles and videos about women’s rights in Afghanistan, and reading the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, students will extend their…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…