Lesson Plans
These lesson plans are also called Learning Activity Packets. They are offered as a way to look a little more closely at the people, places, and moments in time of our local area. Our goal is to reach at least 100. Each has an Online Resource, Print Resource, and boxes for vocabulary, when, where, and event. There is a suggested activity with some of them. I hope you find them helpful.
Arts & Entertainment
- C. Edgar Patience, Black Diamond Sculptor
- Florence Foster Jenkins, Opera Singer
- George Catlin, Native American Painter
- Herman and Joseph Mankiewicz, Hollywood Screenwriters
- Santo Loquasto - All Dressed Up
- See a Show! Let's Go To The Theater!
Civil War
- Colonel Robert Bruce Ricketts
- Eugene B. Beaumont, Civil War Veteran
- Fugitive Slave Case
- Henry Hoyt - From Civil War To Governor
Early Days In Wyoming Valley
- John Butler Prepares To Attack Wyoming
- Nathan Denison
- Part 1 - Early Days In Wyoming
- Part 2 - Behind The Attack On Wyoming
- Part 3 - Crushing Defeat At The Battle of Wyoming
- Part 4 - A Valley In Ruin: After The Battle
Industry & Business
- Andrew J. Sordoni, Entrepreneur
- Canal System - Here to There
- Charles Stegmaier Gold Medal Brewery
- Esther Tinsley - Help For the Hurting
- Fred Morgan Kirby
- Min Matheson, Labor Organizer
- Mr. Peanut
- Father Murgas - Wireless Transmission
- Work For The Young Girls
Mining In The Valley
- Avondale, Twin Shaft, and Baltimore Tunnel Disasters
- Breaker Boys And The Black Diamond Chutes
- Ellen Webster Palmer - Educator of Breaker Boys
- Knox Mine Disaster
- Lattimer Massacre
- Life In The Patch
- Turning Black Rock Into Diamonds
- What Is A Breaker Or A Colliery?
Native Americans
- Frances Slocum, Child of Two Worlds
- Sayenqueraghta, Seneca War Chief
- Teedyuscung, Securing the Border
Places
Politics
Sports
- Big Ed Walsh, Baseball Hall of Fame
- Charley Trippi, Football Hall of Fame
- Giant's Despair Hillclimb Race
- Joe Amato, Drag Racing Champion
- Machine Gun Lou Butera, Pool Champion
- Pete Gray, One Armed Wonder