In response to changes in New Hampshire State Administrative Rule ED 306, I have begun to assemble existing lesson plans and lesson materials related to New Hampshire History that can be used in the social studies classroom. Whether a school or district decides to teach New Hampshire History by creating a standalone class or by embedding NH History within existing US History courses, these materials will serve as a jumping-off point for teachers. Hopefully, this would ease the transition for teachers who are experienced in teaching U.S. history.

NH State Standards and Guidelines

• 2006 K-12 Social Studies New Hampshire Curriculum Framework – Department of Education
• A Call to Action: Guidelines for Social Studies Education in New Hampshire Schools – New Hampshire Historical Society

General Book Recommendations

• To This Day: The 300 Years of the New Hampshire Legislature (by Leon W. Anderson)

General Resources

• African Americans Primary Sources – New Hampshire State Archives and Records Management Division
• Nashua Telegraph Archive – Google News Archive
• New Hampshire: Selected Primary Sources – Library of Congress
• New Hampshire Maps – David Rumsey Map Collection Cartography Associates
• New Hampshire Digital Newspaper Project – Dartmouth Library
• 25 Stories for 250 Years – New Hampshire Heritage Museum Trail
• U.S. and N.H. State Constitutions – New Hampshire State Archives and Records Management Division

PBS Series (multi-topic):

• Our New Hampshire – NHPBS
  • Our New Hampshire Teacher’s Guide – NHPBS

• NHPBS Specials
  • New Hampshire-specific clips from PBS Documentaries (Ken Burns The Vietnam War, The Vote, The Black Church, etc.)
• NHPBS Presents
  • Special productions focused on New Hampshire (Nashua Dodgers, Mysteries of NH, Early Telephone Operators in NH, etc.)
• NH Crossroads – NHPBS
  • “New Hampshire Crossroads celebrates the people, places, character and ingenuity that makes New Hampshire – New Hampshire!”

Pre-Columbian to Colonial America (before 1607–1775)

Native Americans

• Native Americans Primary Sources – New Hampshire State Archives and Records Management Division
• Interactive Indigenous Land Map – Native Land Digital
  • Try both the constellation map and the classic map, depending on your purpose.

Revolutionary Era (1765–1789)

• Revolutionary War Primary Sources – New Hampshire State Archives and Records Management Division
• New Hampshire in the American Revolution – Society of the Cincinnati

Early Republic and Expansion (1790–1848)

• Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. of Manchester, New Hampshire, a History – UNH

Civil War and Reconstruction (1848–1877)

• New Hampshire in the Civil War – American Battlefield Trust
• The Civil War in Keene – Union Leader

Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1877–1920s)

Women’s Suffrage

• New Hampshire Suffrage Collection – New Hampshire Historical Society
  • My favorite primary source from this collection(“Opinions of New Hampshire Men and Women, 1903“) could be combined with “A Word to the Wise: An Overwhelming Majority of the Women of the United States Oppose Woman Suffrage, circa 1913” to serve as the foundation of an inquiry activity
• 1919 NH Ratification of 19th Amendment – New Hampshire State Archives and Records Management Division
• A Brief History of the New Hampshire Women Suffrage Association: A Report of the Annual Meeting Held in Manchester, October 25, 1907 – Internet Archive
• New Hampshire and the 19th Amendment – National Park Service
• First in the Nation: In 1919, UNH convened a women’s School for Citizenship that proved a model for the nation – University of New Hampshire Today
• Lucy’s Legacy: A Review of Firsts for Women Students – University of New Hampshire

World War I and the Roaring Twenties (1914–1929)

World War I

• New Hampshire Gold Star Veterans – HonorStates

Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)

World War II

• New Hampshire Gold Star Veterans – HonorStates

Early Cold War (1945–1960)

Korean War

• New Hampshire Gold Star Veterans – HonorStates

Civil Rights, Vietnam, and Social Change (1960–1975)

JFK

• JFK Trip to New Hampshire Primary Sources (January 25th, 1960) – John F. Kennedy Library
• New Hampshire Radio Coverage of JFK Assassination – WGIR

Vietnam

• NH Vietnam War Primary Sources – New Hampshire State Archives and Records Management Division

• New Hampshire Gold Star Veterans – HonorStates

Contemporary America (1976–Present)

• New Hampshire in Space – NHPBS
• New Hampshire’s Political Legacy – NHPBS
  • (click through seasons 1-5 to view all episodes)
• Christa – NHPBS
• Roads to Recovery – NHPBS
• The State We’re In – NHPBS
• Our Hometown – NHPBS