Lesson Plans & Activities

All resources are in PDF format unless otherwise noted.

Pre-Visit Materials

These classroom resources have been designed to prepare your students for their field trip to MOHAI. Please see the visit guidelines below for schedules, rules, and chaperone instructions.

Visit Guidelines

Planning Your Educator-Led Field Trip to MOHAI
Planning Your Self-Guided Field Trip to MOHAI
Field Trip Schedules

Pre-Visit Packets

General Visit: Essential Seattle Curriculum Materials
K - 2nd: Discovering Seattle Stories
3rd - 5th: Cracking the History Code

Pre-Visit Activities

Essential Seattle Slide Show (PPT)
Essential Seattle Slide Show Script and Activities

Visual Resource Materials (New for 2011!)

These resources were created to help you introduce a variety of Seattle history topics using primary sources from MOHAI's collection. Each topic listed below includes a slideshow, script, lesson plans, primary documents, and a variety of supplemental materials. General materials that apply to all topics are listed at the top of this section.

General Materials

Photograph Analysis Handout
Document Analysis Handout
Intersect Interactive Timeline (link)
How to Order MOHAI Photographs (link)

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The Great Seattle Fire of 1889

Our Seatle Fire materials will help your students learn about this pivotal event in early Seattle history.

The Century 21 Exposition: Seattle's 1962 World's Fair

Our Century 21 materials introduce your students to the origin of some of Seattle’s most iconic structures: Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair.

Resources Created by Teachers, for Teachers
Be the first to contribute to our teacher resource list. Send your Seattle Fire or Century 21 curriculum to MOHAI's education staff.

Archived Lessons:

These lessons were designed in conjunction with past featured exhibits at MOHAI:

The Enemy Within: Terror in America 1776 to Today

Enemy Within Curriculum

Lincoln, the Constitution, and the Civil War

Northwest Challenges and Choices Curriculum
Primary Resources

Photographing the Fair: The Photos of Frank H Nowell and Others

AYPE Seal Analysis