IKEducation

Lesson Plans

IKEducation is committed to providing free materials that foster students’ knowledge of the life and times of Dwight D. Eisenhower through the examination of primary sources. Each lesson plan aligns with national standards and provides ideas and resources to help teachers make learning engaging.

Dogs for Defense: Hero Hounds

Grade Levels: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd

Dogs for Defense: K-9 Corps

Grade Levels: 3rd, 4th, 5th

Rosie the Riveter

Grade Levels: 4th, 5th

Attic Artifacts: WWII Kids

Grade Levels: 3rd, 4th, 5th

Cold War Kids: Duck & Cover

Grade Levels: 4th, 5th

Victory Gardens (K-2)

Grade Levels: Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd

Hello Heroes

Grade Levels: 4th, 5th

Use it Up, Wear it Out, Make it Do, or Do Without!

Grade Levels: 6th, 7th

The Holocaust: From a Name to a Number

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th

Attic Artifacts: Women on the Home Front

Grade Levels: 6th, 7th, 8th

Paint Like Ike

Grade Levels: 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Spy Kids: Code Talkers

Grade Levels: 6th, 7th, 8th

Cold War Kids: Space Race

Grade Levels: 6th, 7th, 8th

Wild West to Midwest

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Recommending Eisenhower

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Letters to the President

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Eisenhower and the Troops: The Story of a Photograph

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Attic Artifacts: The 101st Airborne

Grade Levels: 6th, 7th, 8th

Desegregating Little Rock

Grade Levels: 11th, 12th

D-Day: Primarily Omaha Beach

Grade Levels: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

In Plain Sight: D-Day Deception

Grade Levels: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

The Red Scare: Spies Among Us?

Grade Levels: 11th, 12th

Race for the Double Helix

Grade Levels: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

In Conclusion: A Research and Informative Speech Project

Grade Levels: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

D-Day: Whether the Weather Matters

Grade Levels: 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Victory Gardens 3

Grade Levels: 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

West Point and Eisenhower's Education

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Eisenhower and the Responsibility of the President

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Eisenhower and the Origins of NATO

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Two Farewells: Comparing the Farewell Addresses of Washington and Eisenhower

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Atoms for Peace: Eisenhower and Nuclear Technology

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Art of Deception: Selling a Story to the German Army

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

“I Shall Go to Korea”- Candidate Eisenhower and Foreign Policy

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Space Race: Mastery of Space during the Cold War

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

D-Day: Advising Eisenhower

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Forging a Path and the Selection of Eisenhower

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

The 1952 Election: A New Kind of Campaign

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Interstate to the Internet: President Eisenhower’s Legacy

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th

Waging Peace: An Eisenhower Exhibit for the Classroom

Grade Levels: 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th