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Unit Plans

Designed to complement the unit material provided on the student side of this website, unit plans offer educators more detailed knowledge and instructional guidance for the curriculum. Unit plans provide content overviews of the unit, relevant essential questions and unit-specific focus questions, vocab words, additional resources, and lessons plans. 

Start with an introductory lesson on using primary sources and understanding the difference between primary and secondary sources.

Understanding Primary and Secondary Sources

Guide students through an exploration of primary and secondary sources.

Colonization and Settlement

Explore the British settlement of New Hampshire. Find out what happened to both the Abenaki and the English when they came into contact with one another. Discover how the English claimed New Hampshire for their own and changed it. What were those first English settlements like?

Unit 3

Settling New Hampshire
European explorers, English settlements on the seacoast, fish, fur, and forests, Abenaki

Unit 4

Building a Colony
Portsmouth, Scots-Irish, Masonian Proprietors, the Merrimack Valley

Revolution and the New Nation

See why the people of New Hampshire rebelled against Great Britain and uncover the ways New Hampshire contributed to the American Revolution. When the revolution was over, the people needed to create a new government. What would your ideal government look like?

Unit 5

New Hampshire and the American Revolution
Stamp Act, Pine Tree Riot, John Stark, Battle of Bennington, patriots and loyalists

Unit 6

Establishing Government
State and federal constitutions, federalism

Unit 7

Building a State
Transportation, early industrialization, market economy, and a state identity

Expansion and Reform

Explore the big changes that occurred in New Hampshire between 1800 and the Civil War, especially with the development of the first factories and mills. How did people react to industrialization and the growing conflict between North and South that eventually led to the Civil War?

Unit 8

Changing Times on the Farm
NH farming, sheep boom, stone walls

Unit 9

Reforming New Hampshire
New religions, social justice, educational reform, abolition

Unit 10

New Hampshire and the Civil War
Sectionalism and slavery, Lincoln and the Republican Party, NH soldiers and nurses, and statues

Industrial New Hampshire

Discover how New Hampshire became one of the biggest manufacturing centers in America. Factories brought thousands of immigrants to the state and led to the rise of cities. How did life change for the people of New Hampshire with spread of industry?

Unit 11

Big Factories and New Industries
Mills, factories, workers, cities, transportation, leisure, modernization

Unit 12

Immigration in the Industrial Age
Push-pull immigration, ethnic life and communities, becoming Americans

20th-Century New Hampshire

Explore how New Hampshire contributed to two world wars and survived the Great Depression. Discover the new industries that emerged in the 20th century and how New Hampshire helps Americans elect a president every four years. Is New Hampshire starting to look like the New Hampshire you know?

Unit 15

Forging a Modern Identity
World wars, the Great Depression, modern tourism, culture and literature

Unit 16

New Hampshire Primary
1952 election, retail politics, underdogs, midnight voting, town hall meetings