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Curriculum
Explore Indiana history with your students by topic or by following along with our award-winning book, Hoosiers and the American Story. Our topical curriculum guides can enhance your teaching. Each topic includes suggested search terms for our online library catalog, downloadable curriculum and corresponding chapters in Hoosier and the American Story.
Our topical curriculum guides can enhance your teaching. Each topic includes suggested search terms for our online library catalog, downloadable curriculum and corresponding chapters in our award-winning text, Hoosier and the American Story.
Click here to check out all the books we have for your classroom by grade level.
We’d love to hear feedback or suggestions for future lesson plans! Email us at education@indianahistory.org.
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Download the National History Day in Indiana GuideYour resource for primary source learning and National History Day
INDepth StoriesLearn more about our INDepth stories
Curriculum
- Hoosiers and the American Story
- Native Americans in Indiana
- Territorial Indiana, American Revolution and Statehood
- Abolition and the Civil War
- 1880 to 1920: Industrial Age, Progressive Era and World War I
- The 1920s and the Great Depression
- World War II
- From the 1950s to the 1970s
- Immigration and Ethnic Heritage
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ExhibitsOpen 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through SaturdayOpen 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. SundayWilliam H. Smith Memorial LibraryOpen 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
Open 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. SundayHistory MarketOpen 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
Open 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. SundayStardust Terrace Café HoursOpen 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday
Open 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday