Lesson Plans For All Ages
WOSU’s locally produced series, Columbus Neighborhoods is a great resource for teachers and students to learn more about their city’s history, culture and geography.
To accompany each documentary, WOSU has worked with educators to produce lesson plans for students of all ages. Browse below to find lesson plans for your grade level.
If you have any questions, contact the WOSU Education Team at 614-292-9678.
Bexley Lesson Plans
Watch the Columbus Neighborhoods: Bexley documentary.
Clintonville Lesson Plans
Watch the Columbus Neighborhoods: Clintonville documentary.
- Agriculture: Past and President
- Desegregation of Columbus Schools
- Main Street USA: 1950s-1960s
- Suburbanization and Entertainment
- Underground Railroad
Downtown-Franklinton Lesson Plans
Watch the Columbus Neighborhoods: Downtown-Franklinton documentary.
- Churches and Schools of the Village
- Founding Franklinton, Columbus: A Created Capital
- The Growth of Business, the New Middle Class, and Gilded Age Corruption
- Progressive Columbus: Social Gospel, The Franklinton Flood, The City Beautiful Movement
- Transportation, Civil War and Urban Growth
- The Underground Railroad
German Village Lesson Plans
Watch the Columbus Neighborhoods: German Village documentary.
- Germans in the Civil War, German Village in the Late 1800s
- Immigration and the National Road
- Old Brewery District, Prohibition and World War I
- Music in the Air Schiller Park and Recreation Park Electrified Street Car
- Urban Decline, Urban Renewal
King-Lincoln Lesson Plans
Watch the Columbus Neighborhoods: King-Lincoln documentary.
- A Freeway Divides
- A Legacy of Music, A Cradle for Artists
- A Vibrant African American Community Emerges
- Churches and East High School Traditions
- Jewish Businesses on Mt. Vernon and the Civil Rights Movement
- Transforming the King-Lincoln Neighborhood
New Americans Lessons Plans
Watch the Columbus Neighborhoods: New Americans documentary.
- 19th and 20th Century Immigration
- Columbus Diversity Today
- The Great Migration
- Refugees and Resettlement
Olde Towne East Lesson Plans
Watch the Columbus Neighborhoods: Olde Towne East documentary.
- Automobiles and Suburbanization
- Highways and Suburbanization
- Streetcar Suburb and Middle Class Affluence
Short North Lesson Plans
Watch the Columbus Neighborhoods: Short North documentary.
- The Arch City and Goodale: A “Modern Park”
- Flytown and the Godman Guild
- Freeways, Suburbanization, Urban Renewal and Revitalization
- Railroad Service Comes to Columbus and The Rise of Union Station
South Side Lesson Plans
Watch the Columbus Neighborhoods: South Side documentary.
- 1950s and 1960s Boom, Migration and Industrial Decline
- Civil Rights Era
- Immigration and Cultural Diversity
- Industrialization
Tri Village Lesson Plans (Grandview Heights, Marble Cliff and Upper Arlington)
Watch the Columbus Neighborhoods: Tri Village documentary.
- Diversity, Assimilation and Discrimination
- Entrepreneurs
- Military Mobilization
- Planning and Suburban Growth
University District Lesson Plans
Watch the Columbus Neighborhoods: University District documentary.
- The 1960s, Civil Rights, and Vietnam
- Early Settlements and Growth The Civil War and the Morrill Act
- Industrialization and Progressive Era Streetcars, Amusements Parks and Education
- Streetcar Suburb and Middle Class Affluence
- The World War II Era
Worthington Lesson Plans
Watch the Columbus Neighborhoods: Worthington documentary.