The following materials are inspired by History’s Mysteries a K-5 Inquiry Based “Click and Play” Curriculum developed by Kelley Brown and Laurie Risler in conjunction with Massachusetts based Collaborative Educational Services. With their permission, we have modified the History’s Mysteries lesson packets to align with the Georgia Standards of Excellence and created new packets in the same vein to meet the needs of Georgia teachers and students. Below you will find links to the original History’s Mysteries lesson packets, History’s Mysteries lesson packets modified to align with the GSE, and new packets developed by our staff that are also GSE aligned.
Kindergarten
Complete unit with original Inquiry Introduction and three Mystery lessons.
What Do Historians Do?
What is the Difference Between Then and Now?
Where Do People Work ?
How is Work Different Now Than in the Past?
Original History’s Mysteries Holidays and Traditions Unit.
Coming Soon!
First Grade
Complete unit with original Inquiry Introduction and three Mystery lessons.
What Do Historians Do?
What Makes Someone a Good Leader?
What Makes Someone a Statesman? *
*We have encountered some issues with Google Slides not playing narrations. Please download the presentations as PowerPoint files to access the narrated version of the presentation.
Second Grade
Complete unit with original Inquiry Introduction and three Mystery lessons.
What Are These Students Learning About?
What Makes Someone a Good Leader?
Third Grade
What Can We Learn from Maps?
How Does Geography Impact the Work People Do?
Fourth Grade
Original Inquiry Introduction
Complete unit with original Inquiry Introduction and three Mystery lessons.
What Do Historians Do?
Why Did Americans Want Independence?
Fifth Grade
Original Inquiry Introduction
What Do Historians Do?
Why Do Countries Fight Wars? Why did the United States Join the Fighting in WWI?
How Can People Create Change in Their Community? Coming Soon!
Eighth Grade
We recommend downloading the Power Point presentation, because Google Slides removes some of the special programming features of the game.
The Hickory Hill materials presented here are not connected to or representative of the Official History's Mysteries Curriculum. Both the original History's Mysteries and the Hickory Hill modified materials contain original intellectual property and can only be modified for the purpose of classroom use. No permission is granted for publication of this material. All rights reserved.