Elementary History
This resource list is designed to empower primary school history educators by seamlessly connecting curriculum themes and student inquiries with the rich content and primary sources of HistoryLink articles.
Pre-Contact and Geography
How did the Ice Age floods shape the land we live on today?
520History.org: What makes Washington Unique? Unit 2
520History.org: What makes Washington Unique? Unit 1
Forest History: How do person-plant interactions shape the cultural and physical landscape?
Forest History: How does fire change more than the landscape?
1774 – 1846
British Colonization
Who benefited from the fur trade in Washington Territory—and who didn’t?
How did introduced diseases impact Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest? How did diseases shape the relationship between Native Americans and non-Native explorers and missionaries?
What did early non-Native maritime explorers hope to gain in the Pacific Northwest, and how did it benefit Native communities? What did it cost Native communities?
1846 – 1889
American Colonization – Civil War
520History.org: How do people work together to solve problems?
1854 – 1889
Territory and Treaty-making
520History.org: What can history teach us about the world today?
Seattle’s Waterfront History: Was the Great Fire great for Seattle?
