Lesson Plans

Silicon Valley History Online has developed a number of lesson plans for teachers to use in the classroom. The lessons make use of images from the SVHO database as well as selected Internet resources.

The Industry! lesson can be used in conjunction with a class visit to the Intel Museum in Santa Clara, California.

Lesson	Grade	Theme	Standards
1906 Earthquake	10^th or 11^th Grade Social Studies	Santa Clara County Effects From 1906 Earthquake	11.2.2 11.2.3 11.5.7
Industry!	10^th or 11^th Grade Social Studies	History of Technology in Santa Clara County	11.2 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8
Electric Light Tower	10^th or 11^th Grade Social Studies	Urban Development of Cities: Electricity	8.12 10.3 11.5
Ohlone Indians	4th Grade Social Studies	Native American Ohlone in Santa Clara County	3.2 4.1.1
Prune Boom	10^th or 11^th Grade Social Studies	Benefits of Prunes	11.5.7 11.6.4 11.8.2
Plane, Trains, Automobiles… and Airships	10^th or 11^th Grade Social Studies	Develop an Understanding of the Benefits of Transportation	8.12.1 8.12.5 11.5.7
Women in Santa Clara County	8^th Grade Social Studies	Identifying Various Roles of Women	3.3.2 3.3.3 4.3.4 8.6.6 8.8.3 8.12.6
1892 Certificate of Residence	8^th or 11^th Grade Social Studies	Immigration-Asia	8.12.5 8.12.7
Upton Sinclair -The Red Currency: 1934	11^th Grade Social Studies	Progressives in California	11.2.1
Platform of the Santa Clara County Equal Suffrage Association: 1910	11^th Grade Social Studies	Women's Rights	11.5.4
Teddy Roosevelt in Palo Alto on March 24, 1911	11^th Grade Social Studies	Progressive Presidents	11.2
Researching: Who is Dolores Huerta? The Significance of Primary and Secondary Sources	11^th Grade Social Studies		11.10.5