Educator Resources
Learn about Kentucky’s history in the classroom.
Use this material as stand-alone units or as supplements to a visit to the Kentucky Historical Society.
Lesson Plans
These open as PDFs.
Grades 4 and/or 5
Object Observation & Analysis: A Surveyor’s Essentials
Analyzing a Photograph: The Assassination of Gov. William Goebel, 1900
Analyzing a Photograph: The Last Legislative Session at the Old State Capitol, 1908
Analyzing a Portrait: The Story of Julius Richner, Franklin County, KY Bugler
Grade 8
Object Observation and Analysis: A Soldier’s Essentials
Grade 11
John H. Rodman: Letters from a POW
Online Exhibits
Kentucky Military History Treasures