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A collection of online exhibits, blogs, and lessons plans created by the UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC). These works showcase CAHC's archival materials and feature essays by historians, topic specialists, and students.

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Black and white photograph collage of a 1849 eclectic primer, a WWI propaganda poster, and a 1815 map of the Louisiana Purchase

Arkansas Primary Source Sets
Lesson Plans

Grades K-12
Explore curated sets of digitized primary sources from CAHC. Topics include: African Americans, Arkansas History, Arts, Biography, Civics and Government, Economics, Geography, Latinos, Literature, Native Americans, Science and Technology, U.S. History, Women, and World History. Each primary source set contains a question for inquiry, and each of the primary source documents in the set helps to answer the question from a particular perspective. Text-dependent questions accompany each document. Published September 2018 / Updated October 2024.

Black and white photograph collage of a farmer plowing a field, three women next to a bike, and Earnest Green and Elizabeth Eckhart during the Central High Crisis

History Alive: Virtually!
Lesson Plans

Grades K-12
Explore curated sets of digitized primary sources from CAHC. The sources are organized in ten thematic virtual mini-collections: Agriculture, Arkansas and the World, Arkansas before Statehood, Change over Time, Civil Rights, Civil War and Reconstruction, Government and Civil Society, Labor, Race in American Society, and Women of Arkansas. Each of collection contains exercises that can be used in the face-to-face, virtual, or hybrid classroom. Every exercise highlights a historical issue that is investigated through the analysis of one or more primary sources. Published March 2021.

Color aerial photograph of the I-630 and I-30 interchange

Mapping Little Rock History Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans

Grades K-12
Download lesson plans related to urban renewal and race relations in Little Rock. Topics include: Why do Cities Change, How do Transportation Changes affect a City, Exploring the Intersection of Geography and History in the American South, and Cities and the Environment. Published October 2024.

A color photograph of three Vietnamese boys standing next to each other behind a wooden stair railing

Striving for Place Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans

Grades 7-8
Download lesson plans and explore sources related to Arkansas and the Vietnam War. Topics include: the Vietnam War’s Effects on Arkansas and Refugee Resettlement at Fort Chaffee. Published June 2024.

Color photograph of Vic Snyder at a Conway daycare center

Victor F. Snyder Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans

Grades 7-12
Download lesson plans related to Victor F. Snyder. Topics include: What Does a congressperson Do?, LGBTQ+ History and Politics, and Central High Desegregation Commemoration. Published September 2022.

Black and white photograph of two blind men learning to use their white canes in downtown Little Rock

World Services for the Blind Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans

Grades K-12
Download lesson plans related to World Services for the Blind (WSB). Topics include: the Blind Experience, the Great Depression and New Deal, and Transformations in Minority Groups in Arkansas. Published September 2022.

Cover of the 1979 Arkansas Constitutional Convention Daily Digest

Arkansas Constitutional Convention Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans

Grades K-12
Download lesson plans related to the Arkansas Constitutional Convention of 1979-1980. Topics include: Who Were the Delegates?, Preambles Through the Years, Let’s Make Some Changes, Let’s Raise Taxes or Not, and The Ghost of 1874: Why the Other Conventions Failed. Published June 2021.

Color photograph of CCC artifacts on a table, including a sign and pottery shards

Civilian Conservation Corps Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans

Grades 5-12
Download lesson plan related to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) work in Arkansas. Topics include: Environmental Protection, Changes in Geography and Climate, and Human Impact on the Environment. Published October 2019.

Cover of a book by Ida B. Wells-Barnett, titled "The Arkansas Race Riot"

Elaine Race Massacre Education Resources
Lesson Plans

Explore primary and secondary sources related to the Elaine Race Massacre. Published September 2019.

Black and white photograph of Charlie May Simon at a book signing for fourth graders

Charlie May Simon Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans

Grades 3-8
Download a lesson plan related to Charlie May Simon. Students will identify attributes of various primary sources from the collection. Published October 2018.

Black and white photograph of Black men and women marching with signs that read, "We march for integrated schools now!", "We demand decent housing now!", and "We demand an end to bias now!"

The Road from Hell Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans

Grades 5-12
Download lesson plans, educational resources, and posters related to segregation and integration in Arkansas. Topics include: Desegregation in Arkansas, the Little Rock Nine and the Central High School Crisis, Race Relations in Arkansas, Japanese American Internment, and Mathematics and Segregation. Published August 2018.

Black and white photograph of a sign that says, "This school closed by order of the federal government"

Confronting the Crisis Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans

Grades 5-12
Download lesson plans, educational resources, and posters related to the Little Rock Central High School Crisis. Topics include: the Little Rock Nine, Daisy Bates, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Lost Year. Published August 2017.

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University of Arkansas at Little Rock

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Center for Arkansas History and Culture

Located in downtown Little Rock, the Center for Arkansas History and Culture (CAHC) is a teaching archive affiliated with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Its collections focus on Arkansas history.

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