The Los Alamos Historical Society educators’ link is designed to help teachers address the New Mexico State Social Studies standards. Standards can be accessed at www.nmstandards.org.

The online curriculum uses: The Los Alamos Historical Society Website and a study guide for The Secret Project Notebook as well as recommending a visit to the Los Alamos Historical Museum

The Los Alamos Historical Society website history section is neatly divided into five parts. The first describes the formation of the Pajarito Plateau and surrounding areas. The next sections describe the habitation of the plateau by early Native Americans, the arrival of homesteaders, the construction of the elite Los Alamos Ranch School, and finally the creation of the “Secret City” and the Manhattan Project.

The following sections and corresponding activities address the New Mexico state standards for social studies and enhance the curricula. They are specifically designed for fourth and ninth grades, but with adjustments they can be applicable to all grade levels.

Natural History

Ancestral Pueblo

Homesteaders

Ranch School

Manhattan Project

Site created by Carol Hermes, 4th grade teacher at Piñon Elementary School in White Rock, NM.