Would you like our museum educator to visit your classroom with information and hands-on activities about any of the eras of Los Alamos history? Please e-mail educator@losalamoshistory.org for information.

The Los Alamos Historical Society educators’ link is designed to help teachers address the New Mexico State Social Studies standards. Standards from the state Public Education Department can be accessed at these links: Kindergarten-4th grade standards, 5th-8th grade standards, and 9th-12th grade standards.

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, a teacher at Piñon Elementary School in White Rock, NM.