K-12 Lessons and Activities for the Classroom
K-12 Lessons and Activities for the Classroom
Brochure - Bicentennial of Rutherford B. Hayes: Remembrance and Reflection
+ signifies teacher use of provided RBH brochures to enhance lesson
K – Coloring book – R.B. Hayes Seeing the World in Color (24 pages) ISBN 9798195577681
+ Share items that are grade-appropriate from RBH brochures
1st – Coloring book – R.B. Hayes Seeing the World in Color (24 pages) ISBN 9798195577681
+ Share items that are grade-appropriate from RBH brochures
Teacher reads aloud Those Were the Days (16 pages) ISBN 9781893078024
June 2023 Author: Regina Vincent-Williams
This book was written using Fremont, OH references but has RB Hayes connections.
Celebrating the 200th birthday of President RB Hayes. Features photos from the 1800s and today to look back at the days when Hayes served as governor and later president. The story is told as if Hayes were speaking today.
2nd – Teacher reads aloud Rud from Delaware, Ohio (?? Pages) ISBN _______________
Author: Brent Carson
Jigsaw puzzle – Rud’s boyhood home (corner of W. William and N. Franklin)
+ Teacher shares segment of RB Hayes brochures each day of Hayes Days
3rd – Assembly with reenactors portraying RB Hayes and Lucy Hayes
*Lesson plan from Schultz 3rd grade team – see last page
4th – Teacher reads aloud Our Resident to President (60 pages) ISBN 9798325587818
2024 Authors: Brent Carson and Ric Stranges
Teacher reads aloud Battles and Bravery (51 pages) ISBN 9798337650852
2024 Authors: Frank Hickman II, Brent Carson and Ric Stranges
5th – Video (4:34) Life Portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes: (4 minutes 34 seconds)
https://www.c-span.org/video/?96805-20/life-portrait-rutherford-b-hayes
Teacher reads aloud Incredible Lemonade Lucy (60 pages) ISBN 9798343647518
2025 Author Ric Stranges
+ Teacher shares a segment of RB Hayes brochures each day of Hayes Days
6th – Teacher reads Leaving Home: Leaving a Legacy (38 pages) ISBN 9798335753586
2024 Authors: Bill Rietz, Brent Carson and Ric Stranges
+ review segments of RB Hayes brochures that correlate with Ohio map activity
Map of Ohio: Label places in Ohio with ties to Rud and Lucy Hayes:
Delaware, Columbus, Fremont, Cincinnati, Chillicothe, Norwalk, Gambier
7th – Video (42:00) RB Hayes Comes Home (link at rbhayesheritage.com )
Preview and show segments if not the entire video
+ Teacher shares segment of RB Hayes brochures each day of Hayes Days
8th – Assembly with Frank Hickman: 30 minutes.
Shares the leadership and character R.B. Hayes displayed over the span of his life.
Presented in April/May when students are studying the Civil War
“Camp Delaware” (30 minutes) link will be provided to teachers or have assembly
The story of the recruitment, mustering in, and bravery in battle of the 5th United States
Colored Troops who trained at Camp Delaware, Ohio, during the Civil War.
Include with topics in Civil War research projects:
https://www.rbhayes.org/research/the-case-of-rosetta-armstead/
https://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/civil-war/
9th , 10th, 11th in English classes
Use e-version of Necessary Leadership (access using link below)
Embracing Humility, Upholding Integrity and Embodying Accountability
An examination of the leadership of Rutherford B. Hayes
2023 Author: Billy Wisneski
9th Read Foreword, Author's Note, and Part I, Chapter 1 Humility (10 pages total)
Writing / Discussion prompt:
Identify a person in your life who exhibits humility. Provide evidence for your choice. Next, name a person in a leadership position that displays humility. Defend your choice by citing examples.
10th Read Foreword, Author's Note, and Part I Chapter 2 Integrity (10 pages total)
Writing / Discussion prompt:
Identify a person in your life who exhibits integrity. Provide evidence for your choice. Next, name a person in a leadership position that displays integrity. Defend your choice by citing examples.
11th Read Foreword, Author's Note, and Part 1 Chapter 3 Accountability (12 pages total)
Writing / Discussion prompt:
Identify a person in your life who exhibits accountability. Provide evidence for your choice. Next, name a person in a leadership position that displays accountability. Defend your choice by citing examples.
Social Studies classes:
11th Election of 1876
Washington Post Opinions video April 2023 (7:16)
How to Rig an Election: The Racist History of the 1876 Vote (Tom Hanks narrator)
https://youtu.be/tBvodoftTjA?si=E5ZLPyBaS_U7jkBn
CBS Sunday Morning video October 2020 (9:13)
Voter fraud, suppression and partisanship: a look at the 1876 election
https://youtu.be/rWdqTR2YkAU?si=SqhU3pwawI3ufA4m
The History Guy video Feb 2022 (14:10)
“Your Fraudulency” The 1876 Election
A century after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the republic that had survived the Civil War saw a new challenge: the most contested election in American history.
https://youtu.be/OihYWKuozOE?si=x4EYhrq9vKQ5eQoc
12th
Available in 2025 – Ohio Wesleyan University RB Hayes Scholar recipient from Paraguay will discuss Hayes and the impact he had on their home country.
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Video (55:00) from 2022 Bicentennial program at Hayes High School.
Conversation with R.B Hayes on his 70th birthday
Filmed by Hayes Cinematic students Justin Cardona, Ivan Hedges, Alenise Vazquez Rivera
Conversation with President Hayes.mp4
Here are some documents previously used for Hayes Day
Happy Birthday, President Hayes.pdf