History lesson plans by Spencer Charrington

World History, 11th grade Honors

• Taught at Westminster High School, fall 2026The Renaissance: What Was Reborn, and Does It Still Matter?Medieval vs Renaissance Europe, Leonardo, Botticelli, Michelangelo and Raphael, and whether we’re living through a renaissance now.
• Taught at Westminster High School, fall 2026The Crusades and the Black DeathHow two crises weakened feudalism, with a plague simulation and a comparison with COVID-19.
• Taught at Westminster High School, fall 2026The Columbian Exchange: A Positive or Negative Legacy?Five primary sources, from Columbus’s journal to the Brooks slave ship diagram, and a document-based essay plan.

US History

• Station-based lessonWhat Does Culture Mean to You? Teaching the Harlem RenaissanceLangston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, W. E. B. Du Bois, Aaron Douglas and the spirituals.

World War II and the Holocaust

• 10th grade · 80 minutesKristallnacht and the Rise of AntisemitismThe Nuremberg Laws, Nazi propaganda and survivor testimony.
• Gallery walkA Holocaust Gallery WalkPhotographs and guided notes on ghettos, deportation and the camps.