LibGuides: Challenger STS-51L: Additional Resources for Educators

Lesson Plans

The Space Shuttle
A lesson plan from Discovery Education lesson plan library. Covers the space program until Challenger and the aftermath of the Challenger disaster.

Grades: 6 - 8
We Learned About the Challenger
A lesson plan from CPALMS in Florida. The lesson is based around President Reagan's speech.

Grade: 5

Teaching with Primary Sources

Document Analysis Worksheets
From the United States National Archives. "Meet the Document" worksheets for students of all levels to teach students how to "think through" primary source materials.
Teaching with Primary Sources Quarterly
A free quarterly journal on using primary sources in K-12 classrooms from the Library of Congress
Teaching with Primary Sources Teachers Network

Uncovering Our History by Susan H. Veccia
ISBN: 0838908624
Publication Date: 2003-01-01

Centers and Institutions of Interest

Adult Non-Fiction Books on the Challenger Disaster

Truth, Lies, and O-Rings by Allan J. McDonald; James R. Hansen
ISBN: 9780813033266
Publication Date: 2009-04-26
An account of the Challenger disaster by one of the engineers.
No Downlink by Claus Jensen; Barbara Haveland (Translator)
ISBN: 0374120366
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
A dramatic narrative of the Challenger disaster by Danish professor of literature Claus Jensen. The narrative places the Challenger disaster in a broader social and political context.

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