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Welcome to Discover Ohio History. This site provides a variety of teaching and learning materials on special topics developed by the Ohio Historical Society. Current topics include: Historic American Indians, Frontier Conflict, Early Ohio, and Ohio's Path to Statehood.
All materials are aligned with and in support of the Ohio Department of Education Academic Content Standards for Social Studies.

Interactive Distance Learning


Bringing History to Life
Interactive video, web technology, video clips, and engaging lesson plans are among the innovative techniques used to make history come to life for students.

Link to Frontier Conflict page
Link to Frontier Conflict page
The Northwest Territory opened to white settlement in 1787, causing a great struggle between American Indians living in the territory and colonial settlers looking for a new life in the Ohio Country.

Link to Path to Statehood page
Link to Path to Statehood page
Ohio became the 17th state in the Union on March 1, 1803. Get involved in the debate over statehood. Should Ohio become a state or remain within the Northwest Territory?

Link to Historic American Indians page
Link to Historic American Indians page
Learn more about the cultural products and practices of the six historic American Indian tribes in Ohio. Examine the political, social and economic forces that lead to removal of American Indians from Ohio.

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