America's River Roots Education Content For All

This OPA River Roots Poetry Guides offers educational resources around the theme of the river, filled with tools to inspire young poets. Inside, you’ll find recommended poetry resources, river-themed books, river poems & prompts along with easy-to-do, age-appropriate poetry activities for home or the classroom.Teachers open the door to the world of words—let’s make poetry all about the river come alive together!

Preschool Guide
Elementary School Guide
Middle School Guide
High School Guide
All Ages Guide

The Harriet Beecher Stowe House is a great place to bring your students, whether you're focusing on civil rights, literature, or history, the Harriet Beecher Stowe House can provide your students with an educational and fun learning experience. We offer standards-based tours and outreach programs as well as multi-age programs for homeschooling families and co-ops.All options have ties to Social Studies and ELA standards. For more information on your specific grade level, please contact Christina. For additional information or to schedule your class – please contact education@stowehousecincy.org.

Sounds From The River - An Immersive Journey Connecting America’s Musical Evolution to its Waterways

Explore the content supporting the Sounds From The River concert series production, presented by Learning Through Art, Inc. and powered by America's River Roots!

The Sounds From The River curriculum has been created through LTA's Books Alive! For Kids® performing arts literacy program, which connects the cultural and musical history of our region through the interactive online library featuring the Sounds From The River songbook, multilingual vocabulary, cross-curricular activities, and STEAM kits for the visual building of the drums, a West African Ashiko Drum alongside a Native American Rattle Drum, representing the heartbeat and foundation of this extraordinary musical journey.

Trace the musical history and the migration of people through the waterways of our region connecting the Indigenous of this land to the continents of Africa, Europe, Asia, and South America.

For grades K-12; STEAM projects for grades 3-8.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center is a museum of conscience, an education center, a convener of dialogue, and a bea­con of light for inclusive freedom around the globe.
Our physical location in downtown Cincinnati is just a few steps from the banks of the Ohio River, the great natural barrier that separated the slave states of the South from the free states of the North. Since opening in 2004, we have filled a substantial void in our nation’s cultural heritage. Rooted in the stories of the Underground Railroad, we illuminate the true meaning of inclusive freedom by presenting permanent and special exhibits that inspire, public programming that provoke dialogue and action, and educational resources that equip modern abolitionists.

Let Cincinnati Museum Center be your teaching partner! All programs focus on problem-based learning and help develop critical-thinking skills while aligning with Ohio, Kentucky and national Academic Content Standards. Check out the Educator’s Guide to see how our programs meet Ohio, Kentucky, and Next Generation Science Standards.
Additionally, here are Social Studies outreach programs (https://www.cincymuseum.org/social-studies-programs-on-wheels/), virtual programs (https://www.cincymuseum.org/virtual-field-trips/), Conversations with an Expert (https://www.cincymuseum.org/educators/conversations-with-an-expert/), and a link to the 4th grade admission for A250 initiative (https://www.cincymuseum.org/press/fourth-grade-history-pass/).
CMC also offers adult history programs and tours through Cincinnati Heritage Programs (https://www.cincymuseum.org/heritage-programs/).

The Freedom Journey App is brought to you by America's River Roots and America 250-OH Commission. This historically accurate, GPS-mapped App with accredited content was created by America's River Roots and in collaboration with Cincinnati Museum Center and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.
The app is now available for free download on the Apple and Google app store.