DocsTeach. Teaching with Historic Places. Columbia University. Reading Like A Historian. The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry.
Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features sets of primary documents designed for groups of students with diverse reading skills and abilities. This curriculum teaches students how to investigate historical questions by employing reading strategies such as sourcing, contextualizing, corroborating, and close reading. Instead of memorizing historical facts, students evaluate the trustworthiness of multiple perspectives on historical issues. They learn to make historical claims backed by documentary evidence. How do I use these lessons in my classroom? The 91 lessons in the U.S. curriculum, 41 lessons of the world curriculum, and the 5 lessons in the introduction to historical thinking unit can be taught in succession. 1) Establish relevant background knowledge and pose the central historical question.
*Note: United Streaming requires a subscription to Discovery Education. Lesson Plans. Teacher Resources. The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.
Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations. Discover and discuss ways to bring the power of Library of Congress primary sources into the classroom. Go to the blog Subscribe to the blog via e-mail or RSS. Using Primary Sources Discover quick and easy ways to begin using primary sources in your classroom, with teachers' guides, information on citing sources and copyright, and the Library's primary source analysis tool. TPS Partners The Teaching with Primary Sources Program builds partnerships with educational organizations to support effective instruction using primary sources. History & Social Studies.
Home: Digital Collections for the Classroom. Gilder Lehrman Center. DNSA - Home. Welcome to the information site for Digital National Security Archive.
The Digital National Security Archive contains the most comprehensive set of declassified government documents available. The resource now includes 42 collections consisting of over 103,000 meticulously indexed documents, with more than 719,000 total pages. Each of these collections, compiled by top scholars and experts, exhaustively covers the most critical world events, countries, and U.S. policy decisions from post World War II through the 21st century. Together, these collections offer unparalleled access to the defining international strategies of our time.
Glossaries, chronologies, bibliographies, overviews, and photographs are included. On this site, you may read about the collections, request a trial, or contact us for additional information. The e-Journal of Learning and Teaching. Teaching + Learning. Sea of Liberty Providing interactive tools for teaching, exploring, and sharing the power of Jefferson’s ideas across cultures and borders.
Learn More | Visit the Site 100 Leaders Encouraging exploration of leadership and legacy in world history through voting, classroom activities, and teaching resources. Learn More | Visit the Site Teachinghistory.org Sharing quality content, tools, and strategies to improve teaching and learning American history. Learn More | Visit the Site Ford’s Theatre Videos Bringing to light the value of quality professional development for teachers through video. Untold Lives. Continuing with the series on William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877), we look here at his lifelong interest in botany and some of the items now available to researchers through the British Library catalogue.
Botany was one of Talbot’s favourite fields of study although he pursued it only as an occasional interest. Nevertheless he was extremely knowledgeable and held in high regard. In 1829 he was elected to the prestigious Linnean Society, today one of the oldest active botanical societies in the world. Education About Asia: Asia Links. Sources and General Resources on Latin America. The History Teacher, published by the Society for History Education. The History Teacher and WikipediaTeaching and Learning in an Era of "Instant Historying" Instant messaging, made possible by technological advancements and the Internet in particular, allows an author to immediately deliver text to an audience.
The increasing popularity of websites like Wikipedia and Twitter further allows individuals -- often acting anonymously and in real-time -- the incredible ability to create and edit the electronic sources which society looks to for information. Explore. With over 300,000 films and television programs, and 27 million feet of newsreel footage, the UCLA Film & Television Archive is the world's largest university-held collection of motion pictures and broadcast programming.
Search Collections Collection Profiles These COLLECTION PROFILES represent only a partial listing of the Archive's many significant collections. To review records for over 300,000 holdings in the Archive's collection please consult our Archive Catalog. For more information on our collections or to arrange research viewing, please contact the Archive Research and Study Center (ARSC). Here are some highlights: Motion Pictures Material dating back to the 1890s:
Digital Collections. The British Library's Photostream. Resources for Faculty. Adele H. Stamp Student Union - Center for Campus Life > Leadership & Community Service Learning > Academic > Faculty Service-Learning > Designing Quality Service-Learning Courses. Guiding Principles Course Design Questions Service-Learning Course Development Timeline Selecting Quality Community Service Sites Preparing Students for Service Course Implementation Timeline Service-Learning Course Examples Reflection.
African History on the Internet. Center for Middle Eastern Studies. Center for Middle Eastern Studies.