HSI: Historical Scene Investigation. Teaching with Primary Sources Program- Teaching with Primary Sources. About the Program The Teaching with Primary Sources Program works with colleges and other educational organizations to deliver professional development programs that help teachers use the Library of Congress's rich reservoir of digitized primary source materials to design challenging, high-quality instruction.
Read more about the TPS Program TPS Regional Program The Library of Congress awards grants under the Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Regional program to school districts, universities, cultural institutions, library systems and other educational organizations who wish to incorporate TPS materials and methods into their existing education and professional development programs for pre and in-service teachers, librarians, media specialists and other K-12 educators. Read more about the TPS Regional Program. Best Sites for Primary Documents in US History. Common Core offers an incentive for teachers to use historic documents to build literacy skills in a content area while empowering students to be the historian in the classroom.
But document-based (DBQ) instruction in this context requires four key elements to be successful: The right documents. Knowing how to look at them. Letting students discover their own patterns, then asking students to describe, compare and defend what they found. Basing the task on enduring questions, the kind that students might actually want to answer. What is Historical Thinking. Document Analysis Worksheets. Español Document analysis is the first step in working with primary sources.
Teach your students to think through primary source documents for contextual understanding and to extract information to make informed judgments. Use these worksheets — for photos, written documents, artifacts, posters, maps, cartoons, videos, and sound recordings — to teach your students the process of document analysis. Follow this progression: The first few times you ask students to work with primary sources, and whenever you have not worked with primary sources recently, model careful document analysis using the worksheets. Don’t stop with document analysis though. Materials created by the National Archives and Records Administration are in the public domain. Teaching Adolescents How to Evaluate the Quality of Online Information. An essential part of online research is the ability to critically evaluate information. This includes the ability to assess its level of accuracy, reliability, and bias.
In 2012, my colleagues and I assessed 770 seventh graders in two states to study these areas, and the results definitely got our attention. How To Use YouTube In Your History Class. A Secret Landscape: The Cold War Infrastructure of the Nation's Capital Region. Cold War Museum. Cold War Timeline. Origins of the Cold War 1945-49. FOUR causes of the Cold War [BARE].
NINE events which caused the Cold War. FOUR decisions made at the Yalta Conference. TWO decisions and three disagreements at the Potsdam conference. The ‘salami tactics’ that brought Communists to power in Eastern Europe FIVE causes [CABAN] and FOUR results [CENA] of the Berlin crisis, 1948–9. FIVE ‘Berlin Airlift Facts’. The Cold War. US History Scene. Social studies. Hamilton's History Classes. US History Scene. WhatWasThere - Put history in its place! SAT Subject Test: U.S. History: Toward War. Toward War Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the election of 1860 began a chain of events that pushed the nation rapidly toward civil war.
Secession During the 1860 election, some Southerners threatened secession pending Lincoln’s victory, even though he promised that while he would forbid the extension of slavery into the territories, he would not interfere with slavery in the South. In December 1860, soon after Lincoln’s victory, a special South Carolina convention voted unanimously for secession. By February 1861, six more Southern states followed suit: Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.
The Civil War . In the Classroom . Using the Series . Discussion Questions. US-History-Project-List. U.S.+History+Project+Rubric. Mr. Millard » US History Project Rubrics. Themes of US History. Smithsonian's History Explorer. Facts about the Revolutionary War *** Facts about the Revolutionary War This article contains fast facts and information about the Revolutionary War.
Why did the American Revolutionary War begin? Because the American colonists believed that they deserved all the rights of Englishmen but were not receiving them. When was the American Revolutionary War? The Revolutionary War beginning date was April 19, 1775 with the The Battle of Lexington and the end date was September 3, 1783. Read the facts about the Revolutionary War for a fast overview of the American War of Independence. LIBERTY! . Road to Revolution Game. Facts Summary Timeline. Westward Expansion summary: The story of the United States has always been one of westward expansion, beginning along the East Coast and continuing, often by leaps and bounds, until it reached the Pacific—what Theodore Roosevelt described as "the great leap Westward.
" The acquisition of Hawaii and Alaska, though not usually included in discussions of Americans expanding their nation westward, continued the practices established under the principle of Manifest Destiny. US History. American History. Welcome to the Bostonian Society's "Boston Massacre Files" Presidential Timeline. Games and Animations. High School World History — PowerPoints and Worksheets for High School History Teachers.
History Worksheets & Printables. High School (Grades 9-12) World History Activities, Lesson Plans, Worksheets & Handouts. 54 Teaching and Lesson Plan Ideas for History Teachers #sschat. Since I've recently given a set of my curated plans for math teachers, English teachers and general common core standards (see end of this post), I thought I'd share some lessons for history teachers.
If you're a history teacher and not following #sschat on Twitter, you should. This is a set of 12 lessons about what it was like for children to live in the second world war. I love this set of lessons because it builds empathy and helps teach the story of world war 2 from a child's perspective. September 11 is coming up. While it is still very hard for many of us to even talk about this day, we have a whole 11+ years of our students who have no memory of this event. U.S. History: Free streaming history videos and activities. U.S. and World History. History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online. Where Do You Fit? 2011 Pew Research Political Typology Quiz. Where Do You Fit? 2011 Pew Research Political Typology Quiz. American History Teachers' Collaborative Lesson Plan: Understanding Historical Perspective.
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Lincoln: Understanding Historical Perspective by Christine Adrian June 2006. American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States. TEDtalks. American History Teachers' Collaborative Lesson Plan: Understanding Historical Perspective. Newspapers by State - Historical Newspapers Online - Guides at Penn Libraries.
Vintage Ad Browser. Women in World History: PRIMARY SOURCES. World Digital Library Home. Read Nationalism and Ethnosymbolism: History, Culture and Ethnicity in the Formation of Nations - 2007 by Daniele Conversi, John Stone, Polly Rizova, John Hutchinson, Jim Samson, David Martin, David Aberbach, Steven Grosby, Sebastian Garman, Joanna B. Mic. Primary Sources for the Humanities: Europe & UK. Check the A-Z list of Primary Sources for additional resources.
If you need help, please contact Rebecca Dowson, Liaison Librarian: English Literature and History at 778.782.4304 or rda26@sfu.ca or Ask a librarian. This digital library contains some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. A collection of links to European primary historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated. They shed light on key historical happenings within the respective countries and within the broadest sense of political, economic, social and cultural history. Europeana A collection of approximately 6 million digitized items including books, paintings, films, sound recordings, museum objects and archival records. ToonDoo - World's fastest way to create cartoons! 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World. If you’re a visual learner like myself, then you know maps, charts and info graphics can really help bring data and information to life.
Maps can make a point resonate with readers and this collection aims to do just that. Hopefully some of these maps will surprise you and you’ll learn something new. A few are important to know, some interpret and display data in a beautiful or creative way, and a few may even make you chuckle or shake your head. Where Do You Fit? 2011 Pew Research Political Typology Quiz. 40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World.
History Detective Report. I randomly came up with this idea during the last week of school. One of my reading groups had finished their book and project before any of the other groups had finished. Instead of giving them a new book (there was only one week left), I quickly created this template and told them to pick an event in history and research it. I had one boy choose the Vikings, someone else chose the atomic bomb, a girl wanted the great depression, and another student picked the Korean war. I loved that everyone had such diverse topics. After they got started, I saw some great learning take place in my classroom! This list is something I quickly generated.
Want to hear some GREAT news? Social Studies Activities. Welcome to the Social Studies page on Teaching Resources! Here you'll find a collection of printables, games, and activities for upper elementary school. Many of them are especially appropriate for 5th grade because that's the grade that I taught. Those activities include US history resources and the stock market game materials. I also taught North Carolina history in 4th grade for a few years, so you'll find a few NC resources, too. ~ Laura Candler.
Social Media for Teachers: Guides, Resources and Ideas. Although students are evermore connected to the social web, many of these networks remain out-of-class digital playgrounds where students congregate. In a 2014 survey of 1,000 teachers, just one in five said they use social media regularly with students. Of course, it can be a challenge to incorporate social media into lessons. There are many gray areas for teachers to navigate, like setting guidelines, accessibility at school, and student safety. Wikis for Teachers. American Rhetoric: The Power of Oratory in the United States. Best of History Web Sites.
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Social Studies: Preparing Students for College, Career and Citizenship. History Detectives. Smithsonian's History Explorer. Unseen. Unforgotten. Best of History Web Sites. History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online. Teaching Materials. Games and Animations. High School World History — PowerPoints and Worksheets for High School History Teachers. Lesson Plans. Tip: Press ctrl and F (or Command and F on a Mac) to perform a keyword search of this page. To keyword search all Best of History Web Sites pages use the search engine located on each page.
History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online. The Best of the Humanities on the Web. Exhibitions · DPLA Omeka. BBC History - BBC History. PBS: Public Broadcasting Service. HathiTrust Digital Library. History Worksheets & Printables. High School (Grades 9-12) World History Activities, Lesson Plans, Worksheets & Handouts. 54 Teaching and Lesson Plan Ideas for History Teachers #sschat.
U.S. History: Free streaming history videos and activities. U.S. and World History. Teachers' Resources. Ohiohistory.org. The Ohio House of Representatives. ODE Pearltrees. Primary source documents. The Ohio House of Representatives.