General US History
A Crossword Puzzle for Higher-Order Thinking
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The Meaning of Memory: Establishing the Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 4:56pm--Mira Cohen
Some memorable days in our nation’s history are declared holidays, while others are considered days of remembrance. This article explores the process of establishing a holiday to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr.
Using YouTube to Teach Presidential Election Propaganda: Twelve Representative Videos
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 4:55pm--Wayne Journell
Teachers can use this selection of campaign ads to help students analyze various aspects of political propaganda.
The Other September 11: Teaching about the 1973 Overthrow of Chilean President Salvador Allende
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 4:46pm--Katy Benedetto, Alexandra Lamb, and Robert Cohen
With the help of primary sources, teachers can give students the opportunity to reflect on the complexity and contradictions of U.S foreign policy by introducing them to Chile’s September 11.
Creating Biography Webs to Investigate Individuals’ Historical Contexts (Elementary Education)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 2:59pmGary Fertig and Rick Silverman
Creating biography webs helps young learners recognize how people, economic conditions, and significant events shaped the personal development of historic individuals.
Remnants from the Past: Using Scrapbooks to Make U.S. History Personal and Meaningful
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 2:57pmJohn J. DeRose
Students learn how local history has coincided with national events and trends when they create scrapbooks to document the history of their high school.
Tracking a Hurricane: A Mapping Exercise in Real Time
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 9:18am--Donna Kay Mau
A classroom activity (in geography/history/current-events) for September of any year. Other items recall the "mighty storms" of Galveston (1900) and St. Croix (1772)--which a young islander, Alexander Hamilton, witnessed and wrote about (see Handout p. 16).
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a black-and-white pdf of about 3.0 MB: --> read more »
Yellow Fever in Philadelphia, 1793
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 9:03am--Sandra W. Moss, M.D.
Book review of "An American Plague" by Jim Murphy. Also in this issue: Handouts and teaching ideas, such as handout/graph "On the Trail of an Epidemic: Yellow Fever in New Orleans, 1845-1860" and "Connect-the-Dots: Making Meaning from Historical Evidence" by Chris Edwards, which discusses smallpox and the Columbian Exchange. --> read more »
Using Cartograms to Explore the Electoral College: Comparing 1908 with 2008
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 1:18pm--Peter William Moran, Kimberly Dawn Miller, and Kurk Aegerter
Students create "data maps" as they learn about cartography, the Electoral College, historical presidential elections, and how U.S. demographics changed over the course of a century. This issue includes "Maps, Representations of the Earth, and Biases" by
Peter C. Cormas, and "How Politicians Gerrymander" by Steven S. Lapham. --> read more »
What Having Students “Write the Constitution” Taught Me
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 12:48pm--Thomas Ladenburg
Students learn the historical setting background of an event, but then must debate and "decide upon" the outcome before they discover what actually happened. This issue also includes "Teaching and Learning with Timelines" by Linda Tripp, Cindy Basye, Kathy Jones, and Vicki Tripp.
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