Recent Times
Supreme Court Review (Looking at the Law)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 10/19/2010 - 10:40am--Charles F. Williams and Catherine Hawke
Recent Supreme Court decisions generated surprising controversy, from gun control to First Amendment issues. In 2011, the Court will weigh in on cases dealing with the hiring of illegal immigrants, protests at soldiers’ funerals, and selling violent video games.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7405/7405243.pdf
Interdisciplinary Activities Using Census in Schools
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 2:44pm--Janice Jefferson --> read more »
Since You Asked: Remembering America’s Veterans
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 3:22pm--Barbara Hatch
Through the Arizona Heritage Project, students work to document their local history and preserve the stories of Arizona’s military veterans.
Teaching Presidential Impeachment
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 3:15pm--Jean A. Luckowsi and James J. Lopach
An issues-centered approach to impeachment can help students to both appreciate the wisdom of our constitutional framework and understand why such strong differences over how to interpret the Constitution emerged in the recent debate over impeaching President Clinton.
A Crossword Puzzle for Higher-Order Thinking
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 3:02pm--James Monack --> read more »
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.
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.
One Step at a Time: A Landmine Removal Initiative
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 9:40am--Mark Hyman
An interdisciplinary project teaches students about the human costs of past and current wars. Mines and UXO (unexploded ordnance) continue to injure civilians long after a conflict has ended. (See p. 10-15)
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a black-and-white pdf of about 3.0 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/11/MLLMayJune2001.pdf
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 »
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 »
