Reconstruction
An Annotated List of Census Resources for Educators
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 2:32pm--Pat Watson --> read more »
Changing Faces: Your State Hero in the U.S. Capitol
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 2:14pm--Dennis Denenberg
Each state has a statue of one of its notable citizens displayed in the U.S. Capitol. Learn about this collection, read your state hero's biography, and/or propose a new hero!
Evaluating Perspectives on Westward Expansion: Weighing the Evidence
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 1:05pm--Stephanie Greenhut
A unique online tool helps students analyze documents from opposing perspectives, weigh each source’s significance, and come to evidence-based conclusions.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7506/7506317.pdf
Jourdon Anderson and the Meaning of Freedom in the Aftermath of Slavery
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 11:44am--Robert Cohen and Janelle Pearson
The featured letter from an emancipated slave to his former master illuminates the historical transition from slavery to freedom and is an excellent resource for classes in both history and literature.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7505/750511241.pdf
Learning History with Mini-Camcorders
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 12:38pm--Jeremy D. Stoddard and Meg Hoffman
Three activities described here engage the creativity of at-risk students by incorporating mini-camcorders into the study of the American Revolution, Civil War, and Post-Reconstruction.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7502/7522011107.pdf
Interdisciplinary Activities Using Census in Schools
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 2:44pm--Janice Jefferson --> read more »
Students Preserve an Emancipation Site with Archaeological Technology
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 2:54pm--Paul LaRue
High school students in Ohio combine study with experience as they unearth and clean artifacts in order to re-create the history of an early settlement of emancipated slaves.
A Crossword Puzzle for Higher-Order Thinking
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 3:02pm--James Monack --> read more »
The Great Irish Famine (and Immigration to USA)
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 9:28am--Maureen Murphy, Alan Singer, Maureen McCann Miletta, and Judity Y. Singer
Theme issue with brief history, excerpts from primary historical documents, references, handouts, historical fiction/diary.
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/09/MLLSept2000BW.pdf
King Coal: A Piece of Eastern Pennsylvania History
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 12:02pm--Jill M. Beccaris and Christine Woyshner
A variety of activities help students learn about the coal miners and steels workers (many of them new immigrants) during the Industrial Age. A handout is based on an oral interview, and provides a photo of child coal miners, 1911.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 1.2 MB: --> read more »
