Middle Level
Interdisciplinary Activities Using Census in Schools
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 2:44pm--Janice Jefferson --> read more »
Highlights in History: Teaching with Differentiated Instruction
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 2:30pm--Kay A. Chick
The author describes three examples, illustrating how teachers can differentiate classroom activities by --> read more »
Primary Source of the Day: A Warm Up Activity
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 2:10pm--Amy Trenkle --> read more »
A Living History Classroom: Using Re-Enactment to Enhance Learning
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 10:16am--Mark L. Daniels
Teachers and students can bring history to life by donning period clothing or carrying objects common in past eras to engage students and enhance classroom presentations.
Historic Sites and Your Students
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 3:34pm--William E. White
Field trips to historic sites, such as to the house in Colonial Williamsburg of Revolution-era scholar George Wythe, offer students a tangible and physical connection to the past.
National History Day: Student Historians
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 3:05pm--Ann Claunch
When students are challenged by National History Day to probe into history’s unanswered questions, they sometimes become the first to provide the answers.
A Crossword Puzzle for Higher-Order Thinking
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 3:02pm--James Monack --> read more »
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)
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* http://members.ncss.org/mll/11/MLLMayJune2001.pdf
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Theme issue with brief history, excerpts from primary historical documents, references, handouts, historical fiction/diary.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
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).
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