Secondary/High School
Rock the Vote Democracy Class
Submitted by TimDaly on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 11:46amRock the Vote's Democracy Class is a one-period, civics education lesson plan that teaches high school students about the importance of voting, the history behind it, and registers them to vote. The program uses popular culture, video, a mock election, and classroom discussion to excite students about participating in our democracy and enable them to recognize the power that comes with voting.
Educators can download the materials needed to teach Democracy Class for free from http://rtvote.com/i7TIcv
Was the Constitution Pro-Slavery? The Changing View of Frederick Douglass
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 07/24/2009 - 1:03pmBy Robert Cohen
Many have questioned whether the document on which our nation is based sanctioned slavery. But renowned abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who originally condemned the Constitution, came to view it in a much different light.
Understanding Fiscal Responsibility (UFR): A Curriculum for Teaching about the Federal Budget, National Debt, and Budget Deficit
Submitted by TimDaly on Fri, 04/19/2013 - 11:51amThe 24 free lessons from Understanding Fiscal Responsibility (UFR): A Curriculum for Teaching about the Federal Budget, National Debt, and Budget Deficit (www.teachufr.org) connect students to the current public policy dilemmas about the federal budget, national debt, and budget deficit that confront the United States and its citizens. These 1-2 day lessons are not interdependent and are appropriate for students ranging from grades 9–12 in Civics/Government, Economics, U.S. History/Geography, World History/Global Studies/Geography, and Mathematics. --> read more »
What are the best ways to teach a U.S. history course thematically?
Submitted by TimDaly on Mon, 04/08/2013 - 5:05pmDavid Lindquist
Thematic instruction in history has much to offer, especially given the demand to "cover everything" during high school history courses, an approach that leads to surface level treatment of many topics. Thematic instruction allows the teacher to provide in-depth coverage of carefully selected topics because, while time does not allow this approach for all topics, the teacher can choose a few topics to develop more fully than is the norm. --> read more »
Performance-Based Assessment Clearinghouse
Submitted by TimDaly on Fri, 03/22/2013 - 11:49amThis NCSS Social Studies Performance-Based Assessment Clearinghouse has been created to provide --> read more »
Spielberg’s Lincoln Defines the President’s Emancipation Legacy
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 12:10pm--David Wolfford
The film Lincoln spotlights Abraham Lincoln’s character and leadership and raises questions about the legislative process that enabled politicians to pass the Thirteenth Amendment that abolished slavery.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7701/77011344.pdf
500 Years of Spanish Exploration and Settlement: Children’s Literature
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 12:06pm--Jason L. O’Brien and Wolfram Verlaan
Literature provides an ideal vehicle for guiding students beyond conventional accounts for a more profound exploration of Spanish influence in the Americas.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7701/77011328.pdf
Operation Pedro Pan: The Flight to Neverland for 14,000 Cuban Children
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 12:02pm--Bárbara C. Cruz
Learning about the 1960s exodus of Cuban children to the United States can engage K-12 students in the study of immigration and U.S.-Cuba issues. A sidebar by Mario Minichino offers mapping activities, guided imagery, and other teaching suggestions.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7701/77011323.pdf
Borderlands of the Southwest: An Exercise in Geographical History
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 12:00pm--Stephen J. Thornton
Standard accounts of U.S. history present a chronology of events that begins in the East and moves west. An alternative approach traces Spanish exploration and settlement in what is now the American Southwest.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7701/77011319.pdf
Charting the Land of Flowers: Exploration and Mapmaking in Spanish Florida
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Thu, 02/28/2013 - 11:57am--Rodney Kite-Powell
Two key maps that show the “known world” from the European perspective before Christopher Columbus’s voyages illustrate the knowledge of intellectuals of that period and reveal tales of exploration, conflict, and change.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7701/77011314.pdf
