Reconstruction

A Crossword Puzzle for Higher-Order Thinking

Steven Lapham — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:02:49 -0500

The Great Irish Famine (and Immigration to USA)

Steven Lapham — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:28:59 -0400

—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Theme issue with brief history, excerpts from primary historical documents, references, handouts, historical fiction/diary.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

Steven Lapham — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:02:59 -0400

—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:

The WPA Slave Narratives: Teaching with Oral Histories

Steven Lapham — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:26:51 -0400

—Paul Horton
Describes an online a selection of written narratives given by formerly enslaved, elderly African Americans (in the 1930s under the Works Progress Administration) and how to interpret these historical documents with middle school readers.

This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 0.8 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/13/mll13.pdf

The Great Irish Famine (and Immigration to USA)

Steven Lapham — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:20:46 -0400

—Maureen Murphy, Alan Singer, Maureen McCann Miletta, and Judity Y. Singer
Historical background, historical fiction, and primary source text about the Irish exodus to America. A theme issue of MLL.

URL To come. Steve will scan.

Pullout: Speaking in the First Person: Notable Women in History

Steven Lapham — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:18:59 -0400

—Tracy Rock and Barbara Levin
Each student selects a notable woman, researches her biography, tells her story in the first person, then answers questions from classmates. Short bios given for Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Sojourner Truth; Harriet Tubman; and Mary Walker, M.D.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/1803/pullout.pdf

A Bill to Relieve Certain Legal Disabilities of Women (Teaching with Documents)

Jennifer Bauduy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:10:50 -0400

—Lee Ann Potter
After a long struggle, Belva A. Lockwood became the first woman admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6602/660206.shtml

The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Teaching with Documents)

Jennifer Bauduy — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:50:18 -0400

By Kahlil Chism
The Freedmen’s Bureau was one of few agencies established to improve the lives of former slaves. Four documents highlight for students the bureau’s efforts to help African Americans acquire land, secure jobs, legalize marriages, and pursue education.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7001/700119.pdf