World War I

A Crossword Puzzle for Higher-Order Thinking

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

World War I Posters: Thinking Critically about History and the Media

Steven Lapham — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:11:09 -0400

—Tom Carty
Students’ abilities to analyze pictures vary just as their reading skills do. Handouts with four propaganda images challenge students to apply what they have learned about history. See pp. 9-15.

This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 0.9 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/31/MLL31.pdf

Yellow Fever in Philadelphia, 1793

Steven Lapham — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:03:14 -0400

—Sandra W. Moss, M.D. Book review of “An American Plague” by Jim Murphy. Also in this issue: Handouts and teaching ideas, such as handout/graph “On the Trail of an Epidemic: Yellow Fever in New Orleans, 1845-1860” and “Connect-the-Dots: Making Meaning from Historical Evidence” by Chris Edwards, which discusses smallpox and the Columbian Exchange. read more »

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:

Radio Days in the Classroom

Steven Lapham — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:57:49 -0400

—Dan Schuchat
A radio drama project helps students learn about the 1920s and 30s as well as the important role that technology plays in our lives. Handouts include “Early Radio in the U.S.” and “Bandwidth Problems ca. 1912: The Need for Federal Regulation.”

This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 1.0 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/23/MLL23.pdf

"Workin' on the Railroad": African American Labor History

Steven Lapham — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:12:54 -0400

—Rebecca C. Maher
North Carolina eighth grade students work on a project involving history, music, art, and interviews with elderly citizens. Includes handouts with primary sources and the story of Train Schedules, Standardization, and “The Day of Two Noons.”

This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 0.8 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/21/mll21.pdf

A Century of Veterans: Researching History Through Our Local Cemetery

Steven Lapham — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:43:42 -0400

—Lindsey B. Downey
Third graders research the memorials in the cemetery in the town of Otterbein, Ohio, and write tributes in response.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/yl/2102/210225.pdf

Alien Enemy Registration During World War I (Teaching with Documents)

Jennifer Bauduy — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:38:15 -0400

—Helen Divjak and Lee Ann Potter
German immigrants who had not yet become citizens of the United States found their world turned upside down by a presidential proclamation declaring them enemy aliens in World War One.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6605/660501.shtml

Affidavit in the Case of [em]Orville and Wilbur Wright vs. Glenn H. Curtiss[/em] (Teaching with Documents)

Jennifer Bauduy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:50:44 -0400

—Kahlil G. Chism and Lee Ann Potter
Orville and Wilbur Wright were not the only inventors working on airplane innovations. But the Wright brothers’ patent gave them a tremendous advantage and inhibited manufacturers from producing planes for a time just before World War I.

http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6706/6706352.pdf

Affidavit in the Case of [em]Orville and Wilbur Wright vs. Glenn H. Curtiss[/em]

Jennifer Bauduy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:49:51 -0400

http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/6706/6706352.pdf