US History
Introducing the NCSS Online Teachers' Library
Submitted by TimDaly on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 9:52amThe NCSS Online Teachers’ Library U.S. History Collection is a new benefit created by your professional organization, NCSS, in response to members’ requests. --> read more »
The Dutch are Missing in the American Curriculum
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 3:02pm--Anne Claunch
The Dutch contribution to America’s economic system and cultural fabric was highly significant, yet history textbooks barely mention their early seventeenth-century influence on America.
Creating Biography Webs to Investigate Individuals’ Historical Contexts (Elementary Education)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 2:59pmGary Fertig and Rick Silverman
Creating biography webs helps young learners recognize how people, economic conditions, and significant events shaped the personal development of historic individuals.
Remnants from the Past: Using Scrapbooks to Make U.S. History Personal and Meaningful
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 2:57pmJohn J. DeRose
Students learn how local history has coincided with national events and trends when they create scrapbooks to document the history of their high school.
The Chicago 8 Trial, 40 Years Later: A Case Study in Teaching [em]U.S. v. Dellinger[/em], 1969 (Looking at the Law )
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 2:50pmJeanne Polk Barr
A class reenactment of the Chicago 8 trial offers students a close look at the rights and restrictions of free speech and dissent in America.
Letter about the School Lunch Program (Teaching with Documents)
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 2:41pm--Missy McNatt
The featured document on federal aid for school lunches and the accompanying essay on the School Lunch Act provide students with a unique chance to study the role of government.
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)
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/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).
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a black-and-white pdf of about 3.0 MB: --> read more »
World War I Posters: Thinking Critically about History and the Media
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Thu, 08/20/2009 - 9:11am--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
