World History
Literacy Coaching
Submitted by TimDaly on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 11:50amIn response to the need to support adolescents as they acquire and use literacy in and out of school, many districts in the United States are hiring "literacy coaches" to lead school-based professional development of subject area teachers in middle and high schools. In a project supported by the Carnegie Corporation, the International Reading Association has joined with the National Council of Teachers of English, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, National Council for the Social Studies, and the National Science Teachers Association to delineate standards for what effective literacy coaches must know and be able to do. --> read more »
Rising Again: Recovering the Story of Louis Sockalexis
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 12:46pm--J. Allen Bryant
Civil Rights Pioneers came from various ethnic groups, rose up in many settings, and fought over many decades. One of the greatest baseball players of all time was a Native American who lived from to 1871 to 1913. Historical context -- Keep in mind that the massacre at Wounded Knee occurred in 1890.
Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Osama bin Laden: The Background to September 11
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 10/04/2011 - 3:22pm--The Choices Program, Brown University
Ten years after 9/11, the United States is still fighting a war in Afghanistan against the Taliban. This article details key issues and events including the rise of the Taliban and the emergence of Osama bin Laden as a global terrorist figure.
* http://publications.socialstudies.org/se/7504/7504185.pdf
Survey on World History
Submitted by TimDaly on Thu, 10/07/2010 - 5:12pmNational Council for the Social Studies and the National Council for History Education are working together to gather information on the state of world history education, and have developed a brief survey. NCSS and NCHE will use the information gathered in this survey to help us determine the needs of world history teachers. --> read more »
Turn Out Those Lights! The Merchant Marine and U-Boat Lane, 1942
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 09/20/2010 - 11:04am--Caroline C. Sheffield and Andrew J. Nichols
As an editorial cartoonist, Dr. Seuss alerted his readers to German submarine attacks along the east coast of the United States in May 1942. Student handouts provide 3 cartoons, charts that tally lost ships, and lyrics to a folk song about the Merchant Marine.
“Life in a Jar”: A National History Day Project that Touched the World
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 3:10pm--Norman Conard
After learning about a Polish woman who saved 2,500 Jewish children during World War II, students in Kansas created a play for National History Day that is still being performed today, more than 10 years later.
The Other September 11: Teaching about the 1973 Overthrow of Chilean President Salvador Allende
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 4:46pm--Katy Benedetto, Alexandra Lamb, and Robert Cohen
With the help of primary sources, teachers can give students the opportunity to reflect on the complexity and contradictions of U.S foreign policy by introducing them to Chile’s September 11.
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 »
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
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
