How to Teach about Aligning Elections Using the Internet C. Frederick Risinger
The author investigates the re-aligning elections theory that certain elections transform the political landscape. Will this happen in 2008? These websites will engage students and challenge them to call the election. Secondary/High SchoolSupreme Court Preview Charles F. Williams
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Students learn how to analyze legal cases and gain a deeper understanding of judicial reasoning when they write and perform classroom plays based on historical cases. Secondary/High SchoolLearning Early Twentieth-Century History through First-Person Interviews Lisa A. Lark
Carrying out face-to-face interviews with American seniors can make U.S. history more relevant to students, and especially those who are first- and second-generation citizens. Secondary/High SchoolPromoting Historic Preservation in the Classroom Paul LaRue
High school students learn that there is much more to history than the textbook when they interview World War II veterans and transcribe the stories for the Library of Congress's Veterans History Project. Secondary/High SchoolDenmark 1943: Using Music to Teach Holocaust Rescue David Lindquist
Though Holocaust rescue efforts were limited, they are certainly noteworthy; this lesson offers a creative approach to teaching about the unique Danish rescue of 7,000 Jews. Secondary/High SchoolLearning History through the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Hilary Landorf and Martha Fernanda Pineda Secondary/High SchoolReading in the Social Studies: Using Subtitled Films Kerry Holmes, William B Russell III, Allison Movitz
Foreign films not only engage students with other countries and other cultures, but can also promote reading through their subtitles. Secondary/High SchoolOctober 1957 Memorandum Related to Sputnik Missy McNatt, David Traill
This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Soviet launch of Sputnik, which fueled American panic that the Soviet Union could fire intercontinental ballistic missiles. The featured document highlights President Eisenhower's reaction and the government's response. Secondary/High School