A Treasured Island: Human and Geographic Interaction on Cumberland Robert L. Stevens and Julia A. Celebi Teaching History as Perspective Taking: The Colonial Convention Mac Duis and Sandra S. Duis The Community as a Laboratory for Student Learning Joseph Ciaccio Coming of Age Ceremonies: A Mask Project Alan Singer, Laura Gurton, Aimee Horowitz, Stephanie Hunte, Paula Broomfield, and Joanne Thomas

Primary Source of the Day:A Warm Up Activity Amy Trenkle Highlights in History: Teaching with Differentiated Instruction Kay A. Chick Racing Around the World: A Geography Contest to Remember C. Steven Page Racing Around the World Questions      

Quinn Rollins, Play Like a Pirate: Engage Students with Toys, Games, and Comics. San Diego, CA: Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc., 2016, Paperback, 164 pp., $24.95. Here’s an informal book review, excerpts from a blog posting  (www.ucss.blog.com), by NCSS member Kaye Rizzuto (who teaches  8th and 9th grade U.S. History as well as AP Human Geography at Elk Ridge Middle School in South Jordan, Utah: “Our own Quinn Rollins, former UCSS [Utah Council for the Social Studies] president, has recently published a book called Play Like a Pirate. I highly recommend the book. It has great ideas for…

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum: A Window on Immigrant Life Adam Steinberg and Michael J. Berson The Assignment Journal: A Student-Created Resource and Organizing System David W. Denton The Centennial of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Teaching Resources  

Slavery After the Civil War The Convict-Lease System, 1866-1928 It Makes a Long-Time Man Feel Bad Christine Adrian The Convict-Lease System, 1866-1928  (Three Lessons) with four readings and two worksheets  

Birmingham and the Human Costs of Industrialization: Using the C3 Framework to Explore the “Magic City” in the Gilded AgeJeremiah Clabough and John H. Bickford III The 1848 Women’s Rights Convention: Where was Frances Seward?Alan Singer

How to Be an American This article contains two video resources. (also linked below) Judge Lucy Koh: “Be Fully Engaged in Democracy”Karen Korematsu: “You Can Make a Difference” Conflict, Service, and Civic InvolvementSarah K. Anderson

The Global Challenge of Equal Access for Girls to an Education: An Investigation Using Inquiry Heather N. Hagan and Carolyn A. WeberWithin These Halls: In situ Primary Sources in Your Own School Benjamin R. Wellenreiter

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up: Using Nonfiction with the Inquiry Arc of the C3 Framework Kristy Brugar and Jeremiah Clabough

The National Center for Policy Analysis and its partner, Debate Central, have announced the 2016-2017 Young Patriots Essay Contest, sponsored by Copart. Entrants have the opportunity to showcase their writing skills and compete for $9,000 in scholarship money.To date, the Young Patriots Essay Contest has awarded $49,000 in scholarships to students around the nation. The Young Patriots Essay Contest is designed to challenge middle and high school students to creatively engage with public policy and current events through the art of writing. The topic for the 2016-2017 scholarship essay contest…