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

“Did They Actually, Really Believe This?” Authentic Medical Documents as a Window on the Past Julie Riley Taking Student Government Seriously J.R. Bolen Acting Out History: From the Ice Age to the Modern Age Denee J. Mattioli and Frederick Drake Modern Times: The Industrial Revolution and the Concept of Time Frans H. Doppen

The History Detectives show is fun for any age, but especially useful for getting the middle schooler in your family hooked on historiography. America's top investigators are back for an eighth season to prove once again that an object found in an attic or backyard might be anything but ordinary. On the August 5 show, a Michigan woman wonders if her family clock kept time for the entire Midwest during the 19th century. The search takes HISTORY DETECTIVES host Elyse Luray back to the industrial age when the country first began regulating time. Then, a document seems connected to an early…

Legendary tour Guides who were Enslaved AmericansCaroline C. Sheffield and Ashley L. Shelton Also in this issue: Giving Up Control: Action Research in Middle SchoolRon Silvis MEMBERS ONLY

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

An Emancipation Document by Ulysses S. Grant Kenneth Anthony and Mary Katherine Morgan

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

Lookout Point: Abolitionists Among the Founding Fathers Kevin Brady Runaway Slave Advertisements: Teaching from Primary Documents Tom Costa and Brooks Doyle Teaching About Immigration, Past and Present Susan Pass Facts about Our Immigrants

Shipwreck: Using Literature and Student Imagination toTeach Geography Donna Kay Mau What Is a Hero? Students Explore Their Conceptions of the Heroic Joseph O’Brien and Steven H.White My Brother and I: Brickyard Laborers in an Ohio Town Martha I. Pallante and Christian Shively Fostering a Critical and Caring Classroom Culture Pamela B. Joseph and Mark A. Windschitl

Using Children’s Diaries to Teach the Oregon Trail Richard M. Wyman, Jr. Living the Geography of Joseph and Temperance Bown Katherine A. Young The ABCs of Small Grant Acquisition for Social Studies Teachers Bruce Sliger Isomo Loruko: The Yoruba Naming Ceremony Patricia Kafi and Alan Singer Child Laborers in Children’s Literature Linda Leonard Lamme