History Tech

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I got the chance this week to chat a bit with my kids – both now in Minnesota. And during the convo with the youngest, we ended up talking about a letter written by a Norwegian ski instructor in 1943. The guy was teaching US and Canadian special ops guys to ski as part of […]

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Primary Sources Teaching Lesson Plan Artifacts 100

The Hechinger Report

JULY 26, 2021

Over the past decade, researchers, museum professionals and educators have started to explore the use of virtual and augmented reality in relation to Holocaust education and memory. It’s intended for larger museum, school and community spaces. Credit: The Rowan University Virtual Reality Lab.

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Museum Teaching Primary Sources Human Rights 135

Rosie the History Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

As a history teacher with a background in museum work, my biggest goal is for my students to learn to curate their knowledge to be able to share it with others. This involves so many of those important historical thinking skills : making connections, periodization, analyzing sources, and crafting arguments.

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History Primary Sources Museum Artifacts 52

C3 Teachers

MAY 8, 2024

What do artifacts tell us about immigrant experience? When I ran into this unexpected barrier, I decided to work backwards; I was going to let the sources guide me instead of the supporting questions determining my research. Instruments help provide rhythmic structure to the words. But which comes first, the music or the lyrics?

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Primary Sources Artifacts Social Studies Museum 40

C3 Teachers

MAY 8, 2024

What do artifacts tell us about immigrant experience? When I ran into this unexpected barrier, I decided to work backwards; I was going to let the sources guide me instead of the supporting questions determining my research. Instruments help provide rhythmic structure to the words. But which comes first, the music or the lyrics?

Primary Sources 40

Primary Sources Artifacts Social Studies Museum 40