Moler's Musing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

With everything happening, I decided to take my weekly activities, add a quick description, and let AI handle the blog writing. This part helped students connect primary source analysis to the broader motivations for European exploration, further deepening their historical thinking skills.

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Primary Sources Artifacts Geography Lesson Plan 128

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Click here to revisit my last blog in this series on using the “Claim-Evidence-Question” routine. History and Social Studies See: Students analyze details of a primary source, like a historical letter or photograph, including date, author, and content.

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Primary Sources History Cultures Cultural Studies 143

Doing Social Studies

OCTOBER 22, 2021

But where do I find the necessary materials to either curate the sources myself or send the students to curate sources themselves? Additionally, if I am curating the sources can I use excerpts? My goal, for this blog post is twofold. Clicking the Growth topic will take you to subjects with connections to primary sources.

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Primary Sources Archiving Library American History 67

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. For instance, we could use the Civilization video games to learn and blog about political power and civics.

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C3 Teachers

MAY 8, 2024

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. I started with browsing an exhaustive amount of websites, academic journals, blog posts, digital museum tours, primary sources etc.

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Primary Sources Social Studies Artifacts Museum 40

C3 Teachers

MAY 8, 2024

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. I started with browsing an exhaustive amount of websites, academic journals, blog posts, digital museum tours, primary sources etc.

Primary Sources 40

Primary Sources Social Studies Artifacts Museum 40

Political Science Now

APRIL 1, 2025

Prior to the 2024 US Presidential Election, APSAs Diversity and Inclusion Programs Department issued a call for submissions, entitled “ 2024 APSA Post-Election Reflections ,” for a PSNow blog series of political science scholars who reflect on key moments, ideas, and challenges faced in the 2024 election.

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Primary Sources Political Science Leadership American History 40