Students of History

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

They took a long while to create, but I now have packets for every unit in Civics/Government , World History , and US History. Here's a closer look at what's included on every page: Unit Introduction This page features a short reading on the unit that introduces students to the key events, people, and things to know.

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Civics History Primary Sources Geography 52

Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

While they're sometimes belittled, worksheets are an excellent tool for helping students analyze primary sources or better understand a historical event through a secondary source. They also all assess studies skills like cause-and-effect, interpreting sources, understanding timelines, and working on map skills.

History 52

History Primary Sources Lesson Plan American History 52

Civics for All of US

MAY 12, 2023

The Bill of Rights Workshop for Secondary Educators Katie Munn Fri, 05/12/2023 - 08:50 Body Participants in this online workshop will study the history of the Bill of Rights by analyzing primary sources. You will receive the connection information via email the week of the event. link] No workshops currently scheduled.

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Primary Sources Civics Archiving Education 52

Civics for All of US

MAY 12, 2023

This online workshop will explore how to engage learners of all grade levels in the active exploration of primary sources that teach about the rights embodied in the Bill of Rights. You will receive the connection information via email the week of the event. Registration is free, and the program will be held via Zoom.

Teaching 52

Teaching Primary Sources K-12 Civics 52

Students of History

JANUARY 25, 2022

The Jim Crow Era was when racial segregation was legalized, African Americans were disenfranchised, and white supremacists controlled governments across the South. However, a series of tragic events led to devastating violence after the election of 1898 and forever changed the city and state. Following the Jan.

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Lesson Plan History Primary Sources Government 52

C3 Teachers

JULY 1, 2024

What kinds of tasks are the sources asking the reader/viewer to participate in? If you are having students read a secondary source detailing the events that led Europe into global war in 1914, have them create a timeline of these events in a detailed way so that they understand the sequence of events.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources American History Government History 52

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For a few hours, teachers can dive into the content of primary source documents through a discussion with colleagues facilitated by a scholar. I then annotate in the margin things about which I may have a question or jot down something that is connected to another reading or to another historical event or concept.”

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources American History Social Studies History 52

Doing Social Studies

APRIL 13, 2020

While some of these lessons are pretty easy to modify from semester to semester (there will always be debates over immigration, the connections may just be different), sometimes a major event requires the creation of a new lesson. My class spans the eras from Reconstruction through the Great Depression.

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Lesson Plan Charter School History Library 67

C3 Teachers

JULY 1, 2024

What kinds of tasks are the sources asking the reader/viewer to participate in? If you are having students read a secondary source detailing the events that led Europe into global war in 1914, have them create a timeline of these events in a detailed way so that they understand the sequence of events.

Primary Sources 40

Primary Sources American History Government History 40

Teaching American History

JULY 9, 2024

Ohio House members from both sides of the aisle took turns reading the Declaration from its opening, “When in the course of human events,” through its closing pledge of “our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor,” along with the names of its signatories. These events typify Brennan’s creative approach to public service.

American History 52

American History Civics History Government 52

4QM Teaching

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

FOUR QUESTION STRUCTURE The Four Questions were designed to structure historical inquiry, but they work equally well when applied to issues and events in the present day. We start with a story, because you can’t think critically about events you don’t know very well. Whatever the source, the 4QM interpretation process has three steps.

Civics 40

Civics Primary Sources Artifacts Charter School 40

C3 Teachers

MAY 8, 2024

Inquiries, too, can breathe new life into the events and people of the past. government abroad, while people living in the U.S. 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. It starts with a content angle.

Primary Sources 40

Primary Sources Social Studies Artifacts Museum 40

C3 Teachers

MAY 8, 2024

Inquiries, too, can breathe new life into the events and people of the past. government abroad, while people living in the U.S. 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. It starts with a content angle.

Primary Sources 40

Primary Sources Social Studies Artifacts Museum 40

Moler's Musing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

To set the stage, I assigned an EdPuzzle that introduced the basics of the event. This activity helped them organize their initial understanding while highlighting the significant people and ideas of the event. This activity combined visual and written processing, encouraging them to connect details to the broader purpose of the event.

Primary Sources 111

Primary Sources Government Critical Thinking History 111

Moler's Musing

MARCH 14, 2025

Archetype Four Square: Analyzing Government Post-Texas Annexation Once students had a solid foundation on Texas Independence, we shifted focus to the role of the U.S. government in Texas annexation. governments actions through different archetypes. Students had to relate Texas annexation to another historical event.

Primary Sources 98

Primary Sources Local History History Government 98

ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

By starting with a dramatic event that serves as a hook to draw students into the broader historical narrative, teachers can then make the details more engaging for students. In my experience, allowing students to investigate historical events can increase their engagement because it appeals to their inherent curiosity. government.

History 137

History Primary Sources Artifacts Social Studies 137

Teaching American History

APRIL 16, 2024

We need such discussion if, as Federalist 1 puts it, we want a government based on reflection and choice rather than accident and force.” He began looking for primary sources to flesh out the story of history, which led him to TAH.org and to its Master’s program centered around reading and discussing documents.

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Primary Sources American History History Government 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2017

Students are suddenly eager to talk politics and government, but the hyper-partisan reality beyond school walls makes it hard to pull off these discussions in class. Johnson (on screen) overlooks the AP government class of Jo Boggess Phillips in Ripley, West Virginia Photo: Jo Boggess Phillips. President Lyndon B.

Civics 92

Civics Education K-12 Primary Sources 92

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Department of Education, which oversees the primary source of federal funding for homeless students, known as McKinney-Vento after the 1987 law that provides for the funding. Over the next three years, though, the $800 million from the federal government could radically transform how Carr and other liaisons do their job.

Primary Sources 142

Primary Sources Elementary School Tutoring Government 142

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

At the beginning of our unit on the WWII, I talked to the students about how the war, like many events in American history, impacted people in different ways and our goal was to see the war with new eyes through specific groups of people who lived it. I really enjoyed the book and wanted to share it with my students.

History Education 52

History Education History Education Social Studies 52

Moler's Musing

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

By the end, students had color-coded party perspectives on government power, the economy, foreign relations, and constitutional interpretation. Federalists States should have more power than the national government. So (the government took action) Then (the impact on the country and his presidency) This was challenging for them.

Primary Sources 126

Primary Sources Leadership Critical Thinking History 126

Thrive in Grade Five

MARCH 9, 2019

Does this sort of approach to government and daily life make a better settlement? We must rely on primary sources to learn about this historical period. How might photographs have changed our understanding of the people, places, and events of the American Revolution? Explain your answer! Why or why not? Explain!

Social Studies 130

Social Studies Government American History Primary Sources 130

Moler's Musing

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

We started by wrapping up our government voice inquiry with a Thick Slide summary and fast Gimkit reviews, then dived into Sketch and Tell-o on Loyalist perspectives and Enlightenment ideas with Parafly paraphrasing exercises. This made the Loyalist primary source lesson from the Digital Inquiry group a perfect choice.

Primary Sources 126

Primary Sources Government History Human Rights 126

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

They shared stories of wolves in sheep’s clothing, covered by titles of police officer, government official, social worker, friend, or teacher, who had in some way or another sabotaged their family’s safety or livelihood. As a culminating event, I use the Black Panther mixer lesson from the Zinn Education Project.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

In August, Michigan history teacher James Gorman watched televised images of torch-bearing white supremacists marching on the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and decided to use the incident to teach his students about similar events that happened in a divided United States 150 years ago. Board of Education decision.

Teaching 108

Teaching Primary Sources K-12 History 108

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

Event Recording Recording of the full session, except for the breakout rooms. Coming out of the end of slavery, Black people made their freedom dreams manifest in attempts to own property, to negotiate their own labor agreements, to build institutions, to take their role in governance, both in state legislative houses as well as in Congress.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History K-12 Economics 52