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Jen Bartsch

PBS Teachers - Resources For The Classroom - 0 views

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    PBS Teachers provides PreK-12 educational resources and activities for educators tied to PBS programming and correlated to local and national standards and professional development opportunities delivered online. As stated in the lesson plan overview: "Through the activities presented in this lesson, students will become familiar with the tenets of the Homestead Act, the shifting borders of the American frontier, and the life faced by homesteaders. After a class discussion and examination of a variety of Web sites, students will complete an written assessment in which they will determine whether or not the land available through the Homestead Act was, in fact, "free." This lesson can be used as an introduction to a unit on American settlement in the latter half of the nineteenth century, or as a pre-viewing activity to the PBS series FRONTIER HOUSE. A basic knowledge of 19th-century United States history is required."
Siri Anderson

The Preamble | The National Constitution Center - 2 views

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    "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Siri Anderson

History Alive | The United States Through Industrialism | Middle School History Textboo... - 0 views

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    Interactive social studies curriculum, K-12, perhaps best suited to 1:1 settings.
Jen Bartsch

Unity Versus Diversity: Ancient World History - 0 views

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    Students will analyze how the 50 State Quarters Program represents both the diversity and unity of the United States. They will identify human and physical geographic characteristics of Roman culture from Roman coins and examine how Roman emperors used coins to help unify their empire.
Siri Anderson

The Road to Pearl Harbor: The United States and East Asia, 1915-1941 | EDSITEment - 0 views

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    Four lessons on US foreign relations between 1915-1941 with East Asia
Siri Anderson

Place the State: Level 3 - 0 views

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    Simple US States matching game. Nice because it doesn't punish you when you are wrong. 
Siri Anderson

Instructional Unit Samples - Social Studies | CDE - 0 views

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    Useful examples of unit plans developed in Colorado.
Siri Anderson

CSISS - ARGUS: Activities and Readings in the Geography of the United States - 0 views

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    This is an amazing set of interactive material for teaching geography concepts with hands on learning. Bookmark this if you will teach grades 4-10.
emily lane

Teacher Lesson Plan - In Congress Assembled - 0 views

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    This resource for teachers provides lesson plans in which students examine continuity and change in the governing of the United States, students look at the Constitution and link early legislative debates to issues of today - from the Learning Page, the Library of Congress
kala hjelle

Biography of Secretary Alexander Hamilton - 0 views

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    Founding Brothers This biography tells about how Hamilton got to be Secretary of Treasury. Talks about his frustration with Thomas Jefferson, his introduction of the first Bank of the United States, and his plans for a US Mint.
Jaime Morse

Ellis Island - FREE Port of New York Passenger Records Search - 0 views

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    You can research on this website if any of your family members came to the United States through Ellis Island.
Betsy Brokaw

Immigration... Introduction - 0 views

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    The feature provides an introduction to the study of immigration to the United States. It includes games and other activites.
Barb Hagen

History: Population Distribution Over Time - 1 views

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    Census maps of population: Population over Time and Distribution of slaves in 1860. Through the Decades section: This section includes lesson plans, maps, classroom resources, and games. Fast Facts give paint a picture of the United States both statistically and culturally.
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    Great reference tool Barb! I like the "Through the Decades" Fast Facts section, this would be a great extension activity for kids that are history buffs and like to collect this kind of detail.
Barb Hagen

White House 101 | The White House - 0 views

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    WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. This site is a source for information about the President. Briefing room includes speeches, press briefings and presidential action. Issue link incorporates information from civil rights, economy to taxes and foreign policy. Overview of our govement is also included. The site has the history, presidents, Camp David, Oval Offices, Tour and Event information just to name a few.
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    This website has so many classroom applications! Good find Barb!
Siri Anderson

Using History to Inform the Modern Immigration Debate in the United States | McCorkle |... - 1 views

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    Solid suggestions of how to approach immigration from a historical perspective to broaden student understanding of the current rhetoric around immigation.
jerod11

Flag Collection | American Civil War Museum - 0 views

  • In Our Vaults Since 1892 when the first flag was donated to the Museum of the Confederacy, we have continued to preserve these important artifacts, culminating in a collection that includes more than 822 total flags and flag fragments. These include wartime, postwar, miniatures, and reproductions. The Museum houses the largest single collection of Confederate and Union national, state, presentation, company and regimental flags including nearly 500 wartime flags. More than half of the Museum’s flag collection are captured flags entrusted to the Museum by mandate of the United States Congress and the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1905 and 1906. The remaining flags are from private donations. This collection continues to increase in this manner today. If you would like to inquire about donating a flag or related object to The American Civil War Museum, please email us. The Museum’s flag collection is housed in a dedicated 1,300 square-foot storage and examination facility. The 100 extra-fragile silk flags are preserved in a custom-built flat storage system. In the 1990s, the Museum embarked upon a systematic program to conserve the flag collection and increase research and access to the flags. Requests for research information and access to the flag collection have steadily increased over the years. Individuals, researchers, authors and publishers all over the world seek out the Museum for research information on its flag collection.
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  • The Confederate battle flag has been the topic of much discussion regarding its meaning and symbolism. We asked our historian, John Coski, to discuss the flag and its meanings. John is an acknowledged expert on the Confederate battle flag, and is author of The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem (2005, Harvard University Press). His answers can be seen in this video.
Katelyn Karsnia

English-Language Learner Definition - 0 views

  • English-language learners, o
  • students who are unable to communicate fluently or learn effectively in English, who often come from non-English-speaking homes and backgrounds,
  • o not have the English-language ability needed to participate fully in American society or achieve their full academic potential in schools and learning environments in which instruction is delivered largely or entirely in English.
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  • fastest-growing segment of the school-age population in the United States, but they are also a tremendously diverse group representing numerous languages, cultures, ethnicities, nationalities, and socioeconomic backgrounds
  • overty, familial transiency, or non-citizenship status,
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  • underperform on standardized tests, drop out of school at significantly higher rates, and decline to pursue postsecondary education.
  • For example, states and national organizations have developed standards to guide curriculum and instruction in English-as a second language programs, while customized teaching and learning materials for English-language learners are now routinely introduced into regular academic courses.
  • Dual-language education
  • English as a second language
  • Sheltered instruction
nikkilh

Public Law 94-142 - LAWS.com - 0 views

  • Public law 94-142 is the Individuals with disabilities education Act. This piece of legislations is a United States federal law that is responsible for governing how states and various public agencies provide early intervention, special education and other related services to children with disabilities.
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      PL 94-142 mini definition
  • What are the provisions of Public Law 94-142?
  • What role do parents play?
Katelyn Karsnia

Summary of S. 6 (94th): Education For All Handicapped Children Act - GovTrack.us - 0 views

  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act
  • Public Law (PL) 94-142)
  • nacted by the United States Congress in 1975.
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  • required all public schools accepting federal funds to provide equal access to education for children with physical and mental disabilities.
  • EHA was revised and renamed as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 1990 for improvement of special education and inclusive education.
  • PL 94-142 also contains a provision that disabled students should be placed in the least restrictive environment-one that allows the maximum possible opportunity to interact with non-impaired students.
  • The law was passed to meet four huge goals: To ensure that special education services are available to children who need them To guarantee that decisions about services to students with disabilities are fair and appropriate To establish specific management and auditing requirements for special education To provide federal funds to help the states educate students with disabilities
  • amendment to Part B of the Education of the Handicapped Act enacted in 1966.
  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Siri Anderson

Slavery in the United States | Economic History Services - 1 views

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    I have a cousin that has done a lot of work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in Florida. It is an organization that works for the rights of migrant farm workers. http://www.ciw-online.org/freedom_march/index.html. There is also a link to the Modern Day Slavery Museum that travels around the South Eastern US.
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