"Supreme Court Justice O'Connor conceived of the iCivics digital initiative to provide higher quality materials for civics education. The core of iCivics is a set of free-to-play web-based games. One of these, Do I Have a Right?, according to the designers, "teaches kids the constitutional amendments." Dissecting this a bit, the game essentially has three learning goals:
Students will be able to:
Identify and summarize 12 of the amendments of the U.S. Constitution (1-6, 8, 13-15, 19, and 26).
Judge whether a variety of individuals in hypothetical situations have had their constitutional rights violated.
Apply the relevant amendments to cases where people's rights have been violated.
The game is aimed at a middle school audience but may be useful anywhere from 5th grade to high school, depending on the goals of the teacher and the role envisioned for the game in the unit (more on this later)."
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So, the objective of The History Teacher's Attic is to get this dusty stuff off of my hands, all the while adding new content and resources for the history or social studies teacher. I'll do my best to reach across the breadth of the content areas, specifically focused on middle school, high school, and undergrad.
The Historical Scene Investigation Project (HSI) was designed for social studies teachers who need a strong pedagogical mechanism for bringing primary sources into their classroom. With the advent and accessibility of the internet, many libraries, universities and government agencies are housing their historical documents online. Simultaneously, there has been a push in K-12 history education to give students experiences that more closely resemble the work of a real historian.