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Interested in teaching with primary sources? - 18 views

A small group of teachers and teacher educators recently started working together to figure out great lessons that take advantage of primary sources, in particular those from Gilder Leherman and th...

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started by jkrauss on 05 Aug 09 no follow-up yet
Kathleen N

Center for History and New Media » Teaching + Learning - 0 views

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    Uses "Primary Sources"--not sure if they are LOC
Michelle Krill

Looking Into holidays Past Through Primary Sources - For Teachers (Library of Congress) - 6 views

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    "Help students analyze primary sources they see, hear or read using holiday themed resources from The Library of Congress. "
jkrauss

Found Poetry - Primary Source Set - For Teachers (Library of Congress) - 0 views

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    OH and you know what I thought of-- Wordles with key words-- when you look under "Advanced" in Wordle they show how you can emphasize (make bigger) certain words based on their value to you.
Charlotte Thornton

Veterans' Stories: The Veterans History Project - Primary Source Set - For Teachers (Li... - 0 views

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    veterans stories
jkrauss

OurStory.com - Capture your stories, save them permanently. - 4 views

shared by jkrauss on 22 Feb 09 - Cached
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    Create interactive timelines collaboratively. I could see using this for documenting causation, how one event leads to another. You can add a timeline to any blog or Web page.
David Cosand

American Historical Association Blog: Slavery in America - Online Resources - 16 views

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    A valuable collection of online resources focusing on slavery in America.
David Cosand

Teaching American History in Maryland - Documents for the Classroom - Maryland State Ar... - 5 views

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    Runaway advertisements and Notices of Committal are some of the most rewarding sources for ascertaining the movement, motivation, and destination of enslaved persons have have taken flight. This is a collection of runaway ads placed by slave owners or their representatives in newspapers.
jkrauss

ARC Guide for Educators and Students - 0 views

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    ARC Guide for Educators and Students The guide introduces educators and students to the National Archives' Archival Research Catalog (ARC). Searching in ARC to learn more about National Archives' historical documents could enrich a classroom activity, a homework assignment, or a research project. - Methodology I might follow with 8th graders who may serve as research experts to younger kids.
David Cosand

DigitalBookIndex: THE 1930s: Federal Writers' Project (20TH c U.S. HISTORY) (e-Book, eT... - 1 views

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    The state guides developed by authors from the Federal Writers' Project - a WPA group that came to be during the depression - are fascinating snapshots of the country as it was in the early part of the 20th century. They contain quite a lot of history and local stories and can be a wonderful way to compare the regions with how they currently are.
Terry Smith

Mark Twain's Mississippi: Project Overview - 0 views

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    primary source material on Mark Twain
jkrauss

History Detectives Kids . Home | PBS Kids - 1 views

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    Here's a site for kids, could examine to find the pages/activities most relevant to study of primary sources.
David Cosand

VoiceThread - Group conversations around images, documents, and videos - 2 views

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    New York Public Library document resources are now available from WITHIN VoiceThread. Could be an interesting way to integrate primary sources with VoiceThread collaborations.
David Cosand

Howe Oklahoma Students lead virtual field trip at Fort Smith, Arkansas » Movi... - 0 views

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    Maybe Jan Zanetis of the KC3 ("Kids Creating Community Content") Project would serve as an expert for us. I'm going to write to her. http://kc3.cilc.org
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