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Lesson Plans | Teach US History - 1 views

www.teachushistory.org/...lesson-plans lesson plan Cherokees Trail of Tears Georgia Jackson
shared by David Loudon on 19 Sep 10 - Cached
    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 19 Sep 10
       
      Great introduction and topic. Most traditional texts I have heard leave out the repeated attempts of the Cherokees to assimilate. Very accurate information here.
    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 19 Sep 10
       
      Great list of primary sources. I would use these in my classroom. A good secondary source (like Howard Zinn's People's History) could also be used.
    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 19 Sep 10
       
      Great way to teach the material, divide students into groups and have them make make sense of the material. Depending upon the age/skill-level of the group, I may not give each person a role but rather just have them all contribute to answering the questions.
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    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 19 Sep 10
       
      I like the idea of looking at it from three perspectives, getting students to think about history from multiple points of view.
    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 19 Sep 10
       
      Fantastic lesson plan overall, I can't find anything that I don't like about it. I would definitely use something like this in my classroom. In particular, I love the way it gets students to look at it from the Cherokees point of view, NOT JUST the government or the American people.
  • David Loudon on 19 Sep 10
     
    Lesson plan on the Cherokee removal and the Trail of Tears
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www.napoleon.org/...index.asp
shared by Lauren Olson on 19 Sep 10 - Cached
    • Lauren Olson
      Lauren Olson on 19 Sep 10
       
      I love that activities are split up between age groups. The interactive maps are fantastic.
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Napoleon - 0 views

www.napoleon.org/home.asp history social studies napoleon france resources
shared by Lauren Olson on 19 Sep 10 - Cached
    • Lauren Olson
      Lauren Olson on 19 Sep 10
       
      Check this out! It's one of the best European history sites for kids I've found. Challenging activities for all age groups. I would definitely use this in an elementary classroom as a "free time" activity or suggest it as a resource for students looking to write papers on the subject.
  • Lauren Olson on 19 Sep 10
     
    Website with infinite information on the First and Second Napoleonic Empires.
  • Lauren Olson on 19 Sep 10
     
    Even though Napoleon's empires often get skimmed over in world or European history courses, this website makes the subject worth an extra day or two. There are easily comprehended histories, research databases, pictures, and even a "kids' corner" that is accessible to even the most reluctant student.
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Remember the Maine - 1 views

www.spanamwar.com/maine.htm history
shared by Jordan Manuel on 19 Sep 10 - Cached
    • Jordan Manuel
      Jordan Manuel on 19 Sep 10
       
      This site contains mainly secondary source information, actual photos and a primary source account of the court of inquiry.
    • Jordan Manuel
      Jordan Manuel on 19 Sep 10
       
      I would use this site for an indepth study of the Maine incident leading to the start of the Spanish American War. Also it includes a comparison of the Maine disaster and the World Trade Center attack that might prove interesting to broach as a topic of discussion.
    • Jordan Manuel
      Jordan Manuel on 19 Sep 10
       
      This site contains a lot of information, which would no doubt be useful to social studies teachers. It contains various links, a good bibliography and other items of interest. Of particular value would be the bibliography which would allow for a more indepth examination of the topic.
  • Jordan Manuel on 19 Sep 10
     
    This site features photos, biographies of people involved in the incident and excerpts from newspapers, crewmen, etc.
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Cold War - 1 views

www.ibiblio.org/...coldwar.html history primary sources
shared by Jordan Manuel on 19 Sep 10 - Cached
    • Jordan Manuel
      Jordan Manuel on 19 Sep 10
       
      This site makes excellent use of primary source documents to portray the climate of Soviet-US relations in the Cold War. Telegram cables between the govts and reports from USSR Central Committee meetings.
    • Jordan Manuel
      Jordan Manuel on 19 Sep 10
       
      I would make wide use of this site in a U.S. history class. I would be able to show my students the Soviet perspective on US activities during the Cold War, which I think would be valuable as a comparison to our historical accounts of the same events.
    • Jordan Manuel
      Jordan Manuel on 19 Sep 10
       
      As far as usability, it is a rather basic site. However it does provide a wealth of primary source documents that would be helpful for any social studies teacher.
  • Jordan Manuel on 19 Sep 10
     
    U.S. and Soviet Perspectives on their relations amidst the Cold War.
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ThisNation.com--Rights of the Accused - 1 views

www.thisnation.com/...billofrights-accused.html this nation thisnation online textbook american government politics
shared by Margit Nahra on 03 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Margit Nahra on 03 Oct 10
     
    This site features an online textbook of Amercian Government and Politics. It was created by a single individual who works for a university, but in a business and not an academic background. Despite its origins, site has a lot of information and links to primary sources.
  • Margit Nahra on 03 Oct 10
     
    Given that the author of the site is an individual, materials should be scrutinized for accuracy and bias. No obvious weaknesses in this regard on surface review.
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American Art - 2 views

americanart.si.edu american art america primarysources documents photos ushistory geography socialstudies education painting norman rockwell smithsonian renwick gallery
shared by Kenneth O'Regan on 03 Oct 10 - Cached
  • Norman Rockwell Telling Stories Through January 2, 2011
  • Kenneth O'Regan on 03 Oct 10
     
    This is the front page of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. This website is a lot more than just the site for an art museum. Inside, you can find information about current exhibits, collections, upcoming events, teacher resources, and much more. Over the next few months there are also some special events for high school teachers, including one on October 16th titled "Teaching History through Art." I think it is easy, in most high schools, to forget the importance of art in our society and how it can give a glimpse of our cultural history.
  • Adrea Lawrence on 04 Oct 10
     
    How might teachers use this site?
  • Kenneth O'Regan on 04 Oct 10
     
    Art can define elements of our history. I would probably be better able to answer this question if I could attend the seminar on October 16th. Taking a look at a few of the featured exhibitions on the main page of the site, we can already make some history connections. Consider the current Norman Rockwell exhibition. Rockwell provides excellent visualizations of idealized, traditional American society in a broad period, roughly 1913 to shortly before his death in 1978. Rockwell paintings could be used in any kind of lesson plan dealing with either of the World Wars, the Boy Scouts, or the rise of middle-class America in the 1950s. Another lead exhibit on the page is titled The Pond, by an artist whose name currently escapes me. Taking a look at the photos of a pond somewhere in Maryland in the 1980s, the pictures tell a story of forgotten parts of the American wild that are surrounded by urbanization and industry.
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CIA - The World Factbook - 0 views

www.cia.gov/...index.html statistics maps geography
shared by Samantha Greenwald on 03 Oct 10 - Cached
    • Samantha Greenwald
      Samantha Greenwald on 03 Oct 10
       
      These regional maps can be used by the teacher to help students locate the area of interest and work on their map reading skills. It might be beneficial to have these mpas laminated around the room so students can reference them when needed.
    • Samantha Greenwald
      Samantha Greenwald on 03 Oct 10
       
      These subcategories (intro, geography, people, gov, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues) are all aspects of social studies that can be examined individually or collectively in understanding other countries and comparing it to the US.
  • Samantha Greenwald on 03 Oct 10
     
    This website provides students with historical and contemporary information about 266 countries in the world as well as a variety of maps to help with building geography skills.
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Europe's colonial expansion : colonization of Africa, colonization of Asia… - 0 views

www.the-map-as-history.com/...istory-europe-colonization.php
shared by Lauren Olson on 03 Oct 10 - Cached
    • Lauren Olson
      Lauren Olson on 03 Oct 10
       
      I particularly like the formats of these maps. The only disappointing part is that the maps only cover 1820-1939. It would be interesting to see colonalism covered in some of these contexts as well
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The Naval Postgraduate School's map collection - 0 views

www.nps.edu/...Maps.html history education social studies
shared by Preston Spradling on 04 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Preston Spradling on 04 Oct 10
     
    The NPS' website has a series of links to all manner of useful maps, including ones hosted by the University of California, that are quite good.
  • Adrea Lawrence on 04 Oct 10
     
    How might teachers use this site and its resources?
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Truman Library - Social Studies web sites - 1 views

www.trumanlibrary.org/...sites.htm documents education america american social studies web truman library museum links reference methodologies civics economics geography world teaching research
shared by Kenneth O'Regan on 04 Oct 10 - Cached
  • The National Assessment of Educational Progress has a website where released U.S. History items may be found
    • Kenneth O'Regan
      Kenneth O'Regan on 04 Oct 10
       
      Some items on this site might not be entirely up to date. It appears to me that this link is no longer active.
  • A website on the flags of the world
    • Kenneth O'Regan
      Kenneth O'Regan on 04 Oct 10
       
      Other websites, like this one, seem to be a little bit suspect. Use discretion.
  • Kenneth O'Regan on 04 Oct 10
     
    Say what you will about Harry Truman, but his library website has a vast cache of social studies links and resources, organized by topic. Some of the items go beyond social studies and into the realm of homework help and other teaching strategies. You may need to a dig a little bit to find exactly what you are looking for, but you can probably somehow get to it from here.
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CEC Lesson Plans - 0 views

www.col-ed.org/cur lesson plan socialstudies English Math elementary high school middle school
shared by David Loudon on 04 Oct 10 - Cached
    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 04 Oct 10
       
      This source relies upon posts of lesson plans from actually teachers that they have used in their classroom.
    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 04 Oct 10
       
      Site put together by the Columbia Education Center based in Portland Oregon.
    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 04 Oct 10
       
      Primary sources NOT included in the lesson plans, have to find those somewhere else.
  • David Loudon on 04 Oct 10
     
    A list of lesson plans created by teachers covering all subject areas and grade levels. Put together by the Columbia Education Center.
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UnderstandingPrejudice.org - 1 views

www.understandingprejudice.org prejudice racism sexism diversity psychology teaching
shared by David Loudon on 04 Oct 10 - Cached
    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 04 Oct 10
       
      The major source of this site is the "Social Psychology Network," which sponsors the website. However, the site also has many links to other academic sources from universities and colleges.
    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 04 Oct 10
       
      This site could be used by teachers as a baseline, to discover their own prejudices and learn hwo to avoid them BEFORE teaching their class. There are many different "quizzes" on the site which claim to measure your level of prejudice/knowledge of it. Then they offer links about how to deal with these issues in the classroom. This site is a good way for teachers to start thinking about these issues, and is a good resource of some of these issues come up in a classroom and he or she does not know how to deal with it.
    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 04 Oct 10
       
      This site is valuable because it gets teachers to consider the issue of pejudice in the classroom and offers them resources on dealing with this tricky issue. Because the site does not have lesson plans, per se, it could not be used for daily lessons in the class. However, the teacher could have the students look through the website and take some of the quizzes, and use this as a launching point for a discussion of these issues in his or her class. Therefore, this site could be an incredible valuable tool to teachers as a resource and as jumping-off point for a discussion on prejudice and other related issues.
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    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 04 Oct 10
       
      I found this information about Thomas Schelling's research to be very fascinating, I had never heard of it before. I would like to explore this idea more, that small incentives can lead to massive segregation.
  • David Loudon on 04 Oct 10
     
    This site educates teachers in issues surrounding discrimination and prejudice, gives them tips to avoid prejudicial behavior in the classroom. and offers resources surrounding these issues.
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K-12 Educational Resources | The Center for Global Studies - 3 views

cgs.illinois.edu/k12
shared by kkasargodstaub on 03 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Opportunities for educators and students around the world to explore global issues together.
    • kkasargodstaub
      kkasargodstaub on 03 Oct 10
       
      Great way for you to connect students with other students around the world!
  • Online collections and interactive mapping sites that graphically depict global issues.
    • kkasargodstaub
      kkasargodstaub on 03 Oct 10
       
      Useful maps for students to see the visual impact of global issues.
  • Adrea Lawrence on 04 Oct 10
     
    tags?
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Thomas Paine - 1 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Thomas_Paine Panie author Founding Farther revolutionary pamphleteer
shared by Richard Kirschner on 29 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Richard Kirschner on 29 Sep 10
     
    My hero - a radical, revolutionary & "bomb thrower" (figuratively). Authored 'The Crisis' which began with the famous quote "There are the times that try men's souls."
  • Adrea Lawrence on 04 Oct 10
     
    How might teachers use this? What does the site offer?
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The Civil War . In the Classroom | PBS - 1 views

www.pbs.org/classroom **in the classroom** lessons civil war south north
shared by Jonathon Gordon on 03 Oct 10 - Cached
  • s you view portions of the series in your classroom, your students will meet men and women, many no older than they, for whom the war was a very personal experience. They will meet individuals like Elisha Hunt Rhodes and Sam Watkins who were just ordinary young men thrust into extraordinary circumstances that changed their lives forever. They will als
    • Jonathon Gordon
      Jonathon Gordon on 03 Oct 10
       
      Allows teachers to use primary sources, videos, and secondary sources to enhance their lesson plans. The "In the Classroom" feature is a great for teachers. 
  • multidisciplinary lesson plans newly created by award-winning educators; and activity ideas from teachers who have been using the video series for years.
    • Jonathon Gordon
      Jonathon Gordon on 03 Oct 10
       
      I would utilize this site by looking at lesson plans provided by the site and working with them to create my own lesson plans to suit the students in my classroom. 
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Water - Water Resources Management - 0 views

web.worldbank.org/...6618~theSitePK:4602123,00.html
shared by Megan Jaquette on 07 Mar 09 - Cached
  • By 2035, it is projected that 3 billion people will be living in conditions of severe water stress
  • increasing the risk of conflict over these scarce resources. 
  •  Water quality is deteriorating. Water sources – such as rivers, lakes, aquifers, and, and wetlands - are encroached upon.  Tensions over water rights are increasing at the level of the village, city, and basin. Increasingly, many rivers and lakes are being affected by invasive species.
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  • Most industrialized countries have invested in major hydraulic infrastructure. Many developing countries have as little as 1/100th as much hydraulic infrastructure as do developed countries with comparable climatic variability.
  • Megan Jaquette on 07 Mar 09
     
    GREAT introduction to water as a scarce resource.
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EASE History - 0 views

www.easehistory.org/index2.html del.icio.us history imported socialstudieseducation
shared by Adrea Lawrence on 24 Jun 08 - Cached
  • Adrea Lawrence on 24 Jun 08
     
    EASE History connects historical events, presidential campaign ads, and core democratic values. Includes 100s of historical videos, still pictures, and an interface that can display video clips and images side by side
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The Civic Mirror | A citizenship education program that turns classrooms into countries... - 3 views

www.civicmirror.com civic citizenship simulation
shared by Jamie Gravell on 03 May 10 - Cached
  • Jamie Gravell on 03 May 10
     
    Civics program, interactive simulation. Paid accounts. 
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Teaching Cops to See | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine - 0 views

www.smithsonianmag.com/...Teaching-Cops-to-See.html
shared by Maria Mahon on 23 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Suspecting that some of the cops were first-timers to the Met, she tried to ease the pressure. "Remember," she said, "there are no judgments and no wrong answers."
    • Maria Mahon
      Maria Mahon on 23 Sep 09
       
      As we talked about in class, making students feel comfortable to start exploring works of art is a crucial step if teachers are going to use them in their lessons. In much the same vein, Herman had to make sure the policemen felt comfortable in this new environment and did not feel inhibited from sharing their ideas or observations just because it was a new medium.
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