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Posted by: Anne Savage
With winter arriving this month, my thoughts turned to a different kind of cleaning: snow removal. How were city streets cleared long ago, and what was life like before plows and snowblowers? I discovered some intriguing images that answer some of my questions and raise many new ones.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
I talked the two sixth grade social studies teachers into letting me present the Waldseemüller Map: World 1507 and the Primary Source Analysis tool as part of their beginning of the year mapping unit.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
Service men and women away from home have always prompted a variety of methods of communication. Auditory and visual learners can listen and read imaginatively to evaluate emotions conveyed through print and non-print primary sources produced by veterans and their families.
Posted in: Holidays, Veterans and Military History, Young Learners
Posted by: Danna Bell
The opening ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics is just around the corner. How will you include information about the Olympics in your classroom? One way is to highlight a historic Olympian in lessons.
Posted in: African American History, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)