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Posted by: Danna Bell
January highlights include the first of over twelve million immigrants entering the United States through Ellis Island and the ratification of the Treaty of Paris...
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Posted by: Danna Bell
The first post of this two-part series offered ten tips for filling classroom spaces with engaging primary source displays to promote systematic critical thinking. This second post lists ten ways to introduce primary sources into pedagogy. No matter your grade level or subject, the ten ideas start from this basic premise: For every lesson a primary source!
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Posted by: Danna Bell
December highlights include the attack on Pearl Harbor and the arrest of Rosa Parks for civil disobedience.
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Posted by: Danna Bell
November highlights include Abraham Lincoln’s delivery of the Gettysburg Address and the opening of the Library of Congress.
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Posted by: Danna Bell
October highlights include the birth of the nineteenth U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes and the swearing in of the first African American Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
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September highlights include the first celebrated Labor Day and the publication of the nation’s first daily newspaper.
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Posted by: Danna Bell
August highlights include the 30th U.S. President, Calvin Coolidge, taking the oath of office and the origins of the Oregon Territory.
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Posted by: Danna Bell
June highlights include Flag Day and the beginning of summer.
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