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Posted by: Danna Bell
Make primary sources a daily habit, both as learners and as teachers. Take that first step, and connect with others so you can learn together.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Danna Bell
August highlights include the American Broadcasting Company’s airing of Saturday morning television shows for children and the Panic of 1857.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Danna Bell
Last year I had the privilege to serve as the Special Curator for the online collection Finding Our Place in the Cosmos: From Galileo to Sagan and Beyond. This was, unquestionably, the coolest thing I have ever had the chance to work on.
Posted in: Interviews with Experts, Science Technology and Math
Posted by: Danna Bell
Lately, a few of my colleagues and I have been thinking about teaching with fine arts-related primary sources, as we prepare a TPS Journal issue focused on this topic.
Posted in: African American History, Fine and Performing Arts
Posted by: Danna Bell
The United States has many symbols including the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty and the Liberty Bell. However there is one that has been featured in a recruiting poster, served as a symbol of patriotism and is a personification of the government of the United States of America.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945)