A New Year…a New Direction…a New Adventure
Posted by: Danna Bell
May this new year bring the opportunity to walk new paths, try new doors, and grow as teachers and professionals.
Posted in: Holidays
Archive: December 2019 (8 Posts)
A Suitcase Full of Holiday Spirit
Posted by: Danna Bell
May your holiday break be restful and restorative.
Posted in: Holidays
Using Primary Sources to Explore Different Ways Families Come Together
Posted by: Danna Bell
Every family has its own story, which each member has their own power to shape. Exploring the stories of the families that are depicted in historical artifacts can not only help students discover the rich variety of families that have formed and re-formed throughout history.
Posted in: Culture and Folklife, Lesson Ideas
Math, Measurement, Civil Rights, and Pancakes: A Recipe from Rosa Parks
Posted by: Danna Bell
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks is best known as a public figure but the documents in the Rosa Parks Papers at the Library of Congress allow students to explore the private side of this civil rights legend.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), Science Technology and Math
Communication Through Packaging: Product Labels
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Reading labels as historical objects and applying historical thinking strategies can help students discover what these sometimes-overlooked objects can communicate with us in the present day.
Posted in: African American History, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877)
Remembering the Fight for Women’s Suffrage
Posted by: Danna Bell
The last twenty years of the Women’s Suffrage movement were led by a different group of activists than those who led the first fifty years, but by celebrating the anniversaries of the first convention, these later activists remained committed to the goals of the early movement.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Women's History
Happy Birthday to the Amazing Periodic Table!
Posted by: Danna Bell
The year 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of Dmitry Mendeleyev’s ground-breaking Periodic Table of the Elements, and provides an opportunity both to celebrate Mendeleyev’s historic accomplishment and to reflect on important lessons that students can learn about the nature of science from his experiences.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Science Technology and Math
Sign Up for a Teaching with Primary Sources Workshop Using the Rosa Parks Papers
Posted by: Danna Bell
Join Library of Congress education specialists for a free one-day Teaching with Primary Sources professional development program featuring the papers of Rosa Parks on February 2, 2020 from 9am-3pm at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
Posted in: African American History, News and Events