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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Have you ever considered using a literary map with your students? In the May/June 2018 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article features literary maps for the humanities classroom.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, Lesson Ideas, Poetry and Literature
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
As any debate team knows, the ability to communicate arguments and craft rebuttals extemporaneously can be essential. We began wondering how historically well-regarded orators fared with extemporaneous speaking. What might President Abraham Lincoln, for example, have said on the subject?
Posted in: Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Lesson Ideas
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Our previous post on a recent Mars-related program in the Young Readers Center of the Library of Congress described how students studied historical and current primary sources to prepare them to discuss whether they'd want to visit and possibly to live on Mars.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Young Learners