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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
I have long admired Leon Plante - and the churn in which he lives. I like the simplicity of the photograph and accompanying text, but both raise so many questions, too.
Posted in: Lesson Ideas, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Before 1938, child labor was a controversial topic, as arguments raged over the benefits and harms of children working in factories, on farms, and in the streets as news and delivery boys. Persuasive messages filled the media, asking the American people and legislators to protect children by requiring education and limiting working hours.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
As the end of my internship draws near and I look back at all I have learned, one thing sticks out: I have been surprised by how exciting analyzing primary sources can be. I watched as teachers at our workshops sat with images in front of them, and their facial expressions went from an initial blank stare to expressions of full engagement and wonder as they looked at every detail of an image to answer questions like: What is the image trying to convey? Why? Who created it? In groups, the teachers became excited students working together to analyze an image.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby is one of the most often taught in American literature classes. However, the further we move away chronologically from 1922, a time of economic boom following the devastation of World War I, the less students know about this significant time between the Great War and the War to end all Wars.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Poetry and Literature, Teaching Strategies, Veterans and Military History
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
A colleague and I were recently invited into a classroom at The River School in Washington, D.C., which provides "educational experiences for children and their families uniting the best practices of early childhood education and oral deaf education."
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Teaching Strategies, Young Learners