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Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Halloween can also offer a perfect occasion for teachers to engage their students with a primary source lesson that will inform, motivate, and inspire curiosity about the past.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Primary sources can also be selected to stimulate and support student investigations; look for primary sources that provoke intrigue and offer clues to give students starting points for further investigation.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
While a primary source may be only one resource within a larger lesson, deliberating during the selection process over where in the lesson the primary source will be used can lead to greater engagement, inquiry, and learning from the students.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Scientific investigations with plants are a staple in elementary school classrooms. Young learners study plant structures and functions, what plants need to grow, how plants reproduce and pass on genetic information, and how matter and energy move in ecosystems. As they learn core scientific ideas, students should simultaneously engage in the practices of scientists. Historic photographs can serve as windows into planning and carrying out scientific investigations.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Cheryl Lederle
Primary sources have tremendous power to complicate seemingly straightforward stories, and are an essential part of every National History Day project.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies