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Posted by: Danna Bell
When teachers encourage students to learn about where they live and perhaps link their community to a larger event, they can see they are part of a larger story. Students can understand that they are a part of history and that they make history every day.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Danna Bell
As reference librarian Kristi Finefield notes, the title provided for a photograph does not always match the content of the photograph.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Danna Bell
We wanted to revisit staff favorites, posts that received the most comments and some that were highlighted by teachers who work with the Library.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tools
Posted by: Danna Bell
We were thrilled to see the wonderful responses from the blog post on teaching difficult subjects. A huge thank you to all of those who commented, made teaching suggestions and linked to this post.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Danna Bell
Primary sources about snow and snow-related activities can be a great starting point for studying weather, comparing current winter pastimes to those of the past, and even studying clothing and snow-removal equipment.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies
Posted by: Danna Bell
One of the things that makes teaching with primary sources wonderful is that they document what was happening at the time being studied. However, this is also why they can be problematic.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies