History

To help energize your first awesome week with kids, here are six great ways to kick off the school year.

Some would be good for instructional purposes. Some are more historically accurate than others.

These six questions were part of a larger survey given to 1200 people between the ages of 18 – 26 by National Geographic and the Council for Foreign Relations.

Tenae Alfaro, Slate Creek principal, is planning a summer trip and so she asked fourth grade kids to do some in-depth research and plan a trip for her.

Your students pick a character from 1787 and spend their time trying to get the Constitution ratified by the different states.

If we are to understand the United State and the world today, we must understand slavery’s history and continuing impact.

The activity led to a great conversation around effective tools and resources that teachers and students can use while accessing and organizing online information.