United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Website Offers Wealth of Teaching Resources By TL Editors published 6 June 19 The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum website offers educators a wealth of resources and guidelines for teaching about this sensitive topic.
Race to Ratify is latest awesome iCivics game that you should be playing right now. By Glenn Wiebe published 30 May 19 Your students pick a character from 1787 and spend their time trying to get the Constitution ratified by the different states.
STUDENT REPORT: How I Learned About Art & History By Building with LEGO By Wyatt Zaleski, a 5th grade student at Fair Haven Schools (NJ) published 23 May 19
A Framework for Teaching American Slavery – from Teaching Tolerance By Glenn Wiebe published 14 May 19 If we are to understand the United State and the world today, we must understand slavery’s history and continuing impact.
Need A Documentary Clip? Find it in Ken Burns App By Tech & Learning published 13 May 19 The Ken Burns App provides iOS users with a new way of viewing Burns' award-winning documentaries.
The Kentucky Derby, Lessons in American Culture By TL Editors published 29 April 19 This collection covers the historical background of the Kentucky Derby
Free Digital Library Provides Millions of Primary Sources for U.S. History By TL Editors published 12 April 19 The layers of rich documents, images, and videos are carefully organized and curated, and can be accessed through topical browsing, searching and filtering, or in pre-made exhibition collections and primary source sets.
ESSDACK PLC meets Russel Tarr & ClassTools. Everyone Gets Smarter. By Glenn Wiebe published 27 March 19 The activity led to a great conversation around effective tools and resources that teachers and students can use while accessing and organizing online information.
History is a Bunch of Grass. And We Need to Let Our Kids Play on It. By Glenn Wiebe published 26 March 19 We tell them about history and have them read about history but we never let them experience history.
Hot Chocolate. The Columbian Exchange. And Pirates. By Glenn Wiebe published 21 March 19 We shouldn’t forget that history, social studies, civics, econ, geography are all about people. And about their stories.
Women’s History Month Resources. (That you should use all year.) By Glenn Wiebe published 15 March 19 The National Women’s History Project aims to make excellent, user-friendly materials readily available for all areas of the K-12 curriculum.
Library of Congress: America's Story: Louisiana By TL Editors published 4 March 19 Students will enjoy seeing authentic, historical footage of Mardi Gras parades, traditional desserts, and trinkets from Mardi Gras celebrations held throughout the years.
Stanford History Education Group: Read Like a Historian By TL Editors published 18 February 19 The Stanford History Education Group website provides teachers with document-based curriculum and innovative assessments that are ready to use in the classroom.
iCivics: The Bacon of Social Studies By Glenn Wiebe published 18 February 19 What’s the bacon of social studies? That one thing that is so delicious that you need to integrate it into your classroom?
Game Design: World War 1 Student Design Team Game Building Project By Micah Shippee published 12 February 19 We started our project with a brief discussion about gaming using two World War One games.
Newseum Provides Free History & Civics Teaching Resources, Lesson Plans By TL Editors published 17 January 19 Newseum's website offers digital extension activities and resources providing ample background on journalism, civics, and historical events.
Applied Digital Skills – Guide to an Area: World War 1 Lesson Notes By Micah Shippee published 3 January 19