Primary Source Learning: Hispanic Points of View
Lessons The Huexotzinco Codex Drake’s West Indian Voyage 1588-1589 Cesar Chavez & Good Citizenship Dolores Huerta Collaborating to Affect Change (elementary) Building Coalitions to Affect Change...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: What Are Primary Sources?
This definition from the Library of Congress provides a basic answer to the question above. “’Primary sources’ are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects which were created at...
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Citizen U lessons integrating science and civics Carbon Footprints, Climate, and Civic Causes Electromagnetism, Electric Communication, and Community Mandatory Vaccinations: Yea or Nay The Scientific...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: The Wampanoag, the Plimoth Colonists & the First...
This primary source set is targeted to elementary students and includes background information and thinking prompts. It was curated mainly by Dr. John Bickford, Professor of Education at Eastern...
View ArticleTeaching Now: Separating Myths from History
This unit plan and teaching guide was developed by Dr. John Bickford, Professor of Education at Eastern Illinois University and Editor-in-Chief of The Councilor: A Journal of the Social Studies, in...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: U.S. Constitution
Congress.gov Constitution Annotated analysis & interpretation of the U.S. Constitution Guided primary source analysis activities The Constitutional Amendment National Anti-Suffrage Association...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: World War II
Guided primary source analyses Boeing aircraft plant – production of B-17F D-Day The 6th of June Entrance to Manzanar Europe Is Getting Hot U.S. Must Set Pace for Racial Tolerance Woman’s Work Lessons...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: U.S. History by Time Period
The U.S. History Primary Source Timeline spans nearly 400 years, covering 9 time periods. Each time period includes an overview and several subsections and each of these, in turn, provide background...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: (Dis)ability History
This primary source set is targeted to elementary students and includes background information and thinking prompts. It was curated mainly by Dr. John Bickford, Professor of Social Studies/History...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Disability History
Unit & lesson plans Teaching Now: Learning About (Dis)ability in History- An Inquiry for Elementary Students Learning from the Source: (Dis)ability History How Disability Activists Created Change...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Monthly Heritage & Identity Celebrations
Below is a list with links to Library resource sets, featuring both primary and secondary sources, and teaching resources that coincide with monthly heritage and identity celebrations. So mark those...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Conservation & Environment
Library lessons Conservation Movement at a Crossroads: The Hetch Hetchy Controversy Explorations in American Environmental History Natural Disasters: Nature’s Fury Collection Connections Evolution of...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Conservation & Environment
Library lessons Conservation Movement at a Crossroads: The Hetch Hetchy Controversy Explorations in American Environmental History Natural Disasters: Nature’s Fury Collection Connections Evolution of...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving primary source set with teacher’s guide Primary Source Learning: The Wampanoag, the Plimoth Colonists & the First Thanksgiving Teaching Now: Separating Myths from History Thanksgiving...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Science & Technology
Citizen U lessons integrating science, technology and civics Carbon Footprints, Climate, and Civic Causes Civic Actions to Impact the Future The Conservation Movement at a Crossroads: The Hetch Hetchy...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: The Wampanoag, the Plimoth Colonists & the First...
This primary source set is targeted to elementary students and includes background information and thinking prompts. It was curated mainly by Dr. John Bickford, Professor of Social Studies/History...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: U.S. History by Time Period
The U.S. History Primary Source Timeline spans nearly 400 years, covering 9 time periods. Each time period includes an overview and several subsections and each of these, in turn, provide background...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Disability History
Unit & lesson plans Teaching Now: Learning About (Dis)ability in History- An Inquiry for Elementary Students Learning from the Source: (Dis)ability History How Disability Activists Created Change...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Monthly Heritage & Identity Celebrations
Below is a list with links to Library resource sets, featuring both primary and secondary sources, and teaching resources that coincide with monthly heritage and identity celebrations. So mark those...
View ArticlePrimary Source Learning: Conservation & Environment
Library lessons Conservation Movement at a Crossroads: The Hetch Hetchy Controversy Explorations in American Environmental History Natural Disasters: Nature’s Fury Collection Connections Evolution of...
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