Category: activities
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Ancient Egypt Unit – Chicken Mummification
Teaching and learning should be fun and interesting, and few things have piqued my 5th grade ancient civilization classes’ interest more than mummifying a chicken. There’s something about this project that they just can’t keep their eyes or ears away from, and every year my students come away from it knowing the mummification process and…
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Getting to Know You- Digitally!
The return to school in September 2020 will be unique to say the least. For most of us in the United States, the way school will look in the fall is unpredictable. Will we be returning full-time? Will we be doing a hybrid version of school where some students are online and others are in…
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Distance Learning Resources Part 1
If your school is like mine, you are either preparing for or already are involved in distance learning for your students.
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Using Ancient Civilizations to Teach Citizenship
Besides learning a TON from fellow educators at the NCSS 2019 conference in Austin, Texas, I was also lucky enough to be able to give a presentation on Friday afternoon. The link below will direct you to a Google Drive folder with the lessons I presented in “Using Ancient Civilizations to Teach Citizenship.” A couple…
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Review: Museum of the American Revolution
The Museum of the American Revolution obviously had many different types of clientele in mind when they designed their exhibits. There is something for the Revolutionary War expert and novice, for the young and the young at heart. I highly recommend spending your day in this very special place. Here’s why.
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Invisible Founders
American history is, and should be treated as everyone’s history. Very often in my class, I remind students that we give more than enough air-time to who we call “rich white guys,” the men who are the face of America’s founding. While these men such as Jefferson, Hamilton, and Washington were absolutely imperative in the…
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How do historians know history?
Sometimes my students ask me “How do historians know what happened in the past?” I feel like there are many answers to this question, and I begin my explanation with a children’s puzzle. A puzzle is the perfect symbol for history. Historians make use of many accounts of an event including primary sources like peoples’…