Category: lesson
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Colonial Games from Many Cultures
When we study British colonial America, it is absolutely vital that we capture the diversity of the area. There wasn’t just ONE kind of person in the colonies, there were many. Looking at the colonies through a purely European lens does a disservice to our students, for those who desperately want to see themselves as…
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History in the Kitchen: The Great Depression & Frozen Fruit Salad
History in the Kitchen: The Great Depression & Frozen Fruit Salad- the causes of the depression & the human toll
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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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Invisible Founders: Pride Month Lesson Plans
I realize I’m somewhat delinquent in posting- the end of the year is tough. Professional development takes up a lot of my time, plus I’m hanging out with my family and taking summer courses. However, loyal readers, I bring you my lessons for Pride Month. In keeping with our philosophy of our classes being windows…
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2 Sides of the American Revolution
In almost every historical story there is a winner and a loser. Often we simply hear the winner’s perspective: how great they are, how they overcame adversity or immediately crushed their opponent, and how they had the right idea. We never hear about the loser. Why was the loser attacked? What was the loser’s point…
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Thomas Jefferson Podcast
Yesterday I gave my students a survey on, well, me as a teacher. It was by far the scariest thing I’ve done as a teacher so far, but it turned out okay. One of the questions that I asked was how I could improve the class. One thing that students asked for was more group…
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Podcast Preparation
Ah the Podcast. This handy invention has innumerable uses in the classroom. Students can create or listen or do both! I’ve learned the usefulness of the Podcast because of an unwanted snow day that took much needed class time away from me. My class has been studying four Supreme Court cases for the past week.…
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Checks & Balances
Any time my students are given the opportunity to “do” history they usually jump in head first and with great enthusiasm. This is why when my colleague Ken had an idea for the students to experience checks and balances by actually taking part in the system through scenarios created by us I climbed aboard. The…