Social Sciences
Here are resources related to my presentation for the T.A.L.L. Conference.
Link to Prezi presentation.
GET THE LESSON
Link to a full description of the lesson for the 1830 Indian Removal Act.
CREATE A BOOK
Link to UDL Book Builder for creating sources with scaffolds.
(I have links to additional primary source books/lessons in a previous post.)
CREATE A PRIMARY SOURCE LESSON
Link to DocsTeach.org lesson examples and templates for creating your own.
GET EXAMPLES OF HISTORICAL THINKING UNITS
Link to four units at Historical Thinking Matters.
(I talk more about this source in a previous post.)
GET COLLECTIONS OF SOURCES
Link to Stanford History Education Group's collections of primary sources for over 70 lessons.
(I talk more about this source in a previous post.)
Link to the History Project's Document Source Problems Collection.
(I talk more about this source in a previous post.)
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Social Sciences
T.A.L.L. Presentation - June 6, 2012
Here are resources related to my presentation for the T.A.L.L. Conference.
Link to Prezi presentation.
GET THE LESSON
Link to a full description of the lesson for the 1830 Indian Removal Act.
CREATE A BOOK
Link to UDL Book Builder for creating sources with scaffolds.
(I have links to additional primary source books/lessons in a previous post.)
CREATE A PRIMARY SOURCE LESSON
Link to DocsTeach.org lesson examples and templates for creating your own.
GET EXAMPLES OF HISTORICAL THINKING UNITS
Link to four units at Historical Thinking Matters.
(I talk more about this source in a previous post.)
GET COLLECTIONS OF SOURCES
Link to Stanford History Education Group's collections of primary sources for over 70 lessons.
(I talk more about this source in a previous post.)
Link to the History Project's Document Source Problems Collection.
(I talk more about this source in a previous post.)
- August 28, 2013: 50 Years Since The March On Washington
Today, bells rang at 3pm EST to commemorate the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. More specifically, ringing the bells at three was to signify the importance of one person and one speech, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream." Fifty years...
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This week, I presented my Book Builder projects at the Association of Teacher Educators annual meeting in sunny Orlando, FL. As promised in my presentation, here are links to the books I have created with a 5th grade teacher to use in her classroom....
- Don't Buy A Textbook
Stanford History Education Group's Reading Like a Historian I recently received an email from a Superintendent in Massachusetts. It was time to buy an American history textbook series, and he wanted to know if I had any suggestions. My quick answer...
- More Geography Resources
Here are a few additional geography resources of note. In a previous post, I mentioned the National Geographic Xpeditions site, which is a great spot to find lessons and print-friendly maps. Another place to get maps, including "Maps with Historical Themes"...
- Historical Thinking Matters
One of the best free Websites available that adequately scaffolds students' evaluation, corroboration, and synthesis of multiple conflicting sources (yes, the full package of historical thinking) is Sam Wineburg's recent digital project, Historical...