It will be a bittersweet three days for me on June 4, 5 and 6, 2013 when I travel under the auspices of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History with K-12 educators from the Arkoma (OK) Teaching American…
Civil War & Reconstruction Online Course
Dickinson College / Gilder Lehrman Institute
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End of TAH Days –Visiting Harpers Ferry, Antietam, Gettysburg, Lincoln Cottage with Arkoma Educators
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Kansas and the Civil War:Unit Plan
Standard: Kansas History Benchmark 3: The student understands individuals, groups, ideas, events, and developments of the territorial period and the Civil War in Kansas. This student will: 1. explain the concept of popular sovereignty under the Kansas-Nebraska Act. 2. explain…
Teaching the Underground Railroad
When I first started teaching US history six years ago, the questions I always got when I started teaching the Underground railroad were the following: So is the Underground Railroad really a railroad? Why was it all underground? My biggest…
House Divided Fergus Bordewich Video
I spent some time exploring and becoming familiar with the House Divided research engine this afternoon. There seem to be a lot of very interesting facets to this project which could be utilized in the classroom. While exploring I spent…
Mind Maps of the Civil War
Earlier today Matt mentioned the use of note taking in picture form (sorry I can’t remember exactly how it was stated). However, it immediately reminded me of Concept maps and Mind Mapping. Concept maps tend to be boring and dull to my…
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Historical research in civics class
How do I incorporate this wonderful historical information about the Civil War into my civics class? I have constantly striven to motivate my middle school students to use historical examples as we attempt to comprehend the fairly complex mechanics of…
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