Posted in civil rights, images, lesson plans, teaching, tip of the week on July 23, 2008 | No Comments »
A great way to get kids to emotionally connect with your content is by using something called an “I am” poem.
It allows students to think a bit more about how a particular person might be thinking in very specific ways. Last week I was reminded of the power of the strategy when about 20 [...]
Posted in civil rights, history, lesson plans, primary sources, social studies, teaching on July 18, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s the last day of instruction here at Gilder Lehrman’s elementary summer seminar and I think most of us are dragging a bit. Honi, Bunny and Texas are even slowing down!
But we had another great conversation this morning about the Civil Rights movement and another nice activity planned by Fritz Fischer.
We split into four groups [...]
Posted in history, social studies, teaching on July 16, 2008 | No Comments »
No . . . we’re not talking about the Dallas Cowboys. Because their record over the last ten years is, what . . . like 5 and 101?
We’re talking about real cowboys.
Today’s session at the Gilder Lehrman elementary teachers summer seminar focused on Western Expansion and how America has created and accepted the myth of [...]
Posted in government, history, lesson plans, social studies, teaching on July 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Was the American Revolutionary War really revolutionary? Was it a true revolution? Dr. Fritz Fischer talked about this late on Monday afternoon.
He started by asking the question:
If you had to think of a shape that describes Colonial American, what would that shape look like?
He suggests that the shape would be a triangle or pyramid with [...]
Posted in history, learning, lesson plans, primary sources, teaching on July 14, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m starting a week at the University of Colorado with Fritz Fischer and Maureen Festi. Fritz is a professor of history at the University of Northern Colorado who focuses on the idea of teaching future history educators. His goal is to better prepare teachers to understand content and quality instruction. Maureen is a fifth grade [...]
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