GovernmentThe Make Your Case Game- The outcome is not always the same. It depends on your students' choices during the trial. A great way to help students understand our court system!
Several online games that help students: Make a strong argument (The Drafting Board) Who can craft the strongest argument? Choose your side and use the evidence to support your case! Other games include:
We the Jury; Bill of Rights; Activate; Responsibility Launcher; Immigration Nation; Do I Have a Right?; Power Play etc. Online games that teach students about the justice system. You can also find a multitude of resources on this website for teachers thanks to this website founded by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The World's Constitutions to Read, Search and Compare
See the Revolutionary War unfold, from Lexington to Yorktown and beyond, on our animated map, produced by Wide Awake Films in partnership with the Revolutionary War Trust (formerly Campaign 1776), a division of the American Battlefield Trust.
Special thanks to the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati for historical consultation and George Washington's Mount Vernon for live action footage. Thanks to Dale Gallon for Historical Art; Robert Cloutier for digital animaton; and to The Krupp Foundation and the Archelis & Bodman Foundations for generous project funding. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION RESOURCE LIBRARY
Watch a lesson that uses maps, videos, cooperative learning, and technology to teach students about human migration. Brought to you by, www.theteachingchannel.org
This interactive graphic shows migration patterns among states in 2012.
Select a state by mousing over the light-colored edge of the circle. Then mouseover a link to see the number of people moving between your selected state and another state. Thicker links mean more people moving. States are linked only if at least 10,000 people moved between them. If a state does not appear in the graphic, it is because it did not exchange at least 10,000 people with any other state in 2012. http://vizynary.com/2013/11/18/restless-america-state-to-state-migration-in-2012/ Also, interview with the data analyst who created this visualization: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/11/fascinating-look-migration-patterns-among-american-states/7630/ Articles, Videos, Pictures (paintings), and information
The American Revolutionary War: Keeping Independence
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College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards: State Guidance for Enhancing the Rigor of K-12 Civics, Economics, Geography, and History
"The result of a three year state-led collaborative effort, the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards was developed to serve two audiences: for states to upgrade their state social studies standards and for practitioners — local school districts, schools, teachers and curriculum writers — to strengthen their social studies programs. Its objectives are to: a) enhance the rigor of the social studies disciplines; b) build critical thinking, problem solving, and participatory skills to become engaged citizens; and c) align academic programs to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies." History is an argument about the past.Constructing a narrative about history involves several tasks:
• Analyzing Primary Sources • Examining Source Information • Reading Multiple Perspectives and Accounts • Using Evidence to Support Claims • Understanding Historical Context This website provides and interactive poster to help middle school students understand this concept. Use the interactive poster to begin a conversation with students about what we know about the past—and how we know it. Primary resources and lessons for teachers from the Library of Congress.
"The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations." "The Reading Like a Historian curriculum engages students in historical inquiry. Each lesson revolves around a central historical question and features sets of primary documents designed for groups of students with diverse reading skills and abilities.
How do I use these lessons in my classroom? The 73 lessons in the U.S. curriculum, initial 25 lessons of the world curriculum, and 5 lessons in the introduction to historical unit can be taught in succession. But these lessons are designed to stand alone and supplement what teachers are already doing in their classrooms. Most lessons take a full class period, though some extend over several. The U.S. and world history lessons generally follow a three-part structure: 1) Establish relevant background knowledge and pose the central historical question. 2) Students read documents, answer guiding questions or complete a graphic organizer. 3) Whole-class discussion about a central historical question. " by Stanford History Education Group NEWSELA: Read closely. Think critically. Be worldly.
"Newsela is an innovative way to build reading comprehension with nonfiction that's always relevant: daily news. It's easy and amazing. Register now to see the impact Newsela can have on your classroom. Articles that Inform and Intrigue Newsela is free for students to explore a world of nonfiction and test their comprehension. Updated daily with real-world news from major publications, students can participate in conversation about the most urgent topics of our time, all while becoming stronger readers." |
Civil War
The Official Records is the largest collection of primary sources on the Civil War, featuring witness accounts, battle reports, maps and other material from the Union and Confederate military departments. The ORs are divided into four sections. Series I, the largest section, includes all material on military operations. Series II includes information on prisoners of war, while Series III and IV include all other documents from the Union and Confederacy, respectively.
Finding Dulcinea, the librarians of the internet, provide further resources here ranging from overviews of the Civil War, General Civil War resources, first-hand accounts, personal records of civil war soldiers, lesson plans, and even civil war photographs.
Reconstruction
The Cold War
State History Resources
Hawaiian History
Mr. DeMink's, from Kapolei Middle School, has graciously shared his teaching resources for 7th grade Hawaiian History and the Pacific Islands including Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS III), benchmark maps, lesson plans, graphic organizers, formative and summative assessments.
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An excellent resource for 4th, 7th , and 9th grade teachers in Hawai`i created by the Bishop Museum. Provided lessons are aligned to every Hawai`i Content and Performance Standard (HCPS III).
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