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Building Personal Connections to the Past

Building Personal Connections to the Past

by Lynn Yellen | Oct 17, 2018 | 11/12th Grade, Social Studies

In a course called 19th century movements for social change, my students are preparing for their Anti-Slavery Convention.  This is part of a unit on the abolition movement, the mother of all movements in the US.  Early on in the unit, the students learn...

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Thinking like a historian?

Thinking like a historian?

by Monique Velazquez | Oct 16, 2018 | 9/10th Grade, Authenticity to the Discipline, Social Studies

In the essay "Examining the Reputation of Columbus" Jack Weatherford writes, “Christopher Columbus' reputation has not survived the scrutiny of history, and today we know that he was no more the discoverer of America than Pocahontas was the discoverer of Great...

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Social Studies and Practice as Historians

Social Studies and Practice as Historians

by David Russell | Oct 10, 2018 | 9/10th Grade, Authenticity to the Discipline, Social Studies

Worlds Collides, a combined 9th and 10th Grade Social Studies Class, is an exploration of the indigenous people of Central America and the Caribbean and the eventual clash with European aggressors. Students are digging in to both primary and secondary sources to...

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