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Patrick, John J. – 2003
The year 2003 marks the bicentennial of the 1803 Treaty of France, by which the United States of America acquired the Louisiana Territory, an area of more than 828,000 square miles. Upon this acquisition, known as the Louisiana Purchase, the territory of the United States doubled. Historians consider the Louisiana Purchase to be a landmark event…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, History Instruction
Risinger, C. Frederick – 1999
Social studies educators live and teach in the middle of an information revolution as the Internet becomes an integral part of education. The rate of Internet use in the classroom has risen dramatically. From 1994 through 1998, the percentage of public schools with Internet connections jumped from 35 percent to 89 percent. This Digest summarizes…
Descriptors: Civil War (United States), Economics, Electronic Publishing, Elementary Secondary Education
Siler, Carl R. – 1996
This digest addresses the uses of oral history projects in the secondary U.S. history classroom. The document advocates that oral history is a stimulating classroom process designed to increase student involvement in a United States history class and improve student understanding of a relatively recent historical period. Oral history also involves…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Family History, Folk Culture, Inquiry
Harper, Marilyn – 1997
"Teaching with Historic Places" is a program administered by the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places that identifies ways teachers can share the stories that historic places have to tell. The program creates classroom-ready educational materials based on properties that are listed in the National Register of…
Descriptors: Built Environment, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Heritage Education