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Peer reviewedMutchler, Kent D. – OAH Magazine of History, 1989
Advocates the use of primary source materials in the classroom. Describes a lesson based on Thomas Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia" in which students consider Jefferson's ideas on science and technology in the United States and Europe. Explores the links among science, technology, politics and social issues. (RW)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Ideology, Primary Sources, Resource Materials
Peer reviewedWyman, Richard M., Jr. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 1998
Allows students to experience the trials and tribulations of traveling the Oregon Trail through reading diary and journal entries written by children of that time. Recommends three classroom activities for use with historical narratives: looking for the unexpected, identifying recurring events, and creating "imaginary" diaries based on…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Class Activities, Diaries, Journal Writing
Procter and Gamble Educational Services, Cincinnati, OH. – 1985
During the post-war period of the 1940s and early 1950s, there was a surge in consumer demand for goods and services in the United States and throughout the world. As a result, an evolution of U.S. companies into international corporations occurred. This teaching unit, one in a series of eight, reviews the international operations of the Procter…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Economics, International Education, International Trade
Peer reviewedAllen, Rodney F. – Social Studies, 1994
Contends that posters can be a powerful teaching tool in history courses. Discusses the definition, history, and development of posters. Provides approaches to using posters in the classroom, criteria for assessing effective and ineffective posters, and reprints of five exemplar posters. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction
Download full textMann, Shelia, Ed. – This Constitution, 1987
Each issue in this bicentennial series features articles on selected U.S. Constitution topics, along with a section on primary documents and lesson plans or class activities. Issue 14 features: (1) "The Political Economy of the Constitution" (K. Dolbeare; L. Medcalf); (2) "A 'New Historical Whooper': Creating the Art of the…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Constitutional History, Constitutional Law, History Instruction
Peer reviewedMetcalf, Fay – Social Education, 1993
Presents an instructional unit designed for use in a secondary-level United States history course. Provides educational objectives and instructional procedures. Includes charts, maps, photographs, and student readings. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Design, Ethnic Groups, History Instruction
Brown, William; And Others – 1975
Designed to supplement secondary United States history courses, this resource booklet provides materials on four dramatic incidents in American history. The four events under examination include the Boston Massacre, the Denmark Vesey Slave Revolt, the Republic Steel Strike of 1937, and the Berlin Airlift of 1948. Each unit contains social…
Descriptors: Black History, Class Activities, Democracy, Foreign Policy
