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Peer reviewedAdams, Peter A. – OAH Magazine of History, 1992
Presents a lesson plan in which George Bellows's painting "Both Members of this Club" is analyzed as a historical document illustrating the Progressive movement. Suggests that the lesson can introduce students to a different form of historical communication. Includes background information and procedures for approaching the lesson.…
Descriptors: Artists, Athletics, History Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textOlcott, Mark; Lear, David – 1981
Designed for use in a one-semester course in U.S. history or literature at the intermediate or secondary level, this collection of the Civil War letters of Lewis Bissell, a Union soldier, is divided into two major parts. Part I (chapters 1 though 5) covers the period of time Bissell spent guarding Washington, District of Columbia. Each chapter…
Descriptors: American Studies, Civil War (United States), Humanities, Interdisciplinary Approach
Peer reviewedCoviello, Robert – New England Journal of History, 1993
Contends that the typical approach to immigration in U.S. history may not be interesting or exciting to students. Describes an interdisciplinary program using primary sources and computer databases to encourage student participation and enhance academic achievement. Includes three appendices with information and raw data used in the program. (CFR)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Databases
Linden, Glenn M., Ed.; Downey, Matthew T., Ed. – 1975
This paper is one of a series of ERIC/ChESS publications intended to give practical tips on teaching various topics and disciplines in the precollege social studies curriculum. The tips offered in this publication, written by seven authors, are intended to help teacheres deal with both content and teaching strategies in American history. Each of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, History Instruction, Inquiry, Instructional Materials
Walker, Byron H. – 1970
The resource guide is designed to help seventh grade history teachers in Ohio meet the requirements for a mandated course on state history, geography, and civics. Although history is the central discipline, the guide presents an interdisciplinary approach. It contains questions for discussion, readings from primary sources, and class activities…
Descriptors: Colonial History (United States), Educational Media, Grade 7, History
Bennett, Charles; Lenihan, J. Michael – 1977
The booklet describes the local history component of an interdisciplinary high school course on American Studies. The program involves students over a three-year period in collecting, recording, organizing, interpreting, and disseminating the history, culture, and tradition of Scituate, Rhode Island. The booklet is presented in six chapters.…
Descriptors: American Studies, Community Characteristics, Community Study, Data Analysis
