Posts Tagged ‘United States’

Quick Teaching Tip: History Hunt Revisited

Monday, June 7th, 2010

For some of you, it’s the end of the school year.

You are tired.

You are writing report cards or narratives.

You are packing up your classroom and squirreling away the supplies for next year that have already arrived in hopes that the summer program that is using your classroom will not find your fresh stock of crayons and help themselves (or was that just my own experience?).

For some of you, you are on vacation.  You are lying in a darkened bedroom recovering from the school year.

You are sipping an iced Starbucks drink and wearing open toed shoes.

Quick Teaching Tip: History Hunt

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Cropped version of Thomas Jefferson, painted b...
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Today’s quick tip is in honor of the social studies and history teachers out there.  While I have only blogged a bit about this area of education, it is actually my favorite to teach.  I loved using this technique in my classroom when looking at a historical figure or event in more detail.  This is a fabulous activity for any grade K-8 classroom with a tad bit of adjustment based on the age.

Did you know that April 13 is Thomas Jefferson’s birthday?  In honor of the third president of the United States, we will be shaping our activity around his life. Here is what you do:

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