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Teaching ResourcesSubmit a new resource Last 25 Resource listings as of 5/9/08; 10:22:52 AM
These listings are provided as a service to educators. NCSS does not endorse any products, curriculum, or viewpoints expressed by the posters of these resources. Social Studies Films and Resources from California Newsreel California Newsreel (www.newsreel.org) has launched a new collection of These documentaries would provide a complimentary visual component to Also check out our amazing African American Perspectives collection
Air & Waste Management Association High School Essay Contest The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)’s High School Essay Contest, “Greenhouse Gas Management Actions: What Can Students Do?” is asking high school students to weigh in on the issue of global climate change and greenhouse gas management. Any student in grades 9-12 is eligible to enter. The author of the winning paper will receive a $400 prize and an invitation to an awards ceremony during A&WMA’s 101st Annual Conference and Exhibition in Portland, OR.
A Woman's World: Women in Politics A Woman's World: Women in Politics, produced by Women in Politics Productions, LLC, is a 30-minute, bipartisan documentary about the entry and involvement of women in politics. The video opens and closes with a future scene of a woman president. It includes interviews with women politicians from all over the country at the local, state and federal levels. In addition, the video provides opinions of young women and men regarding women in politics and the importance of voting. Cost: $49.95 plus $4.95 S&H. To order a video or DVD, contact Women in Politics Productions, LLC, P.O. Box 172 Kelton, PA 19346, tel. (610) 345-9279, womeninpolitics@comcast.net.
Moments and Images of the Past The Salem, Oregon Statesman Journal has recently started posting moments and images of the past online at www.statesmanjournal.com/past. Moments of the Past features excerpts from old newspaper articles, old public domain books and articles, diaries, documents, personal memories and whatever else that can give people a sense of the people, times, places, things, events of the past.
Scholars Online Brought to you by the Choices Program Scholars Online (http://www.choices.edu/scholarsonline) brings university scholars into secondary level classrooms. Videos of scholars who have contributed to the development of curriculum units or participated in Choices professional development programs are provided in an interview format. Designed to be used with Choices printed curricula (http://www.choices.edu/resources), these short, informative videos can be used in conjunction with student readings or with lessons that accompany each unit. We currently have videos to supplement six of our written curriculum units, including our new edition of The US Role in the Changing World (http://www.choices.edu/usrole). Videos clips for this unit help students reflect on global changes, assess national priorities, and decide for themselves the role the United States should play in the world today. This is a great way to engage students in a range of issues being discussed by presidential candidates. Participating scholars for this unit included Joseph Cirincione from the Center for American Progress, Fernando Cardoso—former president of Brazil, Ricardo Lagos—Former President of Chile, Justine Rosenthal from The National Interest and many others.
Castro's Legacy and the Future of Cuba On February 19, 2008, Fidel Castro announced to Cuba and to the world that he would not be a candidate for Cuba’s presidency (this position will be elected by the Cuban National Assembly on February 24). Head of Cuba since 1959, Castro was one of the longest serving leaders of the modern era. His time in office, along with the revolution that he helped lead, are the subject of great controversy both within Cuba and around the world. Castro’s Legacy and the Future of Cuba http://www.choices.edu/resources/current.php is a one-day lesson that introduces students to the worldwide debate now taking place. The lesson includes links to internet resources from around the world. This lesson is available at no cost from the Choices Program’s Teaching with the News program. A new unit on the future of Cuba from the Cuban perspective will be available from the Choices Program this spring. Information is available at http://www.choices.edu/cuba.
TEACHER CURRICULUM PLANS from the 2006 NEH Institutes “Cultures and Religions of the Himalayan Region” held at the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts 28 are available free online: http://college.holycross.edu/orgs/himalayan_cultures/ SAMPLE TOPICS:
Todd Lewis and Leonard van der Kuijp, co-Directors
GREAT AMERICAN DREAMING Help your students bring immigration history and politics to life.
WKCD learned this, when we coached and then published such work by New York City students in our photo essay book, Forty-Cent Tip: Stories of New York City Immigrant Workers (Next Generation Press, 2006). Now we are offering you a look at our coaching guidelines˜and a chance to be published online˜in the hope that you will try the project, too. WKCD offers the following resources to help with your project:
To get the details, download the manual, and order a complimentary copy of the book, please go to: http://www.whatkidscando.org/featurestories/2008/01_great_american/index.html If you already have immigrant stories collected by your students that you'd like to see and perhaps publish online, please send them to info@whatkidscando.org.
GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY ANNOUNCES SUMMER SEMINARS FOR TEACHERS The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is seeking applicants for thirty-two, one-week teacher enrichment seminars across the U.S. and England for teachers. Public, parochial, independent school teachers and National Park Service employees are eligible to apply. Each seminar is limited to thirty participants. Historians from universities including Stanford, Columbia, Yale, and the University of Virginia will lead seminars on topics ranging from the Colonial Era, the U.S. Constitution, and the Underground Railroad to the Great Depression, the Cold War, and the Civil Rights Movement. Applications must be postmarked or submitted electronically by February 15, 2008. For information on how to apply, visit www.gilderlehrman.org.
Two new online resources from What Kids Can Do, Inc. What Kids Can Do (WKCD), an international leader in bringing youth voices to bear on issues facing communities, schools, and society, has just launched two new online resources for educators. Youth on the Campaign Trail: Election 2008 Over the next ten months, WKCD will scour the news for stories about Global Youth Voices: Across Four Continents Here we present a directory of what has come, to date, from WKCD’s
A Woman’s World: Women in Politics A Woman’s World: Women in Politics, produced by Women in Politics Productions, LLC, is a 30-minute, bipartisan documentary about the entry and involvement of women in politics. The video opens and closes with a future scene of a woman president. It includes interviews with women politicians from all over the country at the local, state and federal levels. In addition, the video provides opinions of young women and men regarding women in politics and the importance of voting. Cost: $49.95 plus $4.95 S&H. To order a video or DVD, contact Women in Politics Productions, LLC, P.O. Box 172 Kelton, PA 19346, tel. (610) 345-9279, womeninpolitics@comcast.net.
U.S. Policy on Iran Interactive Lesson Plans The U.S. and Iran: Confronting Policy Alternatives is an interactive lesson plan that engages students in consideration of policy alternatives concerning U.S. policy on Iran. Four Policy Options help students think about divergent policy alternatives, each driven by different underlying values, each with merits and trade-offs. The Options provided have been developed by the Choices Program with input from the research staff at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. A two-period lesson plan and links to online resources are provided. The lesson is focused on role-play and deliberation exploring the four Policy Options. A complete unit on Iran, Iran Through the Looking Glass: History, Reform, and Revolution, is also available.
Engaging in Document Analysis: The Center for Gifted Education Social Studies Curriculum The social studies units developed by the Center for Gifted Education at the College of William and Mary cover a wide range of topics while maintaining consistent models for understanding issues, documents, and artifacts. All of the units emphasize development of understanding of abstract, interdisciplinary concepts, including systems, cause and effect, and change over time. The units also place heavy emphasis on higher order reasoning, historical analysis using primary sources, and in-depth study of social studies content related to various strands of state and national standards. An emphasis on the development of student skills in the areas of discussion, writing, and research is embedded in the units. The workshop will engage participants in activities around the teaching models employed in the units, including a concept development model, the Paul model of reasoning, and primary source analysis. The ways in which these teaching models are employed within different units across the range of grade levels will also be explored. In addition, participants will have opportunities for small group discussions of the specific content of the different units. Dates: June 25-27, 2007
The Object of History: Behind the Scenes with the Curators of the National Museum of American History The Center for History and New Media at George Mason University and the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History are pleased to announce the launch of The Object of History http://objectofhistory.org. The website features six artifacts from the Museum’s collections, related high school curriculum materials, and opportunities for students to participate in live online forums with Smithsonian curators. Schedule of Featured Objects: Each featured Object Lesson includes the following resources: Materials for Students:
Additional Materials for Teachers http://objectofhistory.org/teachers/:
Four Live Audiocasts with each object http://objectofhistory.org/forum/: Submit questions http://objectofhistory.org/forum/questions/ about the featured object for curators and historians to answer during the audiocasts streamed live on the web. Comments or Questions? Contact us: teachers@objectofhistory.org
CONFLICT IN IRAQ New Resources from the Choices Program The war in Iraq is sparking much debate today. One thing most can agree on: there are no easy answers. What the United States does in Iraq will affect Iraq, the Middle East, and the United States for years to come. Teaching about Iraq requires special sensitivity from teachers. It is likely there are students with family members or friends serving in the military. In addition, sharp political points of view about Iraq could short-circuit thoughtful consideration of the issues. Sorting through all of these issues is a classroom challenge for teachers. Yet teachers who address these challenges do their students a great service. Conflict in Iraq: Searching for Solutions is a new curriculum unit developed by the Choices Program at Brown University to help students consider the history of Iraq and the present conflict, and to participate in informed discussion about policy alternatives concerning the U.S. role in Iraq today. Conflict in Iraq: Confronting Policy Alternatives is an online lesson plan focused on the policy options at the center of Conflict in Iraq: Searching for Solutions. The material is available from “Teaching with the News”on the Choices web site http://www.choices.edu.
Free CD-Rom of Teaching Materials Related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition The Minot State University History Department announces the availability of a CD-Rom of teacher-produced resources and lesson plans created by participants in its 2005 NEH-sponsored summer institute for teachers on the Contexts and Legacies of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. These materials have been produced for use with students from grades 4-12. Formats include lesson plans, WebQuests, and DBQs. Themes include: Exploration and Environment, Jefferson and Nation-Building, American West, and Native Cultures and Legacies. To view the materials on-line or to request a free CD-Rom of the materials, go to the department’s website: http://history.misu.nodak.edu Bethany Andreasen
Are We Winning the Global War on Terror? In October 2003, seven months after the United States invaded Iraq, Donald Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defense, wrote a memo to four of his subordinates. In his memo he asked his colleagues to consider a number of questions he had about the “Global War on Terror.”
In this online lesson students will:
This lesson includes: Find this free resource in the TEACHING WITH THE NEWS section of the Choices Program web site http://www.choices.edu
Terrorism: How should we respond? “Terrorism: How should we respond?” is a free online teaching resource from the CHOICES Program (http://www.choices.edu) at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies. Find the resource in the TEACHING WITH THE NEWS section of the Choices Program web site. The 5th anniversary of the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon is upon us. As our country continues to deliberate on how to best confront the challenges and dangers of terrorism, the Choices Program has made available free resources to address the topic. “Terrorism: How Should We Respond?” invites students to explore four divergent policy options on the question of how the United States should respond to terrorism, each driven by different underlying values, each with merits and tradeoffs. A new ballot activity allows students to voice their own perspectives. The policy options presented in this online lesson plan are excerpted from Responding to Terrorism: Challenges to Democracy http://www.choices.edu/curriculum_unit.cfm?id=26, published by the Choices Program at Brown University.
American Indians in Children's Literature “American Indians in Children’s Literature” is a blog resource developed and maintained by Debbie Reese, an Assistant Professor in American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is using blogging technology to reach parents, teachers, and librarians who may not have access to print publications where articles on this topic are published. Reese’s blog/resource includes links to recommended books about American Indians, on-line articles on this topic, websites and blogs maintained by Native authors in addition to Reese’s blog posts on topics such as the origin of “Happy Hunting Ground” or discussion of the term “papoose.” http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com
Using the News to Teach Religion http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/teach/ This video and Web site resource created by the PBS series Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly for high school and college teachers of social studies, history, religion, etc. demonstrates an approach to teaching religion that incorporates reading and discussing the daily news. Shot at Colgate University in 2003-2004, the video features classroom footage illustrating how two teachers conduct a course on religion using the news, specifically THE NEW YORK TIMES, as a text. The video also includes interviews with the teachers themselves, augmented by the course description, syllabus, and exam questions. A free DVD is also available.
International school partnerships for the 2006-07 academic year Project Harmony (www.projectharmony.org) provides opportunities for educators and students to participate in cross cultural dialogue and cultivate international relationships by connecting with their peers in the nation of Armenia. The Armenia School Connectivity Program (ASCP) is a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and is implemented by Project Harmony. The program provides opportunities for students, educators, and community members to access and share information, to engage in online collaborative projects ranging in subject from the environment and cultural traditions, to democracy, civil society and the arts. ASCP increases school-community interaction, U.S.-Armenian partnerships at the school and community levels, and civic engagement on the local, national, and international levels. For more information, please visit www.projectharmony.org or email elizabeth@projectharmony.org.
America's Heritage: An Adventure in Liberty - Free Lesson Plan Resource America’s Heritage is a free lesson plan resource on America’s factual, philosophical heritage for K-12 teachers of social studies, US government, US history, economics, geography, music, & related subjects. Developed by and for teachers through collaboration of education/service organizations, it is free to use for educational purposes, paid for by grants. Lessons correlate with NCSS standards and are grouped into elementary, middle, and high school. An elementary edition in Spanish/ESL is available. The resource can be downloaded online or ordered in CD/binder formats. Request your free resource at ahef@americanheritage.org! (Indicate name, school, address, phone, email, grade(s), #, format (CD/binder). For more information visit www.americanheritage.org.
Crossword Puzzles on American History Topics Crossword puzzles suitable for students in grades 5 and aboves. Topics included are the explorers, the colonies, westward expansion, the Civil War, industrialism, World War I, World War II, US Presidents, US Government, Inventors and Inventions. Each puzzle comes with an answer key and permission to copy enough for your students. For a free sample and information on how to purchase the entire set, please visit http://home.comcast.net/~donnajmelton/.
U.S. Immigration Policy: What should we do? [Teaching with the News] "U.S. Immigration Policy: What should we do?" is a free online teaching resource from the CHOICES Program (http://www.choices.edu) at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies. Find the resource in the TEACHING WITH THE NEWS section of the Choices Program web site. While leaders in Washington are debating changes in current immigration law, demonstrations for and against the proposed legislation are taking place around the country. Proposed legislation focuses primarily on issues related to border control, law enforcement, and policy toward undocumented workers. This has raised additional questions about human rights, the economy, the environment, and security. "U.S. Immigration Policy: What should we do?" enables students to consider these issues within the context of long-term goals for immigration policy. The material is drawn from "U.S. Immigration Policy in an Unsettled World" published by the Choices Program at Brown University.
The Challenge of Nuclear Weapons New from the Choices Program http://www.choices.edu "The Challenge of Nuclear Weapons" is a new supplemental curriculum unit from the Choices for the 21st Century Education Program at Brown University. This unit gives students the tools they need to wrestle with the questions that surround the future of nuclear weapons. http://www.choices.edu/curriculum_unit.cfm?id=49 Part I introduces students to the history of nuclear weapons and the concept of deterrence. Part II examines some of the arguments for and against nuclear weapons and then looks at three challenges: (1) the leftover arsenals of the Cold War, (2) proliferation, and (3) the threat of nuclear terrorism. At the core of the unit is a framework of choices for U.S. foreign policy concerning nuclear weapons. Links to additional online resources are available from the Choices web site. An online lesson focused on the Options at the center of this unit is available from the Choices Program's "Teaching with the News" web site. http://www.choices.edu/curriculum_twtn.cfm
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