NCSS Online Teachers' Library
American Revolution:Three Lesson Plans for Critical Thinking
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 11:27am--Stephanie Wasta
Three lessons that bring good resource material into the classroom and engage students in thinking critically about history and historical sources. Includes handouts and instructions for playing the Colonial Era children's game "Skin the Snake."
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 1.0 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/25/MLL25.pdf
Printer-friendly versionLinking Civics and Current Events
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 11:38am--Melissa J. Marks
Students link clauses in the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution with current events as reported in the news media. Does "promoting general welfare" include health care?
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 0.6 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/26/MLL26.pdf
Linking Civics and Current Events
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 11:38am--Melissa J. Marks
Students link clauses in the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution with current events as reported in the news media. Does "promoting general welfare" include health care?
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 0.6 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/26/MLL26.pdf
Linking Civics and Current Events
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 11:38am--Melissa J. Marks
Students link clauses in the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution with current events as reported in the news media. Does "promoting general welfare" include health care?
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 0.6 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/26/MLL26.pdf
Dramatic Narratives: Capturing the Human Side of World War II
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 11:51am--Anita Perna Bohn and Penny Britton Kolloff
Students research first-person accounts and give performances in this unit of study. A handout to guide research and 3 pages of online resources. This issue of MLL Includes "Ernie Pyle:The Foot Soldier’s Reporter" by Sandra B. Oldendorf and "Teenage Witnesses to the Holocaust (Book Review)" by Tom Kolbe.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 0.6 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/27/MLL27.pdf
Venture Smith’s Autobiography and Runaway Ad: Enslavement in Early New York
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 11:57am--Alan J. Singer
Students compare primary sources (included as handouts) to validate historical information. The ad is from the "New York Gazette," April 1, 1754, published in the slave-holding colony of New York.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 1.2 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/28/MLL28.pdf
Venture Smith’s Autobiography and Runaway Ad: Enslavement in Early New York
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 11:57am--Alan J. Singer
Students compare primary sources (included as handouts) to validate historical information. The ad is from the "New York Gazette," April 1, 1754, published in the slave-holding colony of New York.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 1.2 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/28/MLL28.pdf
Venture Smith’s Autobiography and Runaway Ad: Enslavement in Early New York
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 11:57am--Alan J. Singer
Students compare primary sources (included as handouts) to validate historical information. The ad is from the "New York Gazette," April 1, 1754, published in the slave-holding colony of New York.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 1.2 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/28/MLL28.pdf
Venture Smith’s Autobiography and Runaway Ad: Enslavement in Early New York
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 11:57am--Alan J. Singer
Students compare primary sources (included as handouts) to validate historical information. The ad is from the "New York Gazette," April 1, 1754, published in the slave-holding colony of New York.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 1.2 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/28/MLL28.pdf
King Coal: A Piece of Eastern Pennsylvania History
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Tue, 08/18/2009 - 12:02pm--Jill M. Beccaris and Christine Woyshner
A variety of activities help students learn about the coal miners and steels workers (many of them new immigrants) during the Industrial Age. A handout is based on an oral interview, and provides a photo of child coal miners, 1911.
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 1.2 MB:
* http://members.ncss.org/mll/28/MLL28.pdf
