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A Crossword Puzzle for Higher-Order Thinking
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 3:02pm--James Monack
Challenge your students with this crossword puzzle about the Revolutionary Era, or fashion your own about any era of history, with the use of a website's puzzle generator. This 32-page issue of MLL also includes a review of a book about community activist Jane Jacobs, who fought against "urban renewal" schemes in the 1960s, as well as and article (featured cover image) about a curious incident with tulips during the Dutch Golden Age (1600s).
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 2 MB:
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Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 3:02pm--James Monack
Challenge your students with this crossword puzzle about the Revolutionary Era, or fashion your own about any era of history, with the use of a website's puzzle generator. This 32-page issue of MLL also includes a review of a book about community activist Jane Jacobs, who fought against "urban renewal" schemes in the 1960s, as well as and article (featured cover image) about a curious incident with tulips during the Dutch Golden Age (1600s).
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 2 MB:
A Crossword Puzzle for Higher-Order Thinking
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 3:02pm--James Monack
Challenge your students with this crossword puzzle about the Revolutionary Era, or fashion your own about any era of history, with the use of a website's puzzle generator. This 32-page issue of MLL also includes a review of a book about community activist Jane Jacobs, who fought against "urban renewal" schemes in the 1960s, as well as and article (featured cover image) about a curious incident with tulips during the Dutch Golden Age (1600s).
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 2 MB:
A Crossword Puzzle for Higher-Order Thinking
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Mon, 01/25/2010 - 3:02pm--James Monack
Challenge your students with this crossword puzzle about the Revolutionary Era, or fashion your own about any era of history, with the use of a website's puzzle generator. This 32-page issue of MLL also includes a review of a book about community activist Jane Jacobs, who fought against "urban renewal" schemes in the 1960s, as well as and article (featured cover image) about a curious incident with tulips during the Dutch Golden Age (1600s).
This URL downloads all 16 pages of Middle Level Learning as a pdf of about 2 MB:
National History Day: Student Historians
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 3:05pm--Ann Claunch
When students are challenged by National History Day to probe into history’s unanswered questions, they sometimes become the first to provide the answers.
Historic Sites and Your Students
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 3:34pm--William E. White
Field trips to historic sites, such as to the house in Colonial Williamsburg of Revolution-era scholar George Wythe, offer students a tangible and physical connection to the past.
Historic Sites and Your Students
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 3:34pm--William E. White
Field trips to historic sites, such as to the house in Colonial Williamsburg of Revolution-era scholar George Wythe, offer students a tangible and physical connection to the past.
Historic Sites and Your Students
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Fri, 04/16/2010 - 3:34pm--William E. White
Field trips to historic sites, such as to the house in Colonial Williamsburg of Revolution-era scholar George Wythe, offer students a tangible and physical connection to the past.
A Living History Classroom: Using Re-Enactment to Enhance Learning
Submitted by Jennifer Bauduy on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 10:16am--Mark L. Daniels
Teachers and students can bring history to life by donning period clothing or carrying objects common in past eras to engage students and enhance classroom presentations.
Primary Source of the Day: A Warm Up Activity
Submitted by Steven Lapham on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 2:10pm--Amy Trenkle
"Almost every class period, I begin with a primary source." The teacher uses a short quote; a photocopy of a photograph, newspaper illustration or cartoon; or an actual object to spark interest. Such a primary source can serve as a review of yesterday's lesson, a transition to today's lesson, or an overture to a whole new topic. Examples are given of sources and how they are used.
The following URL will download the entire issue of MLL, which is about 2.52 MB.
