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TOON: The First Kids to Play with Lincoln Logs

After the VIDEO: How 1800s Log Cabins were made in the US post It seems this is a natural toon linking to that from 2.12.11 @ http://comics…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Feb 12, 2011

ROLE PLAY PDF: The Election of 1860 (Zinn Education Project)

Another great resource from the Zinn Education Project:   The Election of 1860 Role Play Teaching Activity PDF. By Bill Bigelow. 12 pages.…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Feb 10, 2011

LESSON PLAN: Revolt! Comparing Historical Revolutions

Another great lesson plan from the New York Times Learning Network   February 8, 2011, 3:28 PMRevolt! Comparing Historical Revolutions By …

Started by Ryan Goble

4 Feb 8, 2011
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VIDEO: How 1800s Log Cabins were made in the US

Caught this cool 5-minute segment this morning on a local show "HouseSmarts." It makes nice connections between maintaining your house now…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Feb 6, 2011

REVIEW/BOOK: The Bomb by Howard Zinn

I've visited Hiroshima and taught John Hersey's book for two years - After reading this mini-review at Rethinking Schools online I can't wa…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Feb 4, 2011

RESOURCES: Reagan at 100

My Father at 100 by Ron Reagan, Jr.An American Life:The Autobiography by Ronald ReaganRonald Reagan: 100 Years: Official Centennial Edition…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Jan 31, 2011

TIME: Top 10 Historically Misleading Films

With The King's Speech leading this year's Academy Award nominations, critics were quick to point to the film's inaccuracies. TIME takes a…

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Jan 31, 2011

2011 Black History Month TV Programming Calendar

I have created a list of those national cable TV programs airing in February.  Please share with colleagues.

Started by Frank W. Baker

0 Jan 29, 2011

Big Business Simulation?

Fellow teachers,   I will soon be teaching "Big Business" and Robber-barrons at the high school level and I was wondering if anyone has a s…

Started by Donald R Kemmerling III

0 Jan 27, 2011

PROJECT/ARTICLE: Commercial for the American Government

I came across this incredible cover story at Harper's Magazine... The content is for subscribers only so alas I'm posting the full PDF bel…

Started by Ryan Goble

0 Jan 24, 2011

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