1. February 12, 2011 Teaching American HistoryFeb. 12, 2011 The Peacemakers by George Healy

3. Project from the National Archives 3,000 primary source documents Seven online activities designed to reinforce historical thinking skills Documents categorized into eight historical periods, 1754 to present Save or publish your own activities or use those already created by others and shared You have to be registered to create activities but not to use the ones already there Section on “How to Teach with Primary Source Documents” Docs Teach

4. Examples: Browse/search by historical era: (Civil War/Reconstruction) Browse/search by historical thinking skill: (chronological thinking) Browse/search by tool: (Mapping History)

6. Gathering place of primary source information Original stories created to help you learn and do research Stories exist as a way to place primary source materials in context Lesson plans – only available for site members; currently expanding Links are color-coded to distinguish between videos, text/documents, images, audio clips Some files are supplemented with audio Sign up to get lesson plans and all features of the site Awesome Stories

7. Examples : American Presidents Thomas Jefferson John F. Kennedy’s Assassination

9. Combines Google Search with YouTube and images Goal: “… to deliver information in a format that's quintessentially human -- via storytelling instead of search…” Can embed in projects such as blogs, wikis, etc. Currently about 2 million reference terms available Improve this qwiki feature Featured qwikis and “Rate this qwiki” Qwiki

10. The Emancipation Proclamation

12. Web-based lessons and activities in core subject areas Inquiry-based approach with focus to develop higher order thinking skills To help teachers employ a blended learning model SAS Curriculum Pathways

13. Interactivity: Lincoln and the Civil War Lesson: Battles of the Civil War Document Analysis: John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry Examples:

15. You Tube Videos Parodies of popular songs Uses karaoke versions of music Students or teachers write lyrics from historical research Produce movie, slide show, digital story, do performance, etc.

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