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Teaching about Immigration
Immigration is often an interesting and personal topic for students, sparking conversations of “where did my family come from?” Many students are immigrants themselves. It is a topic that is both historical and modern, with immigration being a controversial and political issue today a well as having a rich and fascinating history in our country. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania education website has several unit plans about immigration. Monday, 7/21/14 10:21 am
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All HSP Unit Plans Now Keyed to PA Core Standards
On March 1, 2014, the new Pennsylvania Core Standards for Reading and Writing in History and Social Studies took effect as a supplement to the existing PA Standards for history. Recently, each unit on HSP’s website has been updated to show to show the PA Core Standards the lesson fulfills. Thursday, 7/3/14 11:18 am
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Exploring the Underground Railroad
Learning about the Underground Railroad can engage and fascinate students in a way few other topics can. Textbooks tend to focus mostly on Harriet Tubman and neglect to mention the countless other organizations and individuals that made the escape route possible. One of these other organizations was the Vigilant Committee, whose purpose was to support runaway slaves while they stayed in or passed through Philadelphia. This committee, an auxiliary of the larger Vigilant Association, operated from 1837 to 1852, at which time it dissolved and the new Vigilance Committee was formed. Friday, 6/27/14 12:35 pm
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No Words? No Problem: Analyzing Visual Sources
When you think of a primary source found at HSP, the first thing that probably comes to mind is an old, handwritten document. Visual primary sources, including photographs, political cartoons, and sketches, however, are just as important to the understanding of history as written sources. Knowing how to analyze visuals is an important skill for all students to learn. Friday, 6/13/14 4:16 pm
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No Words? No Problem: Analyzing Visual Sources
When you think of a primary source found at HSP, the first thing that probably comes to mind is an old, handwritten document. Visual primary sources, including photographs, political cartoons, and sketches, however, are just as important to the understanding of history as written sources. Knowing how to analyze visuals is an important skill for all students to learn. Friday, 6/13/14 4:15 pm
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"Communism is at Our Door"- Teaching the Red Scare
For those of you who teach 20th Century US history, you might find the most recent lesson plan on the HSP website, “America and the Red Scare,” useful. This lesson includes primary sources from two opposing groups during the period. Friday, 6/6/14 1:26 pm
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The Communist Threat: Teaching the Red Scare
For those of you who teach 20th Century US history, you might find the most recent lesson plan on the HSP website, “America and the Red Scare” useful. This lesson includes primary sources from two opposing groups during the period. Friday, 6/6/14 12:44 pm
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NHD Resource Guides
2014 NHD theme after beginning as the Beneficial NHD Teacher Fellow at HSP, I thought to myself “What an amazing theme for the resources of HSP!” When I first learned of the Tuesday, 10/15/13 4:39 pm
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Transatlantic Abolition: The Clarkson Connection
To acclimate myself to Discover, as I started my research for the National History Day resource guides, I would look up random topics of interest and see what items HSP had within its holdings. My interest is in Abolition, so I began to type familiar terms and to my surprise a name I least expected popped up, Thomas Clarkson. I clicked to find a number of Clarkson’s works available at HSP. So I began to dig deeper, what was the connection? Thursday, 8/29/13 3:25 pm
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Impact of primary documents in student's understanding of history
I believe there is no greater way to impact a student’s understanding of history than the use of primary documents. Friday, 8/23/13 3:34 pm
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