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New Unit Plan Just Added
Primary sources can enrich curriculum and engage students if used properly. However, introducing students to using primary sources can be a daunting task. This summer Beneficial National History Day Fellow Claire Frosch, created a multi-purpose lesson in this unit to introduce students to primary and secondary sources, to introduce the idea of multiple historical perspectives and to build skills for historical analysis. Thursday, 9/13/12 4:44 pm
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Can HSP help you teach literacy through using our primary sources?
Common Core standards have been adopted in Pennsylvania and 44 other states as well as three U.S. territories. This is great news for history teachers - and other teachers who love history. The standards include reading and writing standards especially for social studies and history. These standards stress student ability to interpret and use textual evidence from informational and non-fiction sources. Monday, 8/20/12 10:18 am
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Yes, Viriginia, There Are Even More Ways to Search for Primary Sources
As teachers, we are used to card catalogs, be they physical or virtual, for finding materials in a library. Archives have additional methods that teachers and students can use to search for primary sources on a subject. This blog will talk about HSP's finding aids and subject guides. Wednesday, 6/13/12 2:46 pm
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Searching for Primary Sources II
In this blog, we will explore the Digital Library, another way of finding primary sources on HSP's website - one where you will be able to "see" actual documents. These documents may be of letters, diaries, watercolors, maps, etc. Wednesday, 5/30/12 1:29 pm
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Using the Catalogs and Resource Section to Find Primary Sources
Teachers are not just limited to the primary sources that are listed in the Education section of www.hsp.org. Like anyone else, they can search the website in a variety of ways to look for digitized primary sources to use in the classroom, beginning with the Search box on the upper right of each page. Wednesday, 5/2/12 2:58 pm
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Time to Plan Your Summer
What are you doing this summer? Coming to HSP, we hope! Summer vacation is about recreation - of the sport kind and of the revitalize-your-spirit kind. Look to HSP to help with the latter through choice of three week-long teacher institutes. Applications are being taken now for all three, with the deadline for "Franklin's Thrift" being extended to May 1. Friday, 4/20/12 12:42 pm
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It's Baseball Season in the Social Studies Classroom
Do your students have baseball fever? Capitalize on it in the classroom by using our unit plan on the Pythian's Base Ball Club to teach African American and civil rights history. Friday, 4/20/12 12:20 pm
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Thrift - a NEW old concept for the classroom
Is Thrift an idea that defines American qualities, or just an old fashioned concept that has no place in modern America? What does thrift mean today? What is its relevance in post-Recession America? Come and learn for yourself at a Teacher Institute on Ben Franklin's Thrift July 29 through August 2. Monday, 4/9/12 2:19 pm
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It's almost 200 years since the War of 1812
Did you know that the Historical Society of Pennsylvania can be a resource for teaching about the War of 1812? In June, we will commemorate the beginning of the War of 1812 with a Document Display Day on Monday, June 18 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. But before the school year ends, check out our online resources! Monday, 4/9/12 1:37 pm
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Help Write Philadelphia History
Teachers have a chance this summer to move learn more about Philadelphia history AND to contribute to The Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia by registering for the summer institute Philadelphia History For Teachers. From July 16 to 20, teachers will hear lectures by renowned historians, participate in hands-on workshops, take behind-the-scenes tours, and discuss how to put this knowledge into action. Friday, 3/30/12 4:42 pm
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