In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the week of September 15th Hispanic Heritage Week. It remained as such for almost 40 years until President George W. Bush changed it to span September 15th-October 15th ! There are tons…
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In the fall, I took a deeper dive into Primary Sources on live streaming! Primary Sources include photos, letters, paintings, diary entries, newspaper articles, recipes, important documents, and more from the time period. How powerful to teach history by…
We all know Social Studies textbooks are bulky, outdated, and boring! I rarely used them with my 5th graders. Well, when they weren’t collecting dust I did use them to prop stuff up;). Interactive Notebooks are a much…
1) Eyewitness to History is a very helpful website when it comes to a multitude of historical events. There are many other sites specifically devoted to D-Day as well. WWII is probably my favorite era so I have an abundance…
Teaching Tolerance has rebranded to be “Learning for Justice” https://www.learningforjustice.org/. Their previous website URL will redirect. I am sure some of the features of the site may have changed but I have no doubt their content is still top tier!…