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Assignments

The following is a listing by due date of the assignments you will be required to turn in during the course of the Connecting to the Past program. 

November 12
Response to Reading: Lewis & Clark
 
December 10
Response to Reading: American Revolution
Primary Source Activity 1: Westward Expansion (Spiral Questions)

February 16
Response to Reading: Atlantic Slave Trade
Primary Source Activity 2: American Revolution (Compare & Contrast)
 
  March 17
Response to Reading: Native Americans
Primary Source Activity 3: African American History (Point of View)
Using Primary Sources in the Classroom 1
 
  May 14
Using Primary Sources in the Classroom 2
 
  June 25
Response to Reading: Growing the Nation
Primary Source Activity 4: Native Americans (Artifact analysis)
 
June 29
Summer Institute Project
 
July 25  (or earlier)
Primary Source Activity 5: Growing the Nation (Category of Inquiry)

 For a printable list of Assginments by Due Date, click HERE.

There are four categories of assignment. Click on the name of the type of Assignment, below, and you will see a page with more detailed instructions.


 RESPONSE TO READINGS

CREATING PRIMARY SOURCE ACTIVITIES

USING PRIMARY SOURCE ACTIVITIES

SUMMER INSTITUTE GROUP PROJECT

For a printable version of an overview of assignments and their due dates, click HERE.

Assignments will be turned in via email to Stuart (hobbs2@osu.edu) and your Lead Teacher (see Handout).

 

 

(All assignments are graded Pass/Fail, but you must complete all assignments to receive an “A” in the program.

Latest News!

 

 
So much historical information is available on the internet that teaching with primary sources and finding answers to questions has never been easier. But how do you know what you find is accurate? Check-out some resources on the new Evaluating Internet Resources page 

 

National History Day

Interested in History Day? Check out a new resource for students from the Ohio Historical Society! The History Day Expert Blog is full of tips for topic selection, project creation, and research.

 

The National Atlas

 

The National Atlas (at nationalatlas.gov) was produced by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The site provides maps which seek to help users understand the United States and its place in the world. Map topics include agriculture, biology, boundaries, climate, environment, geology, government, history, cartography, people, transportation, and water.

The site offers several maps ready for printing which emphasize historical content. The available topics include Native American reservations, presidential elections between 1789 and 2000, territorial acquisition from 1783 through present day, and others. A selection of wall maps are presented for purchase, including the presidential election map.

Narratives of Slavery: Analyzing Primary Sources

In this 5 minute video teachinghistory.org  (you can also read a transcript), historian Richard Follett analyzes two narratives of slavery: an investigative report written by Frederick Law Olmsted in 1853 for the New York Times and Solomon Northrup's book Twelve Years A Slave. He discusses each document separately and then compares their very different perspectives on slavery in Louisiana's sugar growing parishes. Follett models several historical thinking skills, including: close reading;attention to key source information, including who wrote each account, when, and for what purpose; and exploring how to make sense of multiple perspectives and conflicting accounts. Note that the Primary Source Activity Assignment related to the The Slave Trade seminar is on organized on the theme, Point of View.
 

 

 
 

 

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