The lesson that I found interesting was the Veterans History Project. With Veterans Day coming up, I have found that this lesson offers a variety of resources that I could use in my classroom to teach the students about the importance of Veterans and what these individuals have done for our country. The purpose of this lesson is to talk about oral histories, which are important primary sources to use in the classroom. The lesson asks the students read different oral histories and create timelines in order to discuss the impact of the war on these individuals. Next, the students have a variety of activities to choose from including writing a letter to a veteran or comparing two veterans and how their stories may or may not correlate. This lesson also provides videos and pictures from veterans that could be shown to the students while they are working on their activities. Great lesson ideas!
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/veterans/
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Would you have changed anything about it? Will you need to change anything to use it in your classroom? I'm glad you were able to find a relevant lesson plan online. I've been dissatisfied with many of the lessons I have seen thus far.
ReplyDeleteTeaching with primary sources, especially for history, is one of the best teaching methods in social studies. Students really are much more interested in what they are learning. In case you were unaware, there is a really great summer institute in Baltimore through the Teaching American History Institute in which you can earn a stipend, materials, etc. for creating lesson plans using primary sources. In addition, you get to go on some field trips that are pretty awesome and there are a few days in which you are able to spend time at museums researching hands on with primary sources. I highly recommend looking into it!
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome. Thanks for posting the link. I spent a summer working for the "First Division Museum" on the grounds of Cantigny in Wheaton, IL. I worked in the archives there organizing different materials- including oral histories from veterans. I learned so much about D-Day, the North African campaign during WWII, and much much more. Oral histories are definitely a great way to teach. I was going to have the "History Club" I started at my college do oral histories, but it never quite got off the ground, which is regrettable. It sounds like this site gives you links to a lot of useful materials, which is probably the most important thing.
ReplyDeleteHey, the first thing that I thought of when I went to the loc was you. This would be a great activity to incorporate in your class, but was the lesson that you went over for a long period of time. If so would you set up something for a long length like that? Wouldn't hurt it could save you some planning and lead to a BIG project!
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