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Direct linkBell, Danielle; Henning, Mary Beth – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2007
In this article, one of the authors talks about a local history project that she gave to second grade students. The students were given the responsibility of using primary and secondary sources to research significant historical figures in the history of DeKalb County, Illinois. DeKalb has been described as "an urban community in a rural…
Descriptors: Local History, Grade 2, Popular Culture, Counties
Taylor, Robert M., Jr., Ed. – 1987
The essays and annotations in this publication provide an opportunity for citizens and students to consider not only the history of the Northwest Ordinance but also basic and enduring issues in U.S. political life. The book is divided into three main parts. The first part provides a background to the Ordinance and its passage by the Confederation…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Secondary Education, Social Studies, United States History
Download full textMcBride, Lawrence W. – 1993
This document consists of six lesson plans and primary source materials on the history of black people in the Illinois cities of Bloomington and Normal. The plans were developed for the Bloomington-Normal Black History Project which concentrates on recovering and recording the history of blacks in those two cities. These pilot editions are…
Descriptors: Black History, History Instruction, Instructional Materials, Local History
Lyons, John F. – History Teacher, 2007
History instructors working in a community college face two major challenges. First, to make history interesting and relevant to the students, many of whom have to take history courses as a requirement. And second, to fulfill one of the missions of a community college which is to forge a connection between the school and the people in the local…
Descriptors: United States History, Oral History, Community Colleges, Historians
McBride, Lawrence W., Ed.; Drake, Frederick D., Ed. – 2001
This curriculum considers the social history of Illinois during the years of 1836-1861 by studying Abraham Lincoln's legal papers from his time as a lawyer. Nearly 100,000 documents have been discovered in the archives of local, county, state, federal courts, libraries, and other repositories. The documents include detailed information about the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Historical Interpretation, Law Related Education, Primary Sources
Eaton, William Edward – 1976
A case study of school development in Jackson County, Illinois, from 1870 to 1976 is presented in this monograph. Settlement in southern Illinois and establishment of Jackson County are discussed briefly. The study of the educational history of the county is divided into three chronological sections. The educational heritage section, 1818-1854,…
Descriptors: Black Education, Case Studies, Consolidated Schools, Educational Development
