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Direct linkVecchiola, Carla – History Teacher, 2019
The digital world has unhooked information from authority and created a post-truth ethos, yet it also allows for access to the building blocks of deliberative democratic discussions: sources, evidence, and databases. This article describes an approach to teaching the American history survey utilizing primary source databases as the students' main…
Descriptors: Archives, Electronic Libraries, Learner Engagement, United States History
Hall, Timothy D.; Scott, Renay – History Teacher, 2007
The aim of the Central Michigan University Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Teaching American History (TAH) Project has been to forge a model of professional development that would not merely improve teachers' knowledge of events, people, and dates, but to go beyond this to strengthen the understanding of the nature and practice of historical thinking,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Primary Sources, United States History, Professional Development
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
Peer reviewedWard, Robert M.; McCabe, Chica – History Teacher, 2000
Identifies the uses of plat books in teaching history and historical geography focusing on Washtenaw County in southeast Michigan as an example. States that plat books offer maps that indicate land ownership in addition to property location and size. Discusses French land claims and the Land Ordinance of 1785. Includes maps. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Geography Instruction, History Instruction, Land Settlement
Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI. – 1977
The document contains the narrative portion of a multimedia project tracing the history of Jews in Michigan from the mid 17th to the mid 20th century. The developers intended that the materials be used as the basis of a one-month course of study. Overall objectives of the project were to increase understanding among students from junior high…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Background, Cultural Education, Ethnic Studies
Peer reviewedJacobson, Daniel – Michigan Social Studies Journal, 1989
Encourages geography teachers to use biographies to reveal a sense of place and life in a given geographical context. Highlights the life of John Mullett, a surveyor during the settlement of Michigan as a model for using biography in geography instruction appropriate for grades 6-12. Includes surveyor maps and sources of additional biographies.…
Descriptors: Biographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction, Human Geography
