study and teaching

Contains forty short passages with directions for drawing designed to help students in grades four through eight visualize and remember key events in American history.

Contains dozens of ideas and activities designed to teach students in grades K through two about the United States, its flag, the pledge, the presidents, and its history.

Contains a guide for teaching American history, from the end of the Revolutionary War through the Civil War, based on historical songs and readings, and includes discussion questions, activities, oral presentations, and compact discs.

A teaching unit which examines the politics, economy, society, culture, science, and technology of the 1940s; featuring a time line, planning guides, personality profiles, a chronology of world events, language experience ideas, group assignments, research topics, literature and curriculum connections, and computer applications.

Discusses how some supposed facts in history textbooks have perpetuated myths and displayed a lack of awareness about a multicultural student audience when discussing America's past, covering topics such as slavery, race relations, and conflicts with Native Americans.

Contains ready-to-use plays, readings, simulations, map projects, and other motivating activities based on historical documents.

Presents hands-on activities and a CD of ten songs that provide information on American history, topics including Native Americans, the American Revolution, the Bill of Rights, Lewis and Clark, westward expansion, the Civil War, the Underground Railroad, the age of invention, and immigration.

Contains instructions and templates for ten easy-to-make fact-filled timelines designed to help students in grades three through six learn about important topics and events in American history.