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Date: Jan 7 2013
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Exploring Emerging America’s Windows on History Program

Since 2006, Emerging America’s Windows on History program has mobilized more than 30 research teams of K-12 students with their teachers and in partnership with historical societies, museums, town and college libraries, expert individuals, and other very local resources. Students learn to think historically as they track down primary sour…

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Date: Dec 21 2012
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Teachers Matt Brown and Ann Pember first posted these ideas as part of the 2012 Emerging America Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Training of Trainers program.

Motivating Students to Question Sources

Early on, I provide the documents, and I set the questions. But eventually, I like students to choose their own documents for projects. I also like the documents to become…

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Date: Dec 14 2012
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Exploring Emerging America’s Windows on History Program

Since 2006, Emerging America’s Windows on History program has mobilized more than 30 research teams of K-12 students with their teachers and in partnership with historical societies, museums, town and college libraries, expert individuals, and other very local resources. Students learn to think historically as they track down primary sour…

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Date: Dec 10 2012
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"What is the dog doing there? It really would run away when it heard the guns fire. So why did Paul Revere put it in the picture? Well, most people like dogs. So we think he wanted people to take the side of the Americans by thinking, 'Those mean British are shooting at a dog!'" - Fifth graders, Morgan Elementary School, Holyoke, Massachusetts

Famous images deeply influence ideas about…

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Date: Nov 30 2012
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Exploring Emerging America’s Windows on History Program

Since 2006, Emerging America’s Windows on History program has mobilized more than 30 research teams of K-12 students with their teachers and in partnership with historical societies, museums, town and college libraries, expert individuals, and other very local resources. Students learn to think historically as they track down primary sour…

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Date: Nov 21 2012
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Latest in our series of reviews of new assessment resources.

PARCC Prototype Assessments - An Overview

In August, 2012, PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers), one of two Federally supported consortia of states working on assessments of the Common Core State Standards, released its first set of prototype assessments, offering important s…

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Date: Oct 25 2012
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At last, performance assessments that engage students, focus on specific meaningful learning goals, and provide effective support tools for implementation! Beyond the Bubble: A New Generation of History Assessments is indispensable for every secondary history classroom.

The site is jam-packed with powerful tools.

Ten assessments range in topic from the Civil War to the Civil Rig…

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Date: Sep 4 2012
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Teachers Karen McKay and Caroline Allison first posted these ideas as part of the Emerging America Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Training of Trainers program.

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Date: Aug 29 2012
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Formed in 2009, the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) recently released a thorough, well-researched process for developing middle and high school units that fully address Common Core English Language Arts (ELA) standards at a very specific level.

Only one of 13 sample modules (on the Cold War) stands out for its exemplary discussion of primary sources. It is well worth a look. (Even t…

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Date: Aug 22 2012
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The Vol. 1, No. 2, Fall 2012, TPS Journal issue on the Common Core and primary sources features a lead article, "Primary Sources: At the Heart of the Common Core State Standards," by Emerging America Director, Rich Cairn. More.
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