This Teachable Moment: Current Events as Opportunities in the Classroom
Contributor: Melvin Lehman | Length : 12 | File type : Video
What's in the news? What does it have to do with math, Bible, or history class? Melvin encourages teachers to consider the ways that current events might contribute to their goals for their students. ... Read More
Discussing Current Events from a Christian Worldview (Melvin Lehman)
Contributor: Melvin Lehman | Length : 60 | File type : Audio
"Globalization" is a reality for all of us. World events impact us at every level on a daily basis. The next generation of leaders is being powerfully shaped by the "information age." How can we he... Read More
World History 16A American Independence
Contributor: Kendall Myers | File type : Teaching Material
Powerpoint covering the settlement of America, wars fought there and their gaining of independence from England.Download this document or read it below.... Read More
Teaching Elementary History
Contributor: Melvin Burkholder | Length : 100 | File type : Audio
Why should we teach history to elementary students? Melvin encourages schools to train for competency, and discusses benchmarks for social studies learning in grades 1-6.
The Germantown Protest against Slavery
Contributor: Kendall Myers | File type : Article
This is the text of a protest published in 1688 by four Quakers, called by Wikipedia "the first protest against African-American slavery made by a religious body in the English colonies."Download ... Read More
Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims Reading Guide
Contributor: Betty Yoder | File type : Teaching Material
Betty's guide to Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla gives helpful background information for the teacher, and offers ideas for guiding a second-grade class through the book. Student... Read More
Helen Keller Reading Guide
Contributor: Betty Yoder | File type : Teaching Material
Betty Yoder's reading guide for Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson includes goals, objectives, instructions, and project ideas for use with second-grade class. Betty also includes helpful vocab definit... Read More
Online Resources for Pennsylvania History
Contributor: Arlene Birt | File type : Curricular
ExplorePAHistory.com: This site is packed with dozens of stories about Pennsylvania (arranged by topic), lesson plans for teachers (organized by historical time periods), and information about his... Read More
Similes for Sarah Noble Book Worksheet
Contributor: Betty Yoder | File type : Teaching Material
Gap-fill exercises with five similes from The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh, along with an extension drawing activity.Download this document now or read it below.... Read More
Study Questions for Aarons Civil War
Contributor: Arlene Birt | File type : Teaching Material
This teacher-created resource helps students offers eight questions or tasks to guide students reading Aaron's Civil War (CLP, 2011). Tasks focus on enhancing understanding and integration of the mate... Read More
