American Revolution and Primary Source Documents
Summary: This podcast was developed as part of an elementary-level Clark County School District Teaching American History Grant. The three-year grant will fund six modules per year with each module focusing on a different era of American history and a different pedagogical theme. This podcast focuses on the American Revolution and Primary Source Documents in Elementary Schools. Participants in the grant are third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers in Clark County (the greater Las Vegas area), Nevada. Teaching scholars include Drs. Michael Green and Deanna Beachley of the College of Southern Nevada and Dr. Christy Keeler of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. As part of this five week module, teachers meet on campus on two occasions and the remainder of their work is completed online. The culminating experience for the module is participant development and use of a unit plan on primary source documents of the American Revolution utilizing a Dinah Zike paper-folding project.
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- Artist: Christy G. Keeler, Ph.D.
- Copyright: (c) 2007 Christy Keeler, Michael Green, Deanna Beachley
Podcasts:
Click here to listen to an audio of the lecture delivered by Drs. Green and Beachley during the October 28, 2009 session (Session II).
Click here to access Dr. Michael Green's lecture titled "Nevada during the American Revolution."
I recommend the article "Thinking Like a Historian: A Framework for Teaching and Learning" by Nikki Mandell. The article, appearing in the April 2008 issue of OAH Magazine of History, outlines the theoretical reasons for teaching students why they should engage in historical inquiry and provides guiding scaffolds for assisting students through the process.
After seeing this bulletin board example in the April 2008 edition of OAH Magazine of History, I saw the potential for modifying it for use when teaching about wars. What a wonderful way to have students learn from while creating a bulletin board!
I recommend "If Pictures Could Talk, If Walls Could Whisper: Revolutionary Practices that Engage Students in History," a slideshow presentation delivered by Delise Sanders at the National Council for History Education Conference in 2008. The conference slides introduce teachers to methods for helping students develop an understanding of an appreciation for primary sources. Using many student-made and literature-based examples, Sanders suggests starting with student projects focusing on their own lives, moving toward local history, and eventually studying broader national historical topics.
This video was developed by the Library of Congress to introduce patrons to their resources.
Margaret Loveall's Foldable
This audio lecture was recorded by Dr. DeAnna Beachley to teach about the women of the Revolutionary Era. Women of the Revolutionary Era — Dr. Beachley (Audio Lecture)
Jessica Parker's Foldable
Terry Hedge's Foldable
Sheri Aragon's Foldable
Stephanie Pancheck's Foldable
Laurie Nicholas' Foldable
Linda Deibel's Foldable
Verena Bryan's Foldable
