study and teaching (elementary)

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.

Looks at the framing of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights and examines important articles and amendments as well as the three branches of government.

Contains over sixty primary source documents for use with the interactive whiteboard that provide information about Colonial America, the Westward Movement, and the Civil War, with background information, guiding questions, and activities for students in grades four to eight.

Contains thematic units, extension ideas, and reproducible activities on authors, appropriate for preschool and kindergarten classrooms, drawn from the pages of "The Mailbox" and "Teacher's Helper" magazines.

Collection of recipes, research, and readings on U.S. history appropriate for elementary students.

Presents a case study of fifth graders learning history, covering such topics as evidence and interpretation, source perspective and reliability, and understanding performance task results. Also includes class documents used in the study, and discussion of the author's research method.

A complete, ready-to-go resource filled with background information, primary sources, hands-on activities, literature and internet links, mapping activities, a read-aloud play, and more!.

A guide to building a literature-based history program for middle grade students, featuring nine units on topics ranging from Native Americans to World War II, each containing a suggested trade book for whole group reading, additional titles for use in small groups, vocabulary words, theme resources, and bibliography.