Analyzing Primary Sources: Learning from Music Guided primary source analysis activities The Banks of the Yellow Sea Leonard Bernstein illustrated letter Election Day L’Africana – L’Africaine Opera Learning from the Source lesson plans Capturing Character on Camera Mourning Lincoln & the Art of Tribute The Negro Speaks of Rivers Science Radium Romp The Star Spangled Banner K-2 The Star Spangled Banner 3-5 We Shall Overcome Library of Congress … [Read more...]
Primary Source Spotlight: Emmeline Pankhurst
July 9, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From the Library of Congress: Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) was the unchallenged leader of the direct action wing of the British suffrage movement. She had, followers claimed, "invented most of the ingenious and daring devices of the "Militant Suffragette' which have stirred up so much discussion throughout the civilized world." Primary sources Emmeline Pankhurst image set Emmeline Pankhurst news clippings and other texts More Emmeline Pankhurst texts Emmeline Pankhurst U.S. … [Read more...]
Primary Source Review: June 2019
July 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Find all the fabulous primary sources and teaching ideas shared June 2019 by @PSNTPS from the Primary Source Nexus, the Library of Congress, the House, the Senate, the World Digital Library, teachers and students in the classroom, and more! We’ve got Civics, History, ELA and STEAM resources—for immediate access to all of these, simply follow @PSNTPS on Twitter. … [Read more...]
Featured Source: Panoramic View of Mount Rainier
June 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Zoom into the map and analyze it, creating a bulleted list of what you learned from your analysis and another list of any questions that you have; click the image above to access the source record. Use the scale to trace a 1-mile square grid over the image portion of the map. Use the grid to determine a rough estimate of the number of square miles of glacier coverage, jotting down the number. Then create a square-mile grid for this timelapse map to determine rough estimates of the number of … [Read more...]
Citizen U News: Issue 6
June 18, 2019 by Leave a Comment
SUBSCRIBE | News Archive We've come to the end of another school year, and will be on hiatus over the summer preparing to hit the ground running, and harder, for 2019-20, after ending the 2018-19 on a very high note, with the eleventh annual Our American Voice Summit, this year in two locations, and the ground-breaking passage of a new civics education requirement for all middle schools in Illinois, which OAV students … [Read more...]
Primary Source Spotlight: Music
June 13, 2019 by Leave a Comment
National Jukebox PSN curated primary source sets American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Marian Anderson California Folk Music Project George M. Cohan Aaron Copland Duke Ellington James Reese Europe Ella Fitzgerald George Gershwin & Gullah Culture Dizzy Gillespie W.C. Handy & the Blues Victor Herbert Billie Holiday Jazz Music Julia Ward Howe Mahalia Jackson Louis Jordan Jenny Lind Metropolitan Opera House … [Read more...]
Primary Source Review: May 2019
June 4, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Find all the fabulous primary sources and teaching ideas shared May 2019 by @PSNTPS from the Primary Source Nexus, the Library of Congress, the House, the Senate, the World Digital Library, teachers and students in the classroom, and more! We’ve got Civics, History, ELA and STEAM resources—for immediate access to all of these, simply follow @PSNTPS on Twitter. … [Read more...]
Primary Source Spotlight: Polio
May 28, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Historical newspaper coverage of polio A Special Report on Polio 1955 film U.S. legislation related to polio from 1985 on When Polio Was Defeated by a Vaccine…and a Seven-Year-Old Girl Now See Hear! blog post October 28, 2014 Polio timeline History of Vaccines, College of Physicians of Philadelphia What is Polio? CDC Jonas Salk historical newspaper coverage Jonas Salk speech at the National Press Club April 12, 1965 (PDF) S.Res.101, 109th Congress - A resolution … [Read more...]
Middle School Teachers: Apply for Civic Engagement Champions Award
May 22, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The National Association for State Boards of Education (NASBE) has announced a new Civic Engagement Champions Award for middle school teachers who promote their students’ active citizenship. This first year, the award will be open to teachers of grades 5-8 from 4 states representing NASBE’s four regional membership areas (see below). Teachers should self-nominate and submit completed applications by June 10, 2019. With the support of the Frank Islam Institute for 21st Century Citizenship (FII), … [Read more...]
TPS Spotlight: Civics Educator Micro-Credential Pilot for Illinois Teachers
May 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The TPS Civics Educator Micro-Credential Program consists of 3 distinct courses, each leading to an individual digital badge. The courses are “stacked” as one course builds to the next. A teacher who completes all 3 courses in the stack earns a “master” digital badge. The courses include: TPS Civics Teaching Expert TPS Civics Curriculum Design Expert TPS Civics Coaching Expert The TPS Civics Educator Micro-Credential Program is for teachers of any subject and any grade because … [Read more...]
James Gibbons born. Check out our 
Charles E. Menches conceived ice cream cone. Check out our