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Amelia's Daughters: A Legacy of Women in Flight
Cheryl YoungJuly 23, 2010
Tags After-School Learning, Career and Technical Education, Integrated Studies, Middle (6-8), High (9-12), History, Minnesota, Wisconsin

Editor's Note: Today's guest blog is in honor of Amelia Earhart's birthday, July 24, 1897. The author is Cheryl Young, educator, founder of Young Education Services (YES) and biographer of Elizabeth Strohfus, WWII pilot.

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The Kentucky Derby, Springboard to Lessons in American Culture
David MarkusApril 30, 2010
Tags Place-Based Learning, History, Kentucky

May 1st is the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky, known around the globe as "the most exciting two minutes in sports." For my money, it's also a treasure chest of inspiration for social studies and other interesting class discussions.

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Do Your Final Projects Challenge and Motivate Students?
Elena AguilarApril 19, 2010
Tags Comprehensive Assessment, Project-Based Learning, Middle (6-8), California, History

One summer, I spent weeks planning the following year's curriculum. By the time school started, I had rough plans for a culminating project: a living museum

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Educating Girls: Personalizing the History of Women's Rights
EdutopiaApril 15, 2010
Tags Parental Involvement, Service Learning, Teacher Development, All Grades, History

On my drive to work this morning, I heard a radio story that took my mind totally off the road. NPR reporter Quil Lawrence related that when the new Iraqi parliament convenes soon, 25 percent of its members will be women. A new Iraqi law mandates it. So in some districts where a man got the most votes, a woman will instead take the seat.

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How to Engage Young Students in Historical Thinking
Elena AguilarApril 8, 2010
Tags Primary (K-2), Student Engagement, Teacher Development, Upper Elementary (3-5), History

Last week over breakfast, my six-year-old son declared, "George Washington was a good president."

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Remembering Salinger and Zinn
David MarkusJanuary 28, 2010
Tags Literacy, English Language Arts, History

Some folks say deaths come in threes.

That makes me nervous. What with the passing yesterday and today of two great men of letters -- historian Howard Zinn and novelist J.D. Salinger -- I don't want to look at tomorrow's obits.

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What's the Price of Censorship?
EdutopiaJanuary 17, 2010
Tags , High (9-12), English Language Arts, History

It turns out censorship can be costly -- not just in terms of the free exchange of ideas but also in terms of cold, hard cash. The Fallbrook Union High School District, in southern California, recently settled a censorship case over articles the high school principal withheld from the student newspaper. The district's agreement: a $7,500 payment to the school's former journalism teacher and $20,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union.

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