Blog
Filtered by:
June 2015
Civil War Unit Ready to Pilot!
created
Jun 03, 2015 11:32 PM
Originally posted on January 19, 2012 by Shennan Hutton
I am totally thrilled to announce: THE HISTORY BLUEPRINT CIVIL WAR UNIT IS READY! Click on this link, and see it all for ...
Blueprint at the American Historical Association Conference
created
Jun 03, 2015 11:28 PM
Originally posted on January 14, 2012 by Shennan Hutton
Last Saturday, Karen Halttunen, Kristi Peckham, Amy Hale and I gave a presentation about the History Blueprint and the new Civil ...
Teaching Common Core Literacy Standards in History Classes
created
Jun 03, 2015 11:25 PM
Originally posted on December 23, 2011 by Shennan Hutton
For the secondary history teacher, teaching reading and writing can seem like pretty formidable tasks. Most of us were never ...
Teaching Civil War Battles
created
Jun 03, 2015 11:22 PM
Originally posted on December 1, 2011 by Shennan Hutton
Although many 8th-graders can appreciate the blood-and-guts movie/video game aspect of the Civil War, teaching them about the ...
Slavery was the Cause of the Civil War
created
Jun 03, 2015 11:21 PM
Originally posted on November 5, 2011 by Shennan Hutton
A reader recently commented that our approach to teaching the Civil War (and California History Social Science Content Standard ...