This blog is maintained by a Texas social studies junior high school teacher in a search to find motivation and meaning for students and teachers of history. Technology, topics, books, strategies, artifacts, stories and more.....a personal quest for the ultimate junior high history course.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Final Exams
We have been preparing for the finals and dealing with reviews. We are right in the middle of learning about the Constitution. We are covering the goals and principles of the Constitution as well as the Constitutional Convention. There is an upcoming project for the Pre-AP classes and a whole new style of lesson plan for the academic classes.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Constitutional Convention
I have found the most useful book and website. It is sponsored by Ashland University. The website has everything from artwork (notarized with text boxes on the identification of the faces), an index to Madison's notes and much more. The link is http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/. Simply fantastic. The book has a brief bio of every member of the convention. I luckily found this jewel at Half-Price during the holiday break, Founding Fathers by M.E. Bradford.
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