SeaConquest Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I was reading this month's Stanford alumni magazine, and they profiled a successful middle school and high school history curriculum. It is called Reading Like A Historian, and uses primary source material. It is a free US and world history curriculum, and I thought I would share it with the hive in case anyone is interested. Here is a link to an article about the curriculum, as well as a link to the curriculum itself. http://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=61541 http://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelli Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I was reading this month's Stanford alumni magazine, and they profiled a successful middle school and high school history curriculum. It is called Reading Like A Historian, and uses primary source material. It is a free US and world history curriculum, and I thought I would share it with the hive in case anyone is interested. Here is a link to an article about the curriculum, as well as a link to the curriculum itself. http://alumni.stanfo...rticle_id=61541 http://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh I'm a few years from needing this, but I just want to say THANK YOU!!! :hurray: As a former history teacher, this is fabulous stuff. I'm trying to decide if I need to go ahead and download all of this since it might not be there when I need it. :gnorsi: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahW Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I like it! The associated site Historical Thinking Matters also looks really good. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfamily Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 This looks great! Thank you for sharing this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSinNH Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Wow...this is great. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwg Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Thank you! We are doing US history next year. eta: is this high school? or middle school? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily_Grace Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Thank you! I'm printing out the Chinese Exclusion lesson right now. :) It fits in perfectly with the California history unit my 14yo is doing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Awesome resource — thank you!!! :thumbup1: Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnL Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Just wanted to say thank you! Just printed India partitioning lesson. It was already our subject for today so we now have turned it into something more substantial.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyH in NC Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 This looks like a perfect addition to our high school history plans. Thanks so much for the links. Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homemama2 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie in VA Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Thanks so much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 They should be free to download. They are being used by public school teachers all over the country. No Stanford degree required. I haven't tried to download, as I am mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Thank you. My dd, the future history major, thanks you, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily_Grace Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 They should be free to download. They are being used by public school teachers all over the country. No Stanford degree required. I haven't tried to download, as I am mobile. They are. You have to make an account to get them, but they are free. Some of the lessons use Discovery Streaming as an enhancement but as we found out yesterday, that part is easily skipped and the lesson still works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haupia Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Thank you soooooooo much for this!! It has been a huge stress of mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Thank you -- wonderful material! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pen Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohop Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 You may also want to note for future use that there is a version of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States written for school-age kids. I am not sure exactly what age it targets, but maybe starting with the middle school/logic age kids? I haven't looked deeply into it myself yet, as my kids are also still young. There are 3 volumes titled A Young People's History of the United States. I've always thought it'd be really fun to teach high school history by having kids read a standard history text book and also something like Zinn's book and comparing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 I was reading this month's Stanford alumni magazine, and they profiled a successful middle school and high school history curriculum. It is called Reading Like A Historian, and uses primary source material. It is a free US and world history curriculum, and I thought I would share it with the hive in case anyone is interested. Here is a link to an article about the curriculum, as well as a link to the curriculum itself. http://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=61541 http://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh What a great resource---thank you very much! We will be studying US History next year, and this will be a nice addition to the primary text (The American Odyssey), Zinn's book, Lies My Teacher Told Me, past AP US History free response questions and document-based questions, and field trips to historical sites :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mom-ninja. Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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