additional resources
Got History? Effective Practices
(Grade 3-6)
Kevin Simpson
The following may be helpful in setting up teacher study groups, action research projects, etc. for the purpose of digging deeper into understanding data by using visual tools.
Teacher Learning Models
Faculty Study Groups:
http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/murphy202.cfm
Action Research:
http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/glanz203.cfm
Curriculum Resources
Just For Teachers
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/landing.jhtml?src=fp
The Gateway to Educational Materials
http://thegateway.org/
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html
Interactive Notebooks
http://www.journeytoexcellence.org/practice/instruction/theories/miscideas/notebook.phtml
Graphic Organizers
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ (takes a little while to load)
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/edis771/notes/graphicorganizers/graphic/
http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/
History Associations and Research Centers
http://jade.ccccd.edu/kwilkison/History%20associations.htm
National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/
Smithsonian Museum
http://www.si.edu/
The US Supreme Court
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
Thurgood Marshall Biographies
http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/hill/marshall.htm
http://www.thurgoodmarshall.com/home.htm
http://members.aol.com/klove01/marshall.htm
Interactive Web Based Software
Statistical Graphs (Comparisons):
http://math.youngzones.org/stat_graph.html
Famous People of Global History
http://www.quia.com/custom/1374main.html
Collection of history vocabulary games
http://www.quia.com/shared/hist/
Standards
MCREL Compendium of Standards
Setting the Standards for Standards-Based Education
National Standards for Social Studies Teachers
http://www.socialstudies.org/standards/teachers/vol1/
Professional Reading
Becker, Carl L., (as cited by Szasz, Ferenc. Quotes About History. Retrieved April 4, 2005 from http://hnn.us/articles/1328.html).
Davis, F.B. 1968. (as cited in Turner, Thomas N. 1999. Essentials of elementary social studies. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 81.
Jorgensen, Karen L. 1993. History workshop: Reconstructing the past with elementary students. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Publishing, 13.
Research
Making Sense of Graphs: Critical Factors Influencing Comprehension
Research article
Research on Teaching and Learning History: Selected References
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~bvansled/thsig/references.html
Teaching History in Elementary Schools
http://ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/reports/ed-researchrep/98/98-jan-report5.htm
Teaching History in the Elementary School
http://www.thememoryhole.org/edu/eric/ed293784.html
Teaching History for Citizenship in the Elementary School
http://www.ericdigests.org/2004-2/history.html
Understanding Graphs
Math Tools Website
West Ed Use of Data Report in PDF format
What Works In Schools Resources - ASCD
