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		78.04.02: History of Connecticut Through 1690 ^Votes:0 Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute Home History of Connecticut Through 1690 by Joseph A. Montagna Contents of Curriculum Unit 78.04.02: The Geologic History of Connecticut The Indians of Connecticut The People Introduction to Lesson Plans Bibliography for Teachers Bibliography for Children To Guide Entry The Geologic History of Connecticut One cannot ignore the geologic forces that were at work to produce the landforms which now exist in Connecticut. It is as important to present this section as a beginning of the history of Connecticut as it is to teach our students about the first settlers of Connecticut. ?What was here before the Indians?? is a question many sixth grade students ask, and so this unit begins with the last ice Age. Connecticut is currently a place of gently sloping hills a Read More Go to Site


		80.06.09: Slavery in Connecticut 1640-1848 ^Votes:0 Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute Home Slavery in Connecticut 1640-1848 by David L. Parsons Contents of Curriculum Unit 80.06.09: Narrative Slavery in Colonial Connecticut The Black Code Social Conditions Slavery in Revolutionary Connecticut Black Soldiers The End of Slavery: 1797-1848 Sample Lesson Plan I Sample Lesson Plan 2 Sample Lesson Plan 3 Teachers? Bibliography Students? Bibliography Classroom Materials To Guide Entry Teaching both Connecticut and Afro-American history to sixth-graders last year, I began to question the wisdom of teaching the two subjects separately. Students? questions in class often revealed their attempts to relate the two main parts of their social studies work. The student who asked if Jonathan Trumbull was Black and the student who wanted to know where Conne Read More Go to Site

		92.03.03: A New Look At Old New Haven ^Votes:0 Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute Home A New Look At Old New Haven by Francis J. Degnan Contents of Curriculum Unit 92.03.03: Narrative Selected Episodes In The Development Of New Haven Lessons, An Overview Lesson 3 Portraiture; A Pictorial Autobiography Lesson 4 Who Are They? Lesson 5 Crafts / Cardboard Carving Student?s Bibliography Teacher?s Bibliography To Guide Entry This curriculum unit is designed to involve students in the third, fourth and fifth grades in the study of the growth of the New Haven Colony. Much of our city?s growth from village to New England town and eventually to a regional center has been based on events that shaped our early history. In our early mercantile and manufacturing history New Haven has had a climate that has inspired and nurtured invention and experime Read More Go to Site

		Antislavery Sentiments--World History/U.S. History/Government lesson plan (grades 9-12)--DiscoverySchool.com ^Votes:0 body {margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;background: #565656 url(http://www.discoveryeducation.com/images/BG.jpg) top left repeat-x;} .global_text { font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: #666666; } #header {position:relative;top:0px;left:0px;} #wrapper {position:relative;top:0px;left:0px;} #blocks {position:relative;top:0px;left:0px;} #logo {position:absolute;left:13px;top:13px; z-index:5; width: 108px; height: 68px;} #mainLinks {position:absolute;left:165px;top:39px; z-index:6; width: 582px; height: 18px;} #panelBox {position:absolute;right:20px;top:5px; z-index:12; width: 582px; height: 18px;} #educatorLoginBox {position:absolute;right:20px;top:7px; z-index:12; width: 582px; height: 18px;} #passcodeLoginBox {posit Read More Go to Site

		Curriculum: Amistad Primary Documents ^Votes:0 The Internet, "Exploring Amistad ," and Primary Documents The goal of this exercise is to encourage students to discern between primary and secondary documents utilizing the "Exploring Amistad " web site. This excercise was developed at Mystic Seaport for students enrolled in the State of Connecticut's Project LEARN . Over 40 students ages 9-13 participated in this excercise in the Mystic Seaport Information Services Lab. Exploring the primary documents: 1. Exploring Kale (one of the Amistad Africans) Go to the Discovery Section. Then go to People Section. Click on Kale?s name. Read Kale?s page. At the bottom of Kale?s page, go the the letter that he wrote. At the top of Kale?s letter, click on View Original Document . If you have time, return to the People Section and Read More Go to Site

		Teacher Lesson Plan - In Congress Assembled ^Votes:0 The Library of Congress In Congress Assembled : Continuity and Change in the Governing of the United States \| Overview \| Objectives \| Lessons \| Standards \| Acknowledgements \| Overview This unit includes four lessons using primary sources to examine continuity and change in the governing of the United States. Lessons one and two are focused on a study of the Constitution and Bill of Rights and provide access to primary source documents from the Library of Congress. Lesson three investigates important issues which confronted the first Congress and has students examine current congressional debate over similar issues. Lesson four features broadsides from the Continental Congress calling for special days of thanksgiving and remembrance. The first three lessons are intended for middle and high Read More Go to Site

		Weir Farm: Home of an American Impressionist ^Votes:0 Weir Farm: Home of an American Impressionist (Weir Farm National Historic Site) (Weir Farm National Historic Site) S unny north light streams into the small wooden studio built high on New England?s rocky landscape. Paintbrushes, canvases, and sketchbooks still clutter the artist?s work space. The acrid smell of oil paint pervades the atmosphere and brings to mind a time when an artist found creative energy at this rural escape from city life. Outside, the rolling green landscape is intersected by picturesque stone walls. The sweeping hillside is further punctuated by blossoming fruit trees and mature oaks and sugar maples. It is not hard to imagine a distinguished gentleman in a three-piece tweed suit standing before an easel, a paintbrush in one hand and a palette in the other. This is c Read More Go to Site

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