Posts from the ‘Resources’ Category
From the Zinn Education Project: We have just posted 10 new teaching resources at our website! These include a dramatic role play about the little-knownJapanese Latin American internment during World War II; an article on working with Lewis Hine’s photos of child labor; activities on the first-ever Indigenous People’s Summit on Climate Change; and a role play [...]
If you would like to know more about the Doctrine of Discovery of or the current status of tribal sovereignty, check out Dr. Robert Miller’s blog. http://lawlib.lclark.edu/blog/native_america/
If you enjoyed Paul Weill’s presentation, and would like to have his reading strategies in an editable form, download them below. Below are some reading strategies, primarily for textbook and primary sources, developed by Bill Rexford and Garrett GLadden for use in their classrooms.
In Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and Manifest Destiny, Professor Robert Miller addresses the international legal principle called the Doctrine of Discovery and how that legal rule was used in American history and transformed into the American policy of Manifest Destiny. Professor Miller is our featured historian at the upcoming [...]
If you would like to learn more about backwards designed lesson planning, we have some resources posted below: Greece’s guide to backwards design (be sure to look at all of the steps listed in the sidebar) Grant Wiggins Big Ideas Interview with Jay McTighe Sample backwards designed lesson plan
