Instruction

US History

• Social Studies Rubric: An Explanation

How do you use historical investigations in social studies instruction?

• Steps in an historical investigation
• Sample historical investigations
  • Desegregation of the Armed Forces
  • Social Response to Lynchings
  • Significance of the Triangle Shirt Waist Fire
  • The "Noble Experiment"
• Audio interviews
  • Bruce Van Sledright discusses how kids learn history
  • Marcie Taylor-Thoma discusses historical investigations
  • Jon Harper discusses his classroom investigations
• Bookmarks to Useful Sites