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Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide

Strategically plan a collaborative unit and learn how to overcome those everyday obstacles that prevent success. This guide is accompanied by four lesson plans to help you put collaboration into practice.

Format: series (multiple pages)

High school history and English: Natural partners

In Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide, page 1

Strategically plan a collaborative unit and overcome those everyday obstacles that prevent success. While this article focuses specifically on English-history collaboration, there is much to kindle the interest of any high school teachers.

By Karen Cobb Carroll, Ph.D., and NBCT.

Who started the Civil War?: Comparing perspectives on the causes of the war

This lesson plans presents the account of Rose O'Neal Greenhow, a confederate spy during the Civil War. Students are encouraged to find confirming and refuting evidence of her perspective on what caused the Civil War by browsing the Documenting the American South Collection of digitized primary sources.

Format: lesson plan (grade 11–12 Social Studies)

By Meghan Mcglinn.

Finding your audience: a primer

In Writing for the Web, page 3

Before you sit down to write something, ask yourself some questions about the people who will read it.

By David Walbert.

Guidelines for being a good online learner

The elements that ensure success in an online learning environment are slightly different than those in a traditional classroom. These guidelines will help ensure your success as an online learner.

Format: article/help

Working with available space

Despite a space with limited possibilities, Becky Smith has organized a high school biology classroom where she can work and her students can learn. A classroom profile.

By Sydney Brown.

The Johnstown Flood: Cause and effect

In Where English and history meet: A collaboration guide, page 3

This lesson plan combines work with the Johnstown Flood, one of the most significant news events of the late nineteenth century, and the development of cause and effect argument.

Format: (grade 11 Social Studies)

By Karen Cobb Carroll, Ph.D., and NBCT.

Organization of Civil War armies

Article describes the levels of organization of northern and southern armies and the officers who commanded at each level.

Format: article

Letting students ask the questions -- and answering them

For this high school science teacher, learning science means doing science. A look at an inquiry-based earth and environmental science classroom.

Format: article/best practice

By Amy Anderson.

Quality standards for online K–12 courses

Standards for curriculum, design, student assessment, management, and evaluation in online courses offered to K–12 students through LEARN NC.

Format: article/help

Resources on the web

Artifact & Analysis: A Teacher's Guide to Interpreting Objects and Writing History

Presents artifacts and related documents as well as teaching materials to emphasize analytical thinking and writing, especially in (but not limited to) U.S. History. (Learn more)

Format: website/general

Provided by: Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies