by Lisa Rathje | Sep 16, 2023
With candidates screaming at political opponents on the television and state legislatures across the country introducing or passing laws on how teachers speak about race and racism (Schwartz 2021), students in K–12 Social Studies classrooms need effective models of...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 16, 2023
Note About This Unit: Our other units are particularly geared toward middle and high school courses. This unit reminds us that younger grade levels can also discover, interpret, and represent new learning through primary sources. Starting with themselves, students...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 16, 2023
Thinking Geographically with Museum Collections is a lesson activity by Michelle Kelly that encourages students to think about migration and its effects on individuals, communities, and places while also reflecting on their family stories of migration. Using primary...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 16, 2023
Vermont Folklife, much like museums, libraries, and historical societies, often serves as a bridge between schools and other learning spaces that want to bring community members and their life experiences into their classrooms. We have learned over time that these...
by Lisa Rathje | Sep 16, 2023
Follow Andy Kolovos through this series of 5 short orientation videos to FolkSources.org. Introduction The Folk Sources CMS (Content Management System), Folksources.org, is an online repository and database that collects the primary source sets selected for inclusion...
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