Was happy to feature a traveling trunk from American Battlefield Trust this year! Students engaged in activities that had them looking at various aspects of camp life and warfare. Very student-friendly artifacts and it sparked some great discussions!

Thank you Adam Moler for your 'Virtual Museum' template. For my Pre-Civil War Unit, students created 3 exhibits on 3 themes based on this unit: balance, conflict, resistance/abolitionists.

Very thoughtful responses that go far past any multiple choice or short response question.

Getting closer and closer to the Civil War!
⭐️4(?!)xPOV of candidates in the Election of 1860 & their views on slavery
⭐️Map & Tell of the Election of 1860 Electoral Map to foreshadow sides of the Civil War
⭐️Quick archetype of Lincoln's political pre-1860 political career

For the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, students explored numbers & documents to immerse themselves in this significant issue. We:
✅Did a Number Mania on stats relating to the act
✅Viewed 1850s ads, posters, & newspapers around the room
✅Made a 'Thin Story' based on 3 of the docs

TWTW in 505 - #eduprotocols #sstlap #sschat

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Dr. Scott M. Petri jcorippo Kimberly Voge Mr. Carr on the Web Corbin Moore Stephanie Howell Ariana Hernandez Dominic Helmstetter Jen Page Jennifer Goodman Stephanie Conklin Justin Unruh Jwoz_teaches Dave Burgess Mr. George

Behind on grading, but many students got me to stop rushing & take in their amazing work.

Spent some time analyzing primary sources about slavery/resistance. Then had students write an acrostic poem on the word “Resistance” & sketch a visual for it.

THEY DID GREAT!

April is #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth ! stay tuned to OCSS for exciting materials to help integrate Arab American history into your classrooms so that all of your students are represented in your classroom community! Arab American National Museum Arab American Institute

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Dr. Scott M. Petri jcorippo Kimberly Voge Mr. Carr on the Web
Corbin Moore Stephanie Howell Ariana Hernandez Dominic Helmstetter Jen Page Jennifer Goodman
Stephanie Conklin Justin Unruh Jwoz_teaches Dave Burgess Mr. George

Shoutout to Lois MacMillan (the 🐐) for her awesome “Picturing Frederick Douglass” lesson! It introduced Mr. Douglass to my classroom by having students analyze pictures of Douglass throughout his lifetime & contemporary depictions of him. Can’t wait to dig into his story more!

Tried something I saw on Twitter called “Dividing the Pie”

Students were given 5 different groups that migrated west & their motivations for going. They then made a pie chart to illustrate their answer to the question: “Were some motivations more influential than others?”

✅Thin Slides: students take the Mexican perspective on Polk stationing troops at border.

✅Zinn lesson: students took on a role of someone impacted by the war & shared with others.

✅3xPOV (thanks Adam Moler ): Students explain 3 different views on the war.

Introduced “King Jackson”& simply asked students if this was a positive or negative photo. It led to a great convo about executive power!

Finished w/ Yelp reviews where students impersonated Andrew Jackson & reviewed the Bank. I told them to get mean & they certainly delivered!

Saw this Comic Book Sketch/Tell and wanted to give it a shot! Thank you Adam Moler for putting it in your blog & Justin Unruh for making it!

Students read about the election of 1800 & had to create a comic strip. The dramatic election was a perfect backdrop for this activity!

The Sedition Act was today & we looked at some of the “victims” of its passage

1. Frayered Sedition Act
2. We looked at stories of those convicted under the act, designed a slide, & presented
3. Emoji paragraph

(Students also enjoyed seeing “arse” in Luther Baldwin’s story 😂)

Created a Structured Academic Controversy based on the ?: “Do you agree with Washington’s warning that political parties are dangerous?” Students were presented w/ opinions on both sides, data on polarization today, and even an (abridged) fed 10 😉

Election of 1800 here we come!

What a great #NCSS2023 conference! I had the opportunity to present on the great work Ohio Council for the Social Studies is doing, catch up with some great colleagues, and experience Nashville for the first time! Looking forward to the next one!