Describes the development of “Teaching with Documents” (TWD), a Website designed to help teachers and students make sense of the vast amount of source material available over the Internet. This site allows students to bring these resources to their work as historians in ways that are instructionally effective.
Muscatine Millennium Cherie Viner Describes how her work as an elementary art teacher was enhanced by building connections with classrooms through integration of online source materials into the teaching of art history,
Describes how online sources enhanced the teaching of local history as she teamed with teachers and students to explore available instructional resources.
The author describes how his 9th grade history classes stop in the 1950’s on their trip through history. By using online resources in conjunction with local community sources, students in his classes relive a time their parents and grandparents remember vividly and love to talk about.
Describes how online sources can enhance the study of architecture as students explore their local community and build connections wo the world through online sources.
Online sources provide the foundations for an investigation of slavery in America. Drawing upon the WPA ex-Slave Narratives available online, Horton’s students examine the evidence historians use to construct the often conflicting narratives of slavery.