Teaching with Artifacts
I am a museum geek. I grew up going to museums in Chicago, part of our annual trip to see my grandparents. That, plus my love of American history, led me to the museum field and teaching with...
View ArticleHGSS + KCCRS = Integrated Lessons
I spent last Friday at a workshop in Salina with a group of fifty dedicated teachers learning how to implement the new History, Government, and Social Studies standards in their districts. It was...
View ArticleAnniversary of Quantrill’s Raid
August 21, 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of Confederate guerrilla William Quantrill’s devastating raid on Lawrence. The raid took 150 lives and left 80 women widows. Even the most ardent Kansas...
View ArticleWhy I Hate Museums
As a teacher, do you ever feel this way? Are you disappointed when you take a field trip with your students? That the effort is not worth the return? You aren’t alone. This was the title of a recent...
View ArticleFive Standards, Three Birds, and One Great Lesson
Travis Hardenburger is a seventh grade Kansas history and geography teacher at Wamego Middle School. He is working on a great presentation for the Kansas Council for History Education’s annual meeting...
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