Winterthur–THURS

All, we’ll board the bus tomorrow (Thurs) at 7:45AM and depart by 8AM.  See you then!

 

Matt

Lesson Plan Topics (Philly Edition) [Updated x2].

This list will be updated as the come in via e-mail or in the comments below:

Becky Valencia – Quakers and Amish

Ryan Boyd – Historical Art Works

Dana Ferguson – Franklin’s Occupations

Brett Bridgeman – Franklin’s Experiments

Crystal Campbell: Amish v. Menonites

Lauren Gonzales: Washington’s Crossing and the Battle of Trenton

Connie Prewitt: Joseph Plumb Martin

Denyse Kunz: Colonial and Revolutionary Era Children

Dave Buckallew: Valley Forge

Staci Rodosevich: Gettysburg

Chris Jones: Bill of Rights

Elizabeth Aragon-Blanton: Women of the Revolutionary Era

Kelsey Moore: The Geography of Philadelphia

John Hutchins: Benjamin Franklin and the Post Office

Kelli Archuletta: Franklin as Enlightenment Philosopher

Donna Batt: Fugitive Slave Act

Wendy Shipley: Gender in Colonial/Revolutionary America

Marie Schwager:  Basic Constitutional Principles

The Crisis of the Union Electronic Archives.

The Civil War Era web site that Bob Engs was telling us about this morning, the Crisis of the Union Electronic Archives, is here.

I’ve been doing some sampling already. Click the picture to see it better.

Here’s the envelope Bob showed during his lecture (on the web site it’s in color):

Here’s an anti-feminist cartoon from the Reconstruction Era:

The caption is “How it would be if some ladies had their own way.”

And finally, we gotta have some Abe:

This really is an incredible resource for teachers at all grade levels, including me.