history websites for elementary students

Northampton Public Schools, Jackson Street Elementary - Revolutionary War-Northampton Northampton Public Schools, Florence Learning Center - Connecting History to the Present North Adams Public Schools, Drury High School - Immigration and Industrialization in North Adams, Massachusetts Baird Middle School, Chapin Street School - The History of Ludlow, 1774-1850

Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public School - Colonial Voices of Williamsburg, MA Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public School - Basil Dorsey: Case Study of a Fugitive Slave in Florence, Massachusetts Granby Public Schools, West Street School - Granby Then and Now Let us know if we can add your student-created local history website to this page of examples.īelchertown High School - The Bridgmans of Belchertown

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Local history projects featured prominently in Emerging America’s Teaching American History grant (2006-2013). Click here for a downloadable summary of all activities and the learning objectives and spatial thinking concepts targeted in each activity.The websites below were created by teams of teachers and students from Kindergarten through high school. The collection is not intended to be a complete map skill program, and the activities can be adapted for higher or lower grades. This collection can help you teach an assortment of map skills through activities that address the spatial thinking abilities of young children and developmental appropriateness. Students who develop robust spatial thinking skills will be at an advantage in our increasingly global and technological society. Young students also enhance their language skills as they collaborate and communicate about spatial relationships. It also deepens and gives a more complete understanding of history and is linked to success in math and science. Spatial thinking is one of the most important skills that students can develop as they learn geography, Earth, and environmental sciences. Spatial thinking allows students to comprehend and analyze phenomena related to the places and spaces around them-and at scales from what they can touch and see in a room or their neighborhood to a world map or globe.

Spatial Thinking and Maps Skills in Young Children

History websites for elementary students