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\nFamily History: Activity Pack\n

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\nYoung history detectives investigate their family history through interviews, genealogical research, and family artifacts and heirlooms. They research family members who stood up for their beliefs, examine family treasures to discover...\n
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\nCivil War: Activity Pack\n

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\nThe three lessons in the Civil War: Activity Pack collection provide young history detectives with an opportunity to examine artifacts the reveal African-American involvement in the United States Civil War. They watch videos to learn...\n
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\nBlack Americans in Congress\n

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\nSeven lessons make up a unit about African Americans who served in the United States Congress from 1870 to 2007. Young historians read contextual essays, engage in activities, examine primary source images, and artifacts to gain an...\n
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\nThe Price of Freedom: Americans at War Printable Exhibition\n

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\nThe Price of Freedom: Americans at War is a collection of 13 resources from a printable exhibition curated by the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Each resource begins with a summary and a table of contents. The resources...\n
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\nWomen in Congress\n

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\nDesigned to be used in conjunction with the Women in Congress publication, seven lesson plans look at the women pioneers who served in congress from 1917 to 2006. The collection includes essays, photographs, artifacts, and quotations.\n
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\nWomen's History: Activity Pack\n

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\nA three-lesson unit from PBS’s History Detective series has young historians investigating women's contributions to American history. Young sleuths search for clues in artifacts, images, and videos. They hold a mock convention, create...\n
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\nAngel Island Immigrant Journeys\n

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\nYoung historians study the Angel Island Immigration Station with activities examining primary and secondary source materials, maps, and websites. The unit begins with individuals creating a map of Angel Island, labeling sites on the...\n
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\nCalifornia Mission Lessons\n

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\nThe California missions were established by the Franciscans with the hope of converting Native Americans to Catholicism. The three lessons in this collection present fourth graders with primary source documents, paintings, and drawings...\n
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\nMy Part of the Story: Exploring Identity in the United States\n

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\nIs it possible to combine many voices into one national identity? That is the question addressed by the unit module “My Part of the Story: Exploring Identity in the United States.” The unit consists of six lessons that ask high schoolers...\n
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\nWho are you? It's a simple question, but younger learners have the opportunity to express their complex identities by making artifacts that represent parts of their identities. After engaging in the activity, they share who they are with...\n
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\nUsing Artifacts for Clues About Identity\n

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\nLearn about the ancient Near East through a close examination of ancient artifacts. Lead your class into analysis by first observing an artifact as a class. Pupils can then work in pairs to analyze the other artifacts and compile a list...\n
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\nAnalyzing Artifacts\n

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\nIf only a mask could talk! Using the interactive tool along with historical thinking skills, pupils uncover the meaning behind the various materials the resource presents. History becomes more relevant as the artifacts tell their stories...\n
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\nArtifacts give us the privilege of learning about the past, may it be family, culture, or traditions. Here, class members learn about their family's past with the help of an artifact, or family heirloom. Once an artifact is...\n
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\nReading Artifacts\n

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\nHistory detectives put their keen observation skills to the test as they closely examine artifacts. Drawing on visual and tactile clues, they formulate a theory about who done it, or in this case who made it, why, and for what...\n
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\nPrimary Sources and Personal Artifacts\n

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\nConnect historical text to primary sources. Researchers observe and discuss primary sources. Then, historians bring in their own personal artifacts and connect them back to their history.\n
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\nThe Grapes of Wrath: Scrapbooks and Artifacts\n

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\nLearners complete research to enhance their reading of \"The Grapes of Wrath\". Using the text, they identify and locate cultural artifacts and discuss their symbolic connotations. As a class, they create a museum exhibit of the various...\n
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\nDigging Up Artifacts On Line\n

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\nWhy is it important to preserve historical documents and artifacts? Examine the role of primary source documents and the availability of these documents on the Internet. Middle and high schoolers write a journal about the nature of...\n
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\nArtifacts 1: What Can We Learn From Artifacts?\n

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\nSixth graders are introduced to artifacts and explore an online archaeological site to  connect clues about how people once lived. In this deductive reasoning lesson, 6th graders participate in the stratigraphy game on Kids Dig...\n
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\nArtifacts 2: Artifacts in Context\n

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\nStudents explore world history by completing artifact worksheets. In this archaeology lesson, students identify the importance of finding clues when researching historical information by utilizing artifacts. Students research the...\n
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\nWhat Can We Learn from Artifacts?\n

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\nStudents examine how artifacts are discovered and explore their significance as it pertains to gathering important information. For this artifacts lesson, students obtain knowledge about the way artifacts are excavated and examine an...\n
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\nWhat Artifacts Reveal About The Past\n

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\nStudents take a closer look at artifacts to learn about the people who used them. In this colonial America lesson, students examine photographs of everyday items used in colonial times and determine what the uses of the tools may be...\n
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\nCreating Historians Part Two: The Grab Bag\n

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\nYou don't need to be a museum curator to bring artifacts into the classroom; part two of a series on approaching social studies as a group of historians.\n
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\nThis Old Ship\n

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\nJunior archaeologists will be able to describe shipwreck artifacts and the information they reveal. They work in small groups to reasearch wreckage features of different period ships, making this not only a science lesson, but a social...\n
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\nArti-Factual Evidence\n

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\nPractice responding to controversial information with the New York Times lesson provided here. Middle schoolers watch a video interview with the director of The Lost Tomb of Jesus. After reading a companion article, they identify...\n
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