Children & Teenagers in U.S. History: A Focus Workshop
February 5, 2011
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Children & Youth in History |
Though not limited to American history, this is the site where you will want to spend most of your time. Children & Youth in History is a world history resource that provides teachers and students with access to sources about young people from the past to the present. This site contains primary documents, website reviews, case studies and teaching modules. From the website reviews page, you can link to dozens of other websites about children in history. | ||
http://memory.loc.gov/learn//lessons/98/labor/plan.html Child Labor in America, Grades 6-8 |
Students critically examine, respond to and report on photographs as historical evidence. Focus on the work of reformer/photographer Lewis Hine's photographs of child labor. |
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http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/do_history/young_people/index.cfm Do history: Children in History |
A smaller subsection of the larger Do History website, this page contains quotations from diaries and letters of children. Divided by subject, they reveal much about many aspects of U.S History. | ||
http://www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/index.html Children of the Camps |
This website is designed to accompany today’s documentary. It contains excellent supplementary materials like timelines, website lists, primary documents and a teaching guide. The site can be a little hard to navigate, but to access the teaching guide go to Resources and scroll down to the very bottom of the page for the link to the pdf. |
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http://www.ushistory.org/us/46c.asp The Invention of the Teenager |
A quick overview from U.S History.org of the rise of the teenager. | ||
http://www.merrycoz.org/kids.htm 19th Century Children and What They Read |
Touching directly on what Professor McDowell will discuss this afternoon, this site represents the voices of 19th century children in excerpts from diaries and scrapbooks as well as providing examples of books and magazines read by children. | ||
http://www.chesapeake.edu/Library/EDU_101/eduhist.asp The History of Education in America |
With quick summaries and links to the primary sources, this website by Chesapeake College provides an excellent overiew of the history of education. The site lacks specifics, but woud be a good starting place. |
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