Check out the events at CSU for Constitution Day on September 17: HIS 104 and HIS 370 students may use this event for participation credit!
Tag: US History
American History: Teacher's Perspective on Connecting Technology and Content
Rocky River Social Studies teacher Sara Ziemnik shares her thoughts on technology and historical thinking in US history-also see her Teacher Spotlight feature from December 2013. How do you use technology in…
American Government: Developing Citizens with Historical Thinking and Technology
Within American society, many citizens are deeply unaware of the institutions that govern them and work to continue to make the United States a democratic and free nation. They do not understand…
Global World War I
Today-June 28- marks the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo and the start of the events leading to the First World War. While institutions like the Imperial…
Resources: Connecting American History and Technology
In this post I explore three resources that can help American History teachers engage their students. Building on my previous American History post, Reacting to the Past, Digital History and WebQuest.org can…
American History: Connecting Past Content with Future Methods
The experience of many students in Social Studies classrooms has produced a culture of young people who are not only apprehensive to engage the disciplines (see my Introductory Post), but who also…
Connecting Historical Thinking and Technology in the Classroom – Introduction
Most often when students are polled about their experience in History or Social Studies classrooms, they give a common response: “it’s just boring, useless, memorization of facts.” As stated by James W….
Elias J. Gorman: Teacher Spotlight
We are proud to present CSU double alumnus EJ Gorman for the May Teacher Spotlight! Elias J. (EJ) Gorman teaches Social Studies at Bay High School in Bay Village, Ohio. Gorman is a…
April 7: "The Sixties and Struggle" presentation
Dr. Regennia Williams from the Department of History is hosting Dr. Nishani Frazier in her African American history survey courses for a special lecture-discussion, “The Sixties and the Struggle: Battles Fought and Lessons Learned.” …
CIFF Films for Social Studies
The CIFF is almost here! As I browsed the Cleveland International Film Festival College Program schedule today I made a list of films that could be useful to Social Studies and history…
