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TEACHING WITH PRIMARY SOURCES

High School Level

11th grade U.S. History

• Free States, Slave States: Creating the Constitution – Paul Gaskins
• Coming to America – Jan Rolan
• Expansionism – Terrance E. Cline
• Foreign Policy – Debbie Cline
• Immigration in America—Past/Present – Colleen Schow
• Social Reform: Women’s Movement – Karen Selman
• The Great War – Ruth King
• Treatment of Blacks After the Civil War – Chris Griffiths

Middle School Level

8th grade U.S. History

• European Explorers of the Americas – Andrea Hogan
• Europeans in the New World: The Colonial Experience – Cher McDonald
• To Form a More Perfect Union: The Rights of the People – Kathleen Carlson
• Discovery of the Americas Through Maps – Paula Snyder
• Maps of the New World – Steven Suggs
• Not for the Weak of Heart: Settling the American West – Jeninne Banks
• Coming to America – Jan Rolan
• Developing the Constitution – Laurie Banks
• Ideas that Made the Constitution – Erica Kent
• Lincoln: A Biography – Kathleen Dale
• Political and Social Changes in U.S. Before the Civil War – Tara Osborn
• Political Cartoons and the Civil War – Gayle Linford
• Prohibition of the 1920s – Quinn Rollins
• Treatment of Blacks After the Civil War – Chris Griffiths
• We’ll Find the Place: Finding a Home in the West – Pam Su’a
• Westward Movement – Dallas Smith

7th grade Utah Studies

• Overlanders and Mormons: The Trail Westward – Craig Wilson
• Take a STAYCATION!  Fun and Games in 20th Century Utah – N. Brisbay
• Not for the Weak of Heart: Settling the American West – Jeninne Banks
• Utah’s Geography and It’s Inhabitants – Heather Leary
• We’ll Find the Place: Finding a Home in the West – Pam Su’a
• Westward Movement – Dallas Smith

Elementary School Level

5th grade

• Our View of the World: Exploring the Americas – Emily Olaya
• European Explorers of the Americas – Andrea Hogan
• Europeans in the New World: The Colonial Experience – Cher McDonald
• To Form a More Perfect Union: The Rights of the People – Kathleen Carlson
• Discovery of the Americas Through Maps – Paula Snyder
• Maps of the New World – Steven Suggs
• Not for the Weak of Heart: Settling the American West – Jeninne Banks
• Developing the Constitution – Laurie Banks
• Ideas that Made the Constitution – Erica Kent
• Lincoln: A Biography – Kathleen Dale
• Political and Social Changes in U.S. Before the Civil War – Tara Osborn
• Political Cartoons and the Civil War – Gayle Linford
• Prohibition of the 1920s – Quinn Rollins
• The Great War – Ruth King
• Treatment of Blacks After the Civil War – Chris Griffiths

4th grade

• Overlanders and Mormons: The Trail Westward – Craig Wilson
• Take a STAYCATION!  Fun and Games in 20th Century Utah – N. Brisbay
• Not for the Weak of Heart: Settling the American West – Jeninne Banks

Summer Core Academy

Secondary Social Studies teachers have an opportunity to attend a summer academy to learn the new Common Core and how to incorporate it into their teaching. All principals have information on registering (Feb. 16) so check with your administrator if you are interested in attending. Elementary teachers are invited to district-level trainings on the new Common Core--check with administrators for dates and registering information.

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