Friday, March 5, 2010

Early Inventions

We can learn about our country by looking at some of the early inventions during the Westward Expansion time period, like the cotton gin, steamship, railroad, and reaper. If you could create your own invention, what would it be and why would it help our country?

Monday, March 1, 2010

Civil Rights Books

How could you use the fiction book: "A Thousand Never Evers" or non-fiction book: "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" in your classroom to help students learn more about the Civil Rights Movement?