Gold+Rush+Lesson+Group

Austin (click for full page of links)

Article reviews :
 * 1) **Knaresborough, Adam**. “Rapping the 27 Amendments to the Constitution.” Social Education. 73(3) (2009) pg. 342-343.
 * 2) **Lovorn, Michael**. “Folk in the History Classroom: Using the Music of the People to Teach Eras and Events.” Social Education. 73(4) (2009) pg. 173-178.
 * 3) **Hartwick, James M. M. and Brett M. Levy**. "Teaching about Big Money in Elections: To Amend or Not to Amend the U.S. Constitution?" Social Education. 76(5) (2012) pg. 236-241.
 * 4) **Charles Howlett**, “Public Opinion on Long Island about the Vietnam War: A School Year Project Using Local Sources and Perspectives in the Classroom and in Student Research Papers,” The History Teacher 37 (2004).

Web 2.0 tool : review of Wikispaces for the social studies classroom Lesson & Resources : "Gold Rush Poetry" lesson

Ethan (click for full page of links)

Article reviews :
 * 1) Project-based instruction on the Vietnam War
 * 2) Using Fiction and Empathy to Boost Understanding of the American Revolution
 * 3) Using Technology to Establish a Foundation for Writing Assignments
 * 4) Writing with Material Culture

Web 2.0 tool: Wordle Lesson & Resources : "Gold Rush Poetry" lesson; links to resources (PBS Kids; Huntington Library; Federal Resources for teaching)

Rachel (click for full page of links)

Article reviews :


 * 1) "Teaching Secondary English Learners to Understand, Analyze, and Write Imperative Essays about Theme."
 * 2) “A Comparison of Text Structure and Self-Regulated Writing Strategies for Composing From Sources by Middle School Students.”
 * 3) "Enabling Students to Read Historical Images: The Value of the Three-Level Guide for Historical Inquiry."

Web 2.0 tool : Kidblog Lesson & Resources : "Gold Rush Poetry" lesson; links to resources (Thinkfinity lesson; History.com resource)