Browse Lessons Learned - TAH activities
Is your history curriculum based on abstract concepts? Learn how the Northern Nevada TAH Project team streamlined lesson plans with essential questions (EQs). [...] »
Teaching American History project staff outline the ongoing process of creating and managing effective lesson-study-focused grants. [...] »
Christina Chavarria of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum describes the many resources the museum can offer TAH Grant projects. [...] »
Has your school received the NEH's Picturing America materials? Brian Carlin and Philip Panaritis of New York describe how they incorporated Picturing American into TAH grant projects. [...] »
Speaking from years of experience, Gerri Hayes talks about planning TAH-grant-supported professional development courses for high school educators. [...] »
Place-based teaching isn't as simple as dropping students off at a museum. Sarah Jencks and Talia Mosconi talk about introducing teachers to layered teaching with historical sites. [...] »
It may be tempting to ask students to identify only with young, heroic figures that students want to see as similar to themselves. James A. Liou argues that students should be encouraged otherwise. [...] »
Text-based primary sources not catching your students' (or your) interest? Kim Laing and Elspeth Inglis of Kalamazoo, MI, talk about introducing objects to the classroom. [...] »
Immerse K-3 teachers in programs designed for them. [...] »
Historians learn from contact with educators. [...] »
