Adding Interest to History Lessons
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Posted by Jennifer Wagaman Jan 4, 2009 |
History is a very common subject for students to dislike. Unless you teach this subject in a way that is creative and asks students to learn new and exciting things, your students will dread history class as much as you dread teaching it.
Save your Newspapers and bring them to school to help bring fresh lesson ideas into the classroom. Here are some activities that you can do with newspapers in the classroom.
Take advantage of what happens in the news to teach students. Draw your students in with open discussion and allow them to have some say in the direction the lesson goes.
Lesson Ideas for President's Day
Teach students about the history of the African American people, and the early days of Slavery in America with these lessons:
Lessons for Black History Month
Lesson on Underground Railroad