Four Score And So Many Projects Ago

Be prepared to hit the resource trenches and explore project options galore!  We will forge through a landscape rich with learner choice and navigate through a collection of student-driven research and assessment approaches applied in 8th grade US History.  You will surely walk away with ideas for learners of all ages, ready to launch in a variety of settings.  

My Presentation:

Resources Shared:

Connect With Other Teachers:

1. Middle School Social Studies Facebook Group
2. Social Studies Collaborative Drive
3. Rubistar: Rubric Generator 

Quinn Rollins (@jedikermit)

1. Blog: Play Like a Pirate
2. Design a Uniform
3. POP! & Action Figures
4. Blog: POP! Series US Industrialist

Virtual Museums via Dr. Keeler

1. Virtual Museums Templates

Karalee Nakatuska (@historyfrog)

1. Go Fund Me Google Doc Template

Google Maps

1. Creating Historical Timelines using Google Maps
2. Google Tour Builder
3. Heart of the Appaloosa Example 

Ryan O'Donnell: (@creativeedtech)

1. Blog: Creative Ed Tech
2. Templates (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and more)

Social Media Progressive Era Project

1. Directions and Resources
2. Snap Chat Template (Google Draw)
3. Snap Chat Template (Printable)

Fake Text Message Generators

1. SMS Generator (Classtools.net)
2. FakePhone Text

Trading Cards

1. Trading Cards Generator (Read Write Think)

Netflix Series

1. Directions and Templates (via Buzzworthy Projects)
2. Other Buzzworthy Project Based Learning and Digital Breakouts 

Breaking News

1. Newspaper Templates (PPT)
2. Breaking News Generator (Classtools.net)
3. Blog Post: Extra Extra....Using Newspapers in the Classroom

Posters

1. Adobe Spark (For Education)
2. Motivator
3. Automotivator
4. Keep Calm
5. Festisite 
6. Blog Post: Inspirational Posters in the Classroom

Comics

1. Comic Template (Printable)
2. MakeBelieve Comix
3. Comic Creator (Read Write Think)
4. Story Board That
5. Hero Generator
6. Superhero Template (Via Quinn Rollins)
7. Blog Post: Up In The Sky: Look It's A Bird. It's A Plane.....

Check out some of my older Blog Posts for ideas:

1. My NETA 2018 Takeaways
2. AppPalooza: Some Fun Creative Websites and Apps
3. Digital Dipsticks: Easy Tools for Formative Assessments
4. A Nation of Immigrants
5. Progressive Era Social Media Project
6. My NETA 2015 Takeaways
7. These Are A Few of My Favorite Things 
8. You Died of Dysentery!: Resources on the Oregon Trail 
9. Creating a Decision Making Game

Finding Voices From The Past: Slavery Primary Sources

In February I read a piece in The Atlantic titled What kids are Really Learning About Slavery that was based on the research done by Teaching Tolerance. If you haven't read their article or if you haven't checked out Teaching Tolerances A Framework for Teaching American Slavery I would strongly suggest that you read these articles.

Teaching Tolerance's Student Quiz is also a good diagnostic of your own understanding of slavery as an institution in the United States. Teaching Tolerance also has a Podcast to go with their Framework I would suggest you check into that I shared in a previous post Summer Podcasts: PD On The Go Vol 2

As I reflect on my own educational experience in K-12 I know I was not taught much about the institution of slavery in my small rural town school in central Nebraska. Some of the US History courses I took in college also lacked depth to gain insight on the institution of slavery. Most of what I have learned on slavery has been through connecting to historians on Twitter and a summer workshop I took titled Civil War Washington. I wanted to share some website resources for teachers to check out if they are looking for resources to help students gain a deeper understanding of slavery. In my own teaching I've found the use of Primary Sources can be powerful way to humanize this part of our history.

(1) Teaching Tolerance Primary Source Collection:

There is a lot of pre-selected primary sources that you can search for by topic and grade level. You will have to create a free account with Teaching Tolerance, but this will give you access to lots of examples and ideas on where to start. Each primary source has a series of discussion questions to go along with the document as well as how it fits into the  A Framework for Teaching American Slavery If you are a new teacher or if you need just a starting place this is a good resource to check into.

(2) Voices From the Days of Slavery:

This resource from the Library of Congress has recordings made in the 1930's of former enslaved individuals sharing their stories and what they remembered living in the time of slavery (Read about the history of these recordings here). At first this might seem daunting to find specific examples, but The Library of Congress gives you help tp narrow your search. I would start with Subjects as a good place to start to look for specific examples to use with your students. I typically use these with a stations lesson I have students work on that focuses on these areas of study: Working Conditions, Living Conditions, Resistance, Controlling Slaves, Religion, Music, and African-American Traditions.

(3) Texas Runway Slave Project

Slave advertisements are a good way for students to examine how slaves were described by their enslavers and look at how the enslaved resisted. The Texas Runaway Slave Project is a good place to look for examples to bring into you classroom that lets you search by date ranges. Have students use their interactive map to examine the locations of where enslaved people escaped and the locations of capture.

(4) North Carolina Runaway Slave Advertisements

This is another useful database of runaway slave advertisements from North Carolina. Read Trends in Runaway Slave Advertisement for look at what researches have discovered about these advertisements. I really thought their recommendations for researches offered some great suggestions that I could see being used with students using this resource (i.e. students examine ads to explore slave literacy depictions, slave clothing descriptions, etc.)

(5) Civil War Washington: Petitions

I learned of this website from a summer workshop I took in Washington DC. During the early years of the US Civil War congress passed the Compensated Emancipation Act as a trial on emancipation efforts. Read more about this law and how it worked  here.  These petitions by slave owners near the nation's capitol give a lot of information about each freed person's age, gender, occupation, and value placed on their emancipation that students can use to compare and contrast.

(6) North American Slave Narratives

This is another good resource to look for slave narratives to use with your students. You can search by subject to help start your research. I've used excerpts from The Confessions of Nat Turner, The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southhampton, VA as an example to help students learn about examples of slave resistance.

(7) The Georgetown Slavery Archive

The University of Georgetown has put together some of their holdings and they have digitized them to make them available to the public. The Gallery is a nice starting place to see what documents they have. I have used Bill of Sales of slaves as a way to help students see the dehumanization of the enslaved person and how they were viewed as complete property. I have had students look at these documents to get names, ages, gender, etc... and than we discussed the implications of these types of purchase agreements. I have also shown students examples of modern day purchase agreements (Buying a House, a Car, etc..) to help drive home the point how enslaved were viewed as property not people.

Check out Census of Slaves To Be Sold in 1838 as a good example to share with students. There is a transcribed spreadsheet to make it easier to read and would help introduce students to the idea of the Second Middle Passage of how slaves from the upper slave states were sold to the deep south due to the rise of demand due to cotton production.

(8) Last Seen: Finding Family after slavery

This website allows you to search newspaper advertisements that were placed after the Civil War to help reunite famines separated by slavery. Start first with Browse Collections to begin your research. This would be a great resource to use during your lessons on Reconstruction after the Civil War to help students see the challenges faced after the war.

(9) The Mere Distinction of Colour: 6 . Ways understanding slavery will change how you understand American freedom.

This is an online exhibit from James Madison's Montpelier Home.  There are links to videos and interviews from descendants of enslaved people who lived there.

(10) "I remember the interior of that cabin"- Finding a Lost Diary
Monticello has a great video that used a recently discovered diary of John and Priscella Hemings who lived at Jefferson's Monticello.Watch the video below. There is also a new exhibit at Monticello that is trying to help make the story of Sally Hemings more visible at Jefferson's estate.






Check out some of these older posts connected to using Primary Sources and US Slavery
Getting Started with Primary Sources
Creating an Abolitionist Society Meeting
Helping Students Learn about US Slavery in 1800s: Sixteen Websites


Do you have any great resources to help tell the stories of enslaved people in the United States? I would love to hear about them in the comments below.

Eye of the Tiger: Motivational Video Clips

I don't know what it is but every time I listen to Eye of the Tiger by Survivor I feel like I can take on the world. There are days when I'm beat down and feel hopeless when I really need this motivation.

In my years of teaching and coaching young people I have found also need these reminders that they can overcome challenges.  I know there has been a lot of conversation the past few years in education circles on Angela Lee Duckworth's Grit: the power of passion and perseverance and instilling a  Growth Mindset with students. My own school has used this to help students set up S.M.A.R.T Goals each school semester.




I wanted to share some great motivational video clips I've shared with students as inspiration and motivation. I have found these videos serve as good conversation starters to help students discuss their goals and the obstacles they sometimes face. Of course the best way to overcome our obstacles is having a strong support system to help them and I hope that my students see me as an advocate for them.

This is not a complete list and would love to hear any suggestions you might have in the comments section below.




Videos on the list:

1. Encourage The Heart - Facing The Giants Death Crawl
2. Rudy - Fortune tries to talk Rudy out of quitting the Notre Dame Football Team
3. Motivational speech from the film 'Little Giants'
4. Inspiring scene from The Movie "Rocky Balboa'
5. You Want Something. Go get it. Period from Pursuit of Happiness 
6. Resiliency- Motivational Video from Mateusz M
7. J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement 
8. Famous Success Stories
9. The Powerful Message About A Mother's Love
10. Jankovics Marcell - Sisyphus
11. Keep Moving Forward from Meet The Robinsons
12. An Open Letter To Students Returning to School from the Vlogbrothers
13. The Happiness Advantage: Linking Positive Brains to Performance - TEDx Bloomington Shawn Achor
14. Mithrandir, why the halfing? from The Hobbit
15. Soldier (Official Music Video) from Gentri
16. If You Want to Change the World, Start of by Making . Your Bed- William McRaven, US Navy Admiral
17. A Pep talk from Kid President to You via SoulPancake

There's Going To Be Fireworks Vol 3

Independence Hall,
Photo by Lance Mosier

Another Independence Day is upon us and I thought I would share some resources to use with your students on the Declaration of Independence and on the American Revolutionary War. Make sure you also check out my other blog posts on resources on the American Revolutionary War.

• Resources for There's Going to be Fireworks Volume 1 

• Resources for There's Going to be Fireworks Volume 2

• Patriot or Loyalist? Espionage During American Revolution

• Who Fired the Shot Hear Around The World?

Mount Vernon Resources

Mount Vernon with my Daughter

Check out the new online interactive Be Washington online exhibit from Mount Vernon that lets your students play the role of George Washington. The simulation allows you look at actual scenarios confronted by Washington and allows students to make choices. This covers both his role as general, and as our first president.

Mount Vernon has created some good video resources worthwhile to check into. I've shared Winter Patriots in Fireworks Volume 2. Here are some other videos to add to you playlists.

• Now Or Never: The Battle Of Yorktown.
• A More Perfect Union: George Washington And The Making Of The US Constitution 

SportCentre: Revolutionary War Edition

This is fun video that looks at the military tactics and strengths as if this was a European Football match. Very entertaining and informative.

American Battlefield Trust

The Civil War Battlefield Trust has renamed itself American Battlefield Trust and is also putting together some resources beyond the US Civil War to include content on the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Check out some of the videos below to add to your resources for your students.

Animated Map: Entire American Revolutionary War

The Declaration of Independence in 4 Minutes.

The Revolutionary War in 4 Minutes: Battle of Princeton

Townsend

If you and your students are into 18th century food you need to check out the YouTube Chanel of Jas Townsend and Sons. This series on 18th Century Soldier Food is pretty informative. You can watch the first of this series on 18th Century Soldier Rations below.

Declaration Resources Project

The Declaration Resources Project from Harvard is a very great website for teaches looking for lesson ideas and resources to help students get more into depth of this important document. Check out their teacher resources page for lessons. I like their map on how the Declaration of Independence spread through the colonies to help students see how news spread of our declaration from England. Their lesson on the John Trumbull painting is very insightful as a tool to look at how memory shapes our perception of the past and how we can use historical thinking to debunk some of these myths. Their Presenting The Facts on the 1776 Musical would be a great resource specially with the popularity of the musical Hamilton.

Declaration Descendents via Ancestry

I really liked this YouTube video that Ancestry put together. Check out their article from Inverse "Watch the Founding Fathers' Descendants Gather In One Room" to lean more about this video.

This video would be a good way to incorporate the Trumbull painting as a historical analysis lesson.

Doing History: Digital Project from the Omohundro Institute  

Inside Independence Hall
Photo by Lance Mosier

Ben Franklin's World Podcast has a great series on Doing History with the assistance of the Omohundro Institute. Season Two focuses on how historians examine the road to the American Revolution. This would be a great resource for teachers to get some information of the latest research being done on the American Revolution and access to some primary sources to incorporate in their classes with students.  Make sure to download the OI Reader App (IOS/Google Play) to access some of these primary sources discussed in these episodes.



Make sure to listen to the growing lists of episodes dealing with the American Revolutionary War with Liz Covart's Ben Franklin's World Podcasts.

My Fourth of July YouTube Playlist

Check out this Playlist of some fun and informative videos on YouTube.

My Spotify Declaration of Independence Break-Up Songs

Do you have any websites, videos, and resources that you find helpful in learning about the Revolutionary War? I would love to hear about them in the comments section below.

Summer Podcasts: PD On The Go Vol 2

Summer is a great time for teachers to recharge and to continue as life long learners. Last summer I wrote a blog post on some of my favorite summer listening podcasts in Summer Podcasts: PD On The Go. I still listen to many of these podcasts, but I thought I would share some new podcasts I've been listening to this summer. These are great additions for long walks and drives on your summer adventures.

(1) Professor Buzzkill: History 101

One of the interesting things about listening to historian podcasts is when they interview other historians who are also doing podcasts. This is how I learned about Professor Buzzkill. Professor Buzzkill aka Joseph Coohil was interviewed in an episode of Rogue Historian and I started listening to Professor Buzzkill podcasts and I've really enjoyed them. He has many full length episodes that go into great detail and depth, but also has shorter episodes that focus on mini-myths in history.  He has a very in-depth blog with articles on many myths in history that go along with his podasts. Many of these myths and his process of debunking them could make for some fun classroom activities with students.

My Favorite Episode So Far This Summer: Nadir of African-American History

(2) The Railsplitter Podcast

For those who know me, know that I am a fan of Abraham Lincoln. I was excited to learn about a podcast with other Lincoln fans share their passion and interest in our sixteenth president. Hosted by three Lincoln enthusiasts who love the Civil War era, this is a fun podcast series.

My Favorite Episode So Far This Summer: #54 Habeas Corpus Schmabeas Schmorpus

(3) Teaching Hard History: American Slavery

This is a podcast hosted by Professor Hasan Jeffries and is sponsored by Teaching Tolerance. This podcast is a great way for teachers to learn about the history of slavery in the United States but also learn ways to teach this difficult topic with students. Each episode offers suggestions for teachers as well as lesson ideas and primary source documents to use with students. Make sure you listen to the podcasts but also check out A Framework For Teaching American Slavery page for lesson ideas,  resources, and a student quiz that you can use with your students.

My Favorite Episode So Far This Summer: Dealing With Things As They Are: Creating a Classroom Environment 

(4) In The Past Lane: The Podcast about History and Why It Matters

I included this podcast last summer as a podcast I was going to start checking out. This has been a podcast I listen to regularly for its in depth discussions on historical topics and interviews with historians. As a US survey history teacher I really appreciate the wide range of topics and eras that our discussed in this show.

My Favorite Episode So Far This Summer: Episode 077 Legacy of Conquest and the Reshaping of the History of the American West.

(5) Uncivil

Uncivil is a podcast from Gimlet Media that covers Civil War topics not typically part of the traditional Civil War story. This hard hitting podcast confronts many different topics with interviews, research, and insight. If you are a fan of the Civil War and are looking for stories to connect to our present day reality this is a worthy podcast.

My Favorite Episode So Far This Summer: The Song

Make sure you also check out my post from last year Summer Podcasts: PD On The Go because these podcasts are still releasing some great content.

Do you have some podcasts that you enjoy? I would love to hear about them in the comments section below.

My NETA 2018 Takeaways

Share Your Story 

I was accepted by my school district to attend the annual conference for NETA. I was very happy I was able to attend this conference the past two days. I know many teachers in my district would have loved to be here so I know that it is important for me to not only reflect on my experience but also share what I've learned as way to share my OWN story. It has been a three years since I've attended the NETA Spring Conference (Here were  My NETA 2015 Takeaways). I really wish more teachers would have the opportunity to attend these types of conferences. This is one of the reason I don't request to go each year to help give room for other teachers to attend.

Friday Keynote Joe Sanfelippo (@Joe_Sanfelippo) was so powerful. A major reason I really enjoy coming to conferences like NETA is a need to be reenergized, appreciated and valued, and a challenge to do better as an educator and leader in my building. I hope that I can take his inspirational message and apply that to help strengthen the culture in my building. I am very interested in his book Hacking Leadership by Joe Sanfelippo Tony Sinais to help start a dialog in my building to strengthen the culture in my classroom, department, and building.

Cultivating culture is so important and it starts with my own mindset each morning, my interactions with my students, and my fellow staff members I work with each day at my school. 

A quote from his morning presentation:

Today I shall behave as if this is the day I will be remembered - Dr Seuss

This is one of the reasons I try to remain active on Twitter and on this Blog so I can share some of the amazing stuff my students do in my classroom.

If you need a good laugh you have to check out their Snow Day Announcement Video. This is a school that is led by a leader who is facilitating a community and culture that was inspiring to get a glimpse through his stories he shared.

A Few Things I want To Try:

I always hope to gain a few ideas from attending a conference and the biggest problem at NETA is not being overwhelmed by all that is shared.

3-D Printing
Had a chance to listen to Eric Langhorst (@ELanghorst) present on what he is doing in his school with 3-D Printing. His resources can be found at: 3D Printing in the History Classroom

There are lots of ways I could see using 3D Printing: 

- Print replicas of artifacts from places like Smithsonian 3D. Even if I don't print 3D models, students can check out some of the cool 3D models available like the Wright Flyer and their tours like the Philadelphia Gunboat they could explore on their web browser.

- Use the website Sightline Maps to create a terrain models for historic locations. I think it would be cool to create one of Gettysburg to help students see how the terrain impacted the Battle of Gettysburg.

- Students could design a memorial/monument to remember a historical figure or event. I've actually been thinking about a project for this for awhile. I have thought about having students use Google SketchUp to design their memorial. I thought I would have students research lesser known figures in history or of lesser known historical events and create a way to visually represent what they learned. Learning about Tinkercad I think it would be cool for them to actual create a 3D design that they would be able to print out as part of their display.

I have lots of things to work out with my ideas these next few weeks. I am hoping to connect with my school's Engineering and Technology Teacher who has a 3D printer in their classroom to see how I could incorporate this into some of my student project options moving forward.

Augmented Reality

A huge takeaway I got from a workshop in DC during the Summer of 2017 was the importance of place in helping us shape our historical memory. I am very captivated by the use of Google Cardboard, VR, and Augmented Reality Apps on Smart Devices. Below are some resources I am looking forward to explore. Many of these I got from Leslie Fischer (Website) who always is both highly informative and entertaining to learn from.

AR Flashcards Abraham Lincoln: App that puts a virtual Mr. Lincoln in our world. I was disappointed my phone does not support this app, but I hope to get this to work on an iPAD and do some exploring with this. Might be a great ay for students to explore Lincoln and listen to him recite the Gettysburg Address. 

Chimani National Parks: Has created apps to help enhance your experience at various National Parks. This looks really exciting and I'm looking forward to checking out the Rocky National Park App this summer with my family. 

JigSpace: This looks like a neat AR app that has lots of 3D simulations. 

Agents of Discovery: Is an AR App much like Pokemon Go (See early post Gotta Catch Them All) where you can design your own mission. Students would download the App and would be able to explore the outside world. There are already built in missions, in many National Forests 

I think this has some neat potential and would be fun for my school 7th Grade Orientation Day as a way to help students learn about the School or for my students to help design a game for our community to explore local history. There is a price to this so I am going to need to do some further investigation on this to see how practical this could be. 

Websites....Websites....And More Websites

One of the challenges I've always had attending NETA is the steady stream of new resources and websites. It can be a little intimidating and leaves me exhausted by Friday afternoon. Here are some noteworthy websites I'm hanging onto.

Archive of Google Doodles: Look at all of the cool Google Doodles they have had. Each is full of information and you can even go back and check out their Interactive Doodles. I loved their Pony Express Doodle when it came out and was sad when it was taken down.  Now I go down the rabbit hole of Google Interactive Doodles and spend countless hours.

Game to Guess the AI’s Animal: This looks like a fun game I an play with my Homeroom Students. This is from Google Experiments that uses Artificial Intelligence to see if you can guess the AI's animal. This is like the game 20 Questions. 

Emjoi Scavenger Hunt: This is another Google Experiments game where the website gives you an emoji and you have to find the actual object in the real world in 20 seconds. Might be a fun game to play in Homeroom with students.  

Flippity: This has lots of great templates to use with Google Spreadsheets. There are so many great games that could be used for Formative Assessments. Would be a great additional resource to go with my Digital Dipstick Resources. 

Book Creator: This looks like a great tool to create children books. I have had students in the past use StoryBird to create a Children's book describing one of our Bill of Rights. Might be another tool to share with students to create informative student projects. 

LMGTFY (Let me Google That For You): Allows you to create a video on how to show people use Google Search. I did one such as Who Was The 16th President? 

BingoBoard Maker: Make BingoBoards for student reviews. This is another great tool for my Digital Dipstick Resources. 

Crossword Labs: Design Crossword puzzles for student reviews. This is another great tool for my Digital Dipstick Resources. 

Purpose Games: Design games for student review where students can click on the images. This Westward Expansion Territories Game would be great for my students to review during our Manifest Destiny Unit. This is another great tool for my Digital Dipstick Resources. 

FlatIcon: Website to find clipart icons. For the free downloads you are asked to credit the author. 

VoxVote: There are several polling websites I've seen and used to help gauge student understanding and engage students. What looks cool about this is that it creates Word Clouds. This looks like another one to add to my list. 

TesTeach: This looks like a good resource to help me create Blended Lessons. Looks like a good resource tool to check out. 

WordWall: This looks like another tool to help students review vocabulary and concepts. There are several templates that students can pick from when reviewing. There is a free basic account, but if you want to use this more it might be better to look at some of the paid account options.  

PhotoScan: This app lets you scan pictures of photos. I have a lot of family historical images that I would like to preserve digitally. This looks like a good tool to try to preserve some of my family history. 

Emoji Translate: Might be a fun website to take text from a famous speech or written document and see if students can guess what words are missing or what the document I'm showing them. I quickly created a Gettysburg Address and Preamble to the Constitution using this site. Something to further explore. 

Emoji Encyclopedia: I have used emojis in my Emoji Civil War Soldier Project. I might use this Encyclopedia for my students to summarize their research Civil War Soldiers. Instead of circling from a template I might give them a template with blanks and have them copy and paste their emoji into this template and than write a brief description why they picked their emoji. 

Emoji Tracker: This is a cool website to see what Emojis are popular on Twitter. 

Knight Lab Resources:

Leslie Fisher shared about the KnightLab Resources from Northwest University. These look like some really great tools to use for creating learning content for students or for student projects. 

Juxtapose: Allows you to take two photos of the same area and slide between the pre - post. I would love to do this with historical pictures. This summer I hope to be at the Gettysburg National Park. I hope I can get some pictures of me in the present that align up with some of the famous pictures from the battle. 

Gigapixel: This is very similar to ThingLink. I used ThingLink for my students to examine American Progress by John Gast. This might be another way to help students explore pictures and paintings as a primary source analysis lesson. 

TimelineJS:This looks like a great timeline generator. I have had students create various timelines throughout my course including a post WWII timeline at the end of the year and this might be a viable option for some of my students. 

StoryMap:JS This looks like a great way to create interactive maps. Might be a good way for me to create content for students to explore or as project options. This might make for an extension for my Historical Timelines with Google Maps. 

As always there was so much too take away from the Spring NETA Conference. Do you have any resources that you think I should check out?  I would love to hear about them in the comments section below. 

My Heart Will Go On....Remembering The Titanic

via GIPHY

April 14th, 1912 the Titanic struck an iceberg in the Atlantic resulting the the sinking of the "Unsinkable"and resulting in the tragic loss of life.  I wanted to share some resources for students who would like to know more about this incident.

Extra Extra!

Have students look through the Chronicling America collection of Historic Newspapers describing the sinking and rescue efforts: I found 46 newspaper articles from New York Newspapers describing this event. Check out an earlier blog Post "Extra Extra: Using Newspapers In The Classroom" on using historic newspapers with students.

Tour The Wreckage on Google Earth:

Titanic: 100 Years

Explore National Geographic's website Titanic: 100 Years commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. There are lots of great interactive resources to check out.

• The Art of Ken Marschall Inside The Titanic
• Life on Board: The Music
• Life On Board: The Cuisine 

Titanic Losses:

Examine Margaret Brown's (The Unsinkable Molly Brown) Claims against Oceanic Steam Navigation Company via the National Geographic. Have students look at what items she had with her on board

Titanic Collections

Explore the collections from the Titanic via The National Museum of American History.

Today In History: Titanic Collision via British Movietone

Follow the Live Tweets
Follow the live Tweets of Real Time Titanic (@events_bl) to lean about the events of that night.


Do you have any fun lessons and/or resources you use with students to learn about the Titanic? I would love to hear about them in the comments section below.