NPR has posted several jobs from the 20th Century that are now considered obsolete. Complete with pictures and audio from those who did the original “Dirty Jobs!”
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124251060&sc=nl&cc=es-20100328
NPR has posted several jobs from the 20th Century that are now considered obsolete. Complete with pictures and audio from those who did the original “Dirty Jobs!”
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124251060&sc=nl&cc=es-20100328
The U.S. Census Bureau has created a website where you can track the collection data for the 2010 Census. On the “Take 10 Challenge” page you can just look up the average nationaly, by state or locality. Or you can view it visually with an interactive map.
(SOL: VUS.11) Some vary daring and pioneering women pilots are finally being recognized by the U.S. military, decades after their service during World War II. The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) flew Army Air Corps planes during World War II on the homefront, to free up men to fly in the war. 1,100 of them served and 38 died in the line of duy. But they were considered civilians and not recognized for their service as the first female USAF pilots. It’s taken a lot of lobbying to gain recognition over the past 65 years. This year, the nearly 300 surviving members will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
NPR has a great story about their service and their trials after the war to gain recognition.
Did you know that SAS Curriculum has lesson plans ready to use for teachers?
There you will see the links for plan books where you will find a week’s worth of lesson ideas for upcoming lessons.
MSNBC has a new take on the history of the Federal Reserve Bank by looking at the leadership of the Fed chairmen.
WCVEÂ Public Television has put online a free resource for teachers called “Classroom Clips” that offers great historical and political video clips. They also offer great professional development videos for teachers.
This is a new interactive feature that appeared in the February 1, issue of the the Richmond Times-Dispatch Online. Readers are challenged to be the Governor of Virginia and balance the state budget that is already $2-billion in the Red. This lesson will be great for U.S./VA Government classes to show the diffuculty in making and balancing a budget. It opens a discussion on how budgets are made, where revenues come from, and how special interest groups play a part in making sure their piece of the budget pie is the biggest. It will be great to see your Seniors going to some of the state universities, fight over how much money should be cut from their favorite university!
The New York Times has developed questions about the tragic Earthquake in Haiti. You can use this with students while they read about it in their current events lessons.
New York Times: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/6-qs-about-the-news/
Check out this MSNBC Story on a survey released by the Pew Research Center about how Americans feel about their place in the world. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34255911/ns/world_news/
But don’t just take MSNBC’s word for it. Here is a link to the PRC’s release: http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1428/america-seen-less-important-china-more-powerful-isolationist-sentiment-surges