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Grounding History Instruction: Engaging Place And Scale Through Iterative Local Inquiry Design, Megan Vangorder
Grounding History Instruction: Engaging Place And Scale Through Iterative Local Inquiry Design, Megan Vangorder
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
Teaching local history is often an afterthought in the high school history classroom. It is difficult to find enough instructional time to incorporate local stories and there are often gaps in resource development and approach from a local lens. This article seeks to help teachers articulate a locally driven inquiry approach. Using Illinois as the local framework and the C3 Inquiry Design Model as the tool, teachers can begin to map out how to implement the competing mandates to promote disciplinary skill development, demonstrate content expertise using state mandated units of study, drive student-oriented history, and foster civic competence all …
Southern Sympathies In Illinois As Expressed Through "Nelson Versus The People", Katherine Gosnell
Southern Sympathies In Illinois As Expressed Through "Nelson Versus The People", Katherine Gosnell
2019 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creative Activity – Documents
During the antebellum period, Illinois proved to be problematic for the North. Geographically, it is a Northern State. Population wise, it was split between Northern and Southern tradition. Around the Chicago area, abolitionism had a strong pull as expressed by the various colored conventions held there, as well as the variety of Whig/Republican newspapers. From the state capital of Springfield and further south, many people held Democratic view points and could sympathize with their Southern neighbors. As Illinois had slave states on two sides, it is easy to understand how these neighbors had an impact on Illinoisan culture and politics. …
Photographic Images & The History Of African Americans In Coles County, Illinois, Onaiwu W. Ogbomo
Photographic Images & The History Of African Americans In Coles County, Illinois, Onaiwu W. Ogbomo
History of Charleston, Illinois
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A Chronicle Of The Coles County (Illinois) Region, Mark Voss-Hubbard, Newton E. Key
A Chronicle Of The Coles County (Illinois) Region, Mark Voss-Hubbard, Newton E. Key
Localités/Localities
This chronology of Coles County, IL., was compiled by Mark Voss-Hubbard and Newton E. Key.
The Copperheads In Illinois, Donald Tingley
The Copperheads In Illinois, Donald Tingley
Faculty Research & Creative Activity
During the Civil War, there were constant rumors of a vast plot to subvert portions of the North to the cause of the Confederacy. These rumors were particularly prevalent in the states along the Ohio River, and Illinois was no exception. The concensus [sic] of opinion was that Rebel agents were circulating through these states for the purpose of detaching portions of them from the Union cause.