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Teaching Accurate And Age-Appropriate History To Elementary Students: Teaching Third Graders About Historic Thanksgiving, Ashley Schepis Apr 2023

Teaching Accurate And Age-Appropriate History To Elementary Students: Teaching Third Graders About Historic Thanksgiving, Ashley Schepis

Honors Program Theses and Projects

This educational and historical research is based on teaching accurate and age-appropriate history to elementary students. Unfortunately, instead of true history elementary schoolers are often taught myths, to avoid teaching children about the embarrassing and gruesome parts of United States history. When history is not taught truthfully, it can perpetuate stereotypes and leave students confused when they reach secondary and higher education and discover that some of what they know is incorrect. The purpose of this project is to investigate what really happened at the 1621 Harvest Feast and its evolution into the holiday that is celebrated today, assess how …


The Comment, November 7, 2019, Bridgewater State University Nov 2019

The Comment, November 7, 2019, Bridgewater State University

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The Comment, October 24, 2019, Bridgewater State University Oct 2019

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The Comment, October 10, 2019, Bridgewater State University Oct 2019

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The Comment, September 30, 2019, Bridgewater State University Sep 2019

The Comment, September 30, 2019, Bridgewater State University

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Guide To The Mary Jo Moriarty Collection, 1915-1998, Caitlin Gette-King, Orson Kingsley Jan 2012

Guide To The Mary Jo Moriarty Collection, 1915-1998, Caitlin Gette-King, Orson Kingsley

Archives & Special Collections Finding Aids

Brief Biographical Sketch

Mary Jo Moriarty was born in Boston and received her bachelor’s degree in history from Villa Maria College and her master’s and doctoral degrees from the Boston University School of Education. Moriarty worked as a health and physical education teacher at Hyannis State Teachers College from 1937 until the school’s closing in 1944. She moved with the college’s health and physical education program to Bridgewater State Teachers College when the two merged. She taught as a professor in the Physical Education Department, and later served as chairwoman of the Physical Education Major and the Department of Health …


The Comment, June 1, 1989, Bridgewater State College Jun 1989

The Comment, June 1, 1989, Bridgewater State College

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The Comment, May 11, 1989, Bridgewater State College May 1989

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The Comment, May 4, 1989, Bridgewater State College May 1989

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The Comment, April 27, 1989, Bridgewater State College Apr 1989

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The Comment, April 20, 1989, Bridgewater State College Apr 1989

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The Comment, April 13, 1989, Bridgewater State College Apr 1989

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The Comment, April 6, 1989, Bridgewater State College Apr 1989

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The Comment, March 30, 1989, Bridgewater State College Mar 1989

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The Comment, March 9, 1989, Bridgewater State College Mar 1989

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The Comment, March 2, 1989, Bridgewater State College Mar 1989

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The Comment, February 16, 1989, Bridgewater State College Feb 1989

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The Comment, February 9, 1989, Bridgewater State College Feb 1989

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The Comment, February 2, 1989, Bridgewater State College Feb 1989

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The Comment, January 26, 1989, Bridgewater State College Jan 1989

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The Comment, December 15, 1988, Bridgewater State College Dec 1988

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The Comment, December 8, 1988, Bridgewater State College Dec 1988

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The Comment, December 1, 1988, Bridgewater State College Dec 1988

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The Comment, November 17, 1988, Bridgewater State College Nov 1988

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The Comment, November 10, 1988, Bridgewater State College Nov 1988

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The Comment, November 3, 1988, Bridgewater State College Nov 1988

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The Comment, October 27, 1988, Bridgewater State College Oct 1988

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The Comment, October 20, 1988, Bridgewater State College Oct 1988

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The Comment, October 13, 1988, Bridgewater State College Oct 1988

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The Comment, October 6, 1988, Bridgewater State College Oct 1988

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