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Get Students Involved through Tweets and Quiz

From Constitution Day to Election Day, HSP will tweet a different document from Preserving American Freedom, our neat website for teaching American history with primary sources. Have your students take the Freedom Quiz to get your kids to discover new information and build enthusiasm for the sources. Read the September 19 Educators Blog for more information and links.
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Back to School @ HSP 


HSP welcomes educators to come see its new spaces for learning and to discover the National History Day Philly program. During this free event on Tuesday, October 22, from 4:30-7 p.m., teachers will have a chance to see treasures of our collection, including a handwritten draft of the U.S. Constitution, and take behind-the-scenes tours of the library. Staff from the National Archives Philly will share information on how to get involved in National History Day, and the HSP's Beneficial NHD Teacher Fellow will showcase primary sources from our collection that fit with this year's NHD theme of Rights & Responsibilities. There will also be a fair featuring representatives from dozens of local Philadelphia cultural organizations who have resources for teaching history. Refreshments will be served. The open house is free and Act 48 credit is available, but please register on the HSP website.


Fall Teacher Workshops

Both of these workshops are free and Act 48 credit is available. They run from 4:30-6:30 p.m., with light snacks. Register online to save a place.

November 19 is the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. Commemorate the day by attending Teaching the Civil War in Pennsylvania. This workshop coincides with the opening of a document display at HSP featuring a program from the 1863 event, a map of the National Cemetery, and historic photos of subsequent commemorations by veterans and presidents. During the workshop, we will showcase HSP resources for teaching about the Civil War and how to use them to meet Common Core Standards for improving literacy from informational texts. All attending teachers will receive a free copy of The Civil War in Pennsylvania: A Photographic History and The Civil War in Pennsylvania, a special commemorative edition of Pennsylvania Legacies.
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On Thursday, December 3, Digital Humanities for the K-12 Classroom will focus on how online resources can help accomplish Common Core standards. Teachers will explore HSP’s new digital history projects—Closed for Business and Preserving American Freedom. Both web programs feature primary sources that can be used as informational text in teaching literacy and social studies. Full of contextual information, these digital history projects can supplement or substitute for standard textbooks. Both projects include lesson plans.
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