A free mini-lesson that helps K-12 students understand that history isn’t just WHAT happened, but WHO got to tell the story Here’s a question that should make us uncomfortable: When we teach the American Revolution, whose version of events are we teaching? Think about it. After the Revolution, who wrote the textbooks? Who compiled the…
While most people start flooding the area of Lexington and Concord in the Spring, our unit actually originally took us there at the beginning of January. While most of the buildings were closed like the visitors’ center that closes November through March or even some of the historic houses that you can tour, we still…
Honesty first, I was skeptical taking a field trip to the Boston Tea Party Museum. I didn’t know that it would add much value to the kids’ education and I had my doubts that it would be worth our time or money. But in the end, it was fantastic and I plan on going back…