Honor and Teach September 11th in the Classroom

Why am I here? Where do I come from? Who am I? Questions like these are answered in part through stories handed from one generation to another.

What are some best practices in social studies that teachers can apply to the classroom this upcoming school year?

There is a direct relationship between culture and folktales.

Cowboys are found in many countries around the world.

While their urban counterparts were restricted to more traditional female roles in the late 1800’s, women of the American West were roping and riding broncs.

Dime-store novels and Wild West television shows helped construct the stereotypical images of the “white” cowboy and the red-skinned Indian “savages.

The cowboy is viewed as an American icon: rugged rider of the range; champion of the good.

Clay has been used for many things throughout history, including writing surfaces, money, cooking vessels, and building materials.

“The camera doesn’t lie” is often assumed to be true about historical photographs, even though we know that maxim is certainly not true in the twenty-first century.