Resources for High School Teachers

Instead of one long post, I'm going to send out three more targeted posts this week, so ignore the ones that don't apply to you. But for high school teachers looking for articles, projects, and other online resources, read on.

The Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Hamilton is central to the search for a vaccine.  Ever wonder why such a facility is in Montana? Would your students be curious?  Here's an article on the history of the lab's work on yellow fever during WWII. The lab's own website also has information on its history.

Did you know that if you teach at a Title I high school you and your students can now get free subscriptions to the NY Times for two years.  (Government teachers: The Times also has weekly news quizzes--one for adults and one for students.)

Becoming US is a new educational resource from the National Museum of American History for high school teachers and students to learn immigration and migration history in a more accurate and inclusive way. Even if you don't end up using their lessons (which look good at a quick glance), you are definitely going to want to raid their collection of artifacts and documents.

An article and a video I also thought were worth sharing:

• Ellen Carol Dubois is a big name in women's history, so I was excited to see this article in National Geographic: "A pandemic nearly derailed the women's suffrage movement." 
• American Experience on PBS has a new seven hour series on the Chinese Exclusion Act. It looks as if it is all free to watch online. (For a Montana connection check out the National Archives lesson on Butte's anti-Chinese boycott and the lawsuit Butte Chinese merchants filed in response.

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