First Day Covers ARE ENVELOPES CONTAINING COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS, APPROPRIATE POSTMARKS & ARTWORK DEPICTING THE TOPIC.

Check out the new “And the Envelope, Please” lessons at www.fdclessons.com

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First Day Covers and The Gold Rush

SPELLMAN MUSEUM OPENS LATE ON SECOND FRIDAY OF THE MONTH TEACHERS ADMITTED FREE

The Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History on the Regis College campus in Weston is expanding its visiting hours. On the second Friday of every month. the galleries, gift shop and post office will be open until 8:30. Admission after 5:00 will be half price for adults $2.00 for seniorsand no charge for teachers. Children are always admitted free.  read more »

Dear Educators, Teachers, and Professors,

I am pleased to introduce an excellent online resource recently launched to provide extensive information and data for curriculum development and courses that focus on Africa. The website Africa.com contains current and historical information for students interested in one or more of the fifty-three countries on the continent.

Examples of topics for each country include the following items:

• Short videos that allow students to “visit” the country they are studying,  read more »

“Finishing the Dream” www.nbclearn.com/finishingthedream is a new, free online video series for teachers, students, and parents bringing the civil rights movement to life so that students can see what actually happened and hear and see the people who actually participated in the movement. Some details:

• Free online video resource • Chronicles 60 years of the Civil Rights movement • More than 100 stories from the NBC News archives  read more »

Ellen Alderton wants you to know about a free online set of multimedia teaching materials exploring globalism. The materials, Our World Economics, were developed by an international team of educators, journalists, economists and political leaders. Materials include lesson plans, activities, games, and online videos for students from middle school to high school.

Visit OurWorldEconomics.com to investigate whether these materials may be useful to you.

Historical Fiction Only the First Step by Gregory Edgar, author and school presenter

Using historical fiction in the classroom can be an effective way to make history come alive for your students. Good storylines, and characters with whom your students can identify, can make history enjoyable. Your students will learn about history and be entertained at the same time. And it just might inspire some to do their own independent pleasure reading, and start a life long love of history.  read more »

www.indianoceanhistory.org

Following the initial launch of the Indian Ocean in World History interactive website in November 2008, the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center (SQCC) proudly announces that this innovative, educational website has been upgraded with major new features and additional content. Educators will find it an even more effective tool for teaching about this major arena of global historical exchange.  read more »

A popular teaching resource just got better! We wanted to give the members of the Northeast Regional Conference on the Social Studies the first opportunity to purchase our most recently updated third edition of Earth Matters: Studies for our Global Future, a secondary curriculum, now available on CD-ROM. Please feel free to post this offer through your listserv or Web site.  read more »

Rand McNally Educational Publishing releases a newsletter, The Rand McNally Globe, every month. The globe is full of great teaching ideas and current geography related news articles. I hope this will be helpful in your classrooms. Click on the link to see this month’s newsletter then click on the tab to subscribe to future newsletters. http://links.mkt2460.com/servlet/MailView?ms=MTY4NjAyNAS2&r=MzIyODI0NTg4NgS2&j=MTUzMzM0MDUwS0&mt=1&rt=0  read more »

The U.S. Census Bureau and Scholastic recently collaborated on an exciting 2010 Census in Schools initiative to heighten awareness about the importance of the Census among students and their families. Starting in August 2009, all schools will receive, “2010 Census: It’s About Us,” kits which will include free lesson plans, worksheets, and classroom resources for K-12 educators. The lessons will feature fun, skill-building activities in map literacy, graphing, reading, writing, and civic responsibility. Schools will also receive free printed maps and Quick-Start lesson guides.  read more »