From my home to yours.....Have a great Trick-or-Trick evening!

Read my title again. Yes, logs were important as many colonial homes were built with logs, but in the classroom when discussing colonial Ame...

1. Margaret Fuller was a member of a prominent group of New England writers and philosophers who developed transcendentalism. 2. Transcend...

When I teach the English colonies I tend to follow the same format teachers do all across the United States. Before discussing the original...

Here are 13 quotations regarding history, but remember…..one lifted line doesn’t necessarily identify the person’s entire philosophy regardi...

Most dictionaries define pork as a government project or appropriation that yields jobs or benefits to a specific locale and patronage oppor...

A three-page bill becomes 450…..ten dollar words, more compound sentences, extra commas, a list of definitions…..What caused the bill to gro...

I’ve been taking a tour around the fantastic site Coney Island History . This week’s image comes from the site and focuses on Nathan Handwe...

For some time I’ve been a member over at The Apple , a place where teachers meet and learn. Forum discussions, lesson plans, videos, job le...

The Education Carnival is up for your reading pleasure over at Matthew Needleman’s site…. Creating Lifelong Learners while the History Carn...

Question: How does this ship have a connection to Watergate? Remember the name, Bob Woodward? Yep, he’s the guy along with Carl Bernstein th...

I reached a very important milestone here at History Is Elementary a little while ago….at 9:31 p.m. a reader from Beverly, Massachusetts v...

This bailout thing has me pissed off…royally. How has the greatest nation on earth….the nation that can do anything….the nation that was for...

I’ve been in the middle of home renovations for what seems like forever. New hardwood floors, new appliances, updated furniture, etc. We get...

When I throw out the name John Wlkes Booth what comes to mind? The end of Lincoln’s hopes for a kind Reconstruction, assassin, actor, murde...

Yes, I know….you are probably thinking that this isn’t a very good Wednesday image…..You might be wondering what the significance is. I...

When I began teaching one of the first “real world” moments came to me when I met with parents at conference time especially when the stude...

The Georgia Carnival is flying high once again over at Georgia on My Mind . Check out the first entry over there…..my young friend Ethan is ...

When you visit Arlington National Cemetery and have a goal in mind of visiting the Kennedy graves and Arlington House you don't really r...

Back in February during the height of the Presidential Primary process I created an article with several campaign ads and discussed a metho...