Did you know the Library of Congress has a blog. You can find it here . The National Recording Preservation Board , part of the Library...

Here’s a puzzle for you….this rock formation had a very important role to play in history. Can you guess which world history event is involv...

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks around here at Elementaryhistoryteacher Central….Recently I’ve loaded my plate up with so much stuff I’ve ...

Today is D-Day….another day that does live in infamy. Over the last three years I’ve posted various things about D-Day and/or WWII in gener...

By simply relying on the textbook my students learn that between 1840 and 1860 the number of immigrants arriving in the United States rose s...

Well, school is just about over in my neck of the woods. Time flies when you’re having fun, huh? It does just seem like the school year st...

Memorial Day – a day set aside to remember those who have died while in military service. Originally known as Decoration Day following the C...

Last week over at American Presidents Blog I published an article about an erroneous fact concerning President Franklin Pierce titled Milk ...

No matter what is going on in my household each particular week two items always make the top ten list for the grocery store – milk and brea...

It’s testing time here in the sunny, warm south. That means it’s time for the memos to begin a-flyin’ regarding “the test” and those ever so...

Back during another lifetime in the 1970s you would have found me on Friday night sitting in front of our family television….the one where t...

I’ve been so out of touch lately, and I’ve missed a few nods from fellow bloggers. One such nod came from Teacher of One over at Boys + Acad...

Well….I don’t think anyone noticed, but if you stopped by yesterday my cartoon image of myself and my other identifiers on this blog were m...

Today is Progress report day. I hate progress report day. My students hate progress report day. We hate it for different reasons however...

If you are a regular reader/subscriber to History Is Elementary then you are aware that I have had several fits and starts to my posting sc...

Today’s wordless or near wordless offering is a video regarding the Great Depression from the Thomas Brothers. If you aren’t sure who the ...

In an October, 2008 online article at the site for a South Carolina news station , USC economist Dr. Bill Hauk states, “There are enough sim...

Which came first….the chicken or the egg? The question goes back to ancient times when philosophers debated the origins of the universe incl...

I get emails all the time regarding new projects and great sites to enhance my classroom. I thought I’d share a few with you: Cotton Campus...

In a post of mine over at American Presidents Blog titled Monroe Crossing the Delaware I go into great detail regarding how I use Emanuel ...