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Teach It provides inquiry-based activities for teachers to use to teach Connecticut social studies and reinforce state frameworks | A project of @CTHumanities teachitct.org Connecticut Joined March 2022-
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The CT Digital Humanities Conference is back!! All DH people are welcome--from scholars to students to community members to museums! Call for proposals is due June 1st, 2024 (Conference is Feb. 21-22, 2025). Learn more/submit proposal: ctdh.io/cfp/ #digitalhumanites
The CT Digital Humanities Conference is back!! All DH people are welcome--from scholars to students to community members to museums! Call for proposals is due June 1st, 2024 (Conference is Feb. 21-22, 2025). Learn more/submit proposal: ctdh.io/cfp/ #digitalhumanites
Check out what we've been up to!
This Teach It activity for high schoolers uses advertisements, newspapers, and material culture to explore women's history during WWI. Check it out at the link below! Access activity: teachitct.org/lessons/making…
Teachers, are you planning how you are going to commemorate America's 250th? How are you going to make sure women's history is part of your lesson plans? Get some ideas from Teach It: teachitct.org/lessons/new-lo…
Who are your favorite women to teach your students about in Connecticut history? Check out this activity from @CTWomen for high schoolers about Dr. Jewel Plummer Cobb and her leadership in the scientific community. Access activity: teachitct.org/lessons/dr-jew… #WomensHistoryMonth
CT Humanities in Middletown, CT is seeking a full-time America 250 CT Commission administrative assistant. This person will support fundraising efforts for the 250th commission, assist with coordinating the administrative tasks of the commission. Apply at cthumanities.org/employment
Not all history is from hundreds of years ago...geneticist Barbara McClintock received the Nobel Prize in 1983! Our Teach It activity provides printable worksheets to help teach your students about the recent past. Access activity: teachitct.org/lessons/barbar…
How do you teach your students about agents of change? Teach It's activity about Amos Beman uses primary & secondary sources to teach students about his fight to abolish slavery, advocate for the vote, and organize his community. Access activity: teachitct.org/lessons/amos-b…
What are your favorite ways of teaching Connecticut's Black history in your classroom? Teach It has activities for 3rd, 4th, 5th, 8th graders & high schoolers for a wide range of topics and time periods--check them out: teachitct.org/topic/african-…
Check out our recent updates! Link in the tweet below!
Check out our recent updates! Link in the tweet below!
New Year means new activities!! Check out this great activity from our partners at CT Explored for 3rd graders about Connecticut's legislative process. Access activity: teachitct.org/lessons/becomi… #cthistory #sschat #civics
As 2023 winds down, check out Teach It's top activities this year! Thank you so much to our educators and students for a great year! Explore our many activities and we cannot wait to learn more in 2024🎉 Access all activities: teachitct.org #cthistory #teachertwitter
Check out our last updates of 2023!
Check out our last updates of 2023!
If you love history and want to help students grow their skills and interest in history, consider becoming a volunteer judge for @CTHistoryDay! Learn more in the link in the tweet below!
If you love history and want to help students grow their skills and interest in history, consider becoming a volunteer judge for @CTHistoryDay! Learn more in the link in the tweet below!
HOT off the Press!! New activity for 3rd graders using images from the past and present to compare historical change over time. Check it out: teachitct.org/lessons/snapsh… #sschat #teachertwitter #cthistory
Check out what we've been up to!!
Check out what we've been up to!!
Teachers, how do you teach your students about Connecticut's tribal nations? Meant to be used all year long, check out this activity from @Akomawt for high schoolers! Activity: teachitct.org/lessons/tribal…
Check out what we've been up to! Link in the tweet below⬇️
Check out what we've been up to! Link in the tweet below⬇️
As the 250th anniversary of the #AmericanRevolution approaches, how do you teach about African American soldiers? Do you find it hard to find sources for your students? We've got you covered!⬇️ Access activity: teachitct.org/lessons/tellin… #cthistory #teachertwitter #America250
NEW Activity!! Thanks to CT Explored, check out this great new activity for 3rd graders about Connecticut's technological innovations & their impact on American history. Access activity: teachitct.org/lessons/how-in… #sschat #cthistory #teachertwitter
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June 1, 2024 is the deadline for proposals for next year's CT Digital Humanities Conference at @CCSU in New Britain. Visit ctdh.io/cfp/ for info and to submit.
The CT Digital Humanities Conference is back!! All DH people are welcome--from scholars to students to community members to museums! Call for proposals is due June 1st, 2024 (Conference is Feb. 21-22, 2025). Learn more/submit proposal: ctdh.io/cfp/ #digitalhumanites
June 1, 2024 is the deadline for proposals for next year's CT Digital Humanities Conference at @CCSU in New Britain. Visit ctdh.io/cfp/ for info and to submit.
CT Humanities in Middletown, CT is seeking a full-time America 250 CT Commission administrative assistant. This person will support fundraising efforts for the 250th commission, assist with coordinating the administrative tasks of the commission. Apply at cthumanities.org/employment
Last eNews of 2023! Check it out now!
History lovers, this issue of @CT_History eNews is for you! New articles on Middletown’s Beman Triangle, Connecticut’s first official printer, Hebron’s Josephine Sophia (White) Griffing, Meriden’s famous musical daughter, and much more! cthumanities.org/enews
Our December 2023 @TeachIt_CT eNews: New grade 3 activity Snapshot Clues; judges needed for @CTHistoryDay; primary source gallery on immigration; and our Year in Review top activities! cthumanities.org/enews
If you love history and want to help students grow their skills and interest in history, consider becoming a volunteer judge for @CTHistoryDay! Learn more in the link in the tweet below!
See the contest dates and find more information here: historydayct.org/where-to-begin…
In our latest @TeachIt_CT eNews: Activities for grades 3, 4, and high school for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth and a primary source gallery on geography. Plus, we are looking for people to contribute activities to Teach It! See all this and more at cthumanities.org/enews
Brand new grade 3 @TeachIt_CT activity: How Innovation Shaped CT's History, plus two activities for high school grade on LGBTQ+ History Month, and primary source gallery focus on slavery and abolition. Get details at cthumanities.org/enews
Proud to see vast impact through CTH partnerships, programs, & grants. Visit cthumanities.org/annual-report & see our FY23 work, possible w/funding from CT General Assembly, @GovNedLamont , @NEHgov, @HumFed , @MellonFdn, Scripps Family Fund, private donors, & corporate funders.
Teachers! Are you starting to think about you are going to talk about America's 250th anniversary with your students? Check out one of Teach It's new activities about African Americans in the American Revolution in Connecticut! Primary sources and more! #America250 #cthistory
As the 250th anniversary of the #AmericanRevolution approaches, how do you teach about African American soldiers? Do you find it hard to find sources for your students? We've got you covered!⬇️ Access activity: teachitct.org/lessons/tellin… #cthistory #teachertwitter #America250
Cheers & a very fond farewell to our Director of Digital Humanities, Gregg Mangan, who, after a decade with CT Humanities, is moving on to a new chapter! We'll miss Gregg's expertise and extensive content knowledge (and his stories!) & wish him the best of luck. Thank you Gregg!
To learn more about the Enfield Shaker community, check out our article: connecticuthistory.org/enfields-shake… and use Teach It's activity to teach your students! #cthistory
Do your students know who the Shakers were? Check out this✨new✨activity for 8th graders about Enfield's Shaker community--includes images, documents, & material culture! Access activity: teachitct.org/lessons/connec… #cthistory #teachertwitter #sschat
#NHD2024 Often, horrible events become turning points for change & justice...like how the 1988 murder of Richard Reihl galvanized CT's LGBTQ+ communities. Explore this potential topic & more: connecticuthistory.org/connecticut-hi… @CTHistoryDay @NationalHistory #LGBTQHistory #cthistory
Thanks for sharing our great new article! If you haven't had a chance to check it out--go read it! connecticuthistory.org/black-loyalist… #America250 #cthistory #BlackHistory
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#WhoKnew? William Sewell Jr., a Yale Medical School student, built the first “artificial heart” out of Erector Set pieces. You can learn about this and much more in this month's @CT_History eNews at cthumanities.org/enews
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#WhoKnew? William Sewell Jr., a Yale Medical School student, built the first “artificial heart” out of Erector Set pieces. You can learn about this and much more in this month's @CT_History eNews at cthumanities.org/enews
In our August @TeachIt_CT enews: WWW1 primary source gallery, @NationalHistory Day resource guide, 4 new grade 8/high school activities (Amos Beman; Enfield’s Shaker Community; CT’s Complicity in Slavery; Anti-Racist Allies & Accomplices in CT History). cthumanities.org/enews
How is it already time to start thinking about Connecticut History Day 2024?! The theme is “Turning Points in History”…if you don’t know where to start, check out our guide to help you find a Connecticut topic: connecticuthistory.org/connecticut-hi… @CTHistoryDay @NationalHistory #cthistory
It's #TeamTuesday! Need to get in touch with our CTH staff, or just want to learn a little more about us? Visit cthumanities.org/staff
July @TeachIt_CT eNews: new Grade 3 activity Collecting Tomorrow's History, Today + 3 new Grade 8 & high school: African Americans in the American Revolution, Role of Enslaved People in CT Founding, & Understanding Census: Tracking CT's Black Population cthumanities.org/enews/
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