In recent years, educators from the Vermont Historical Society, the Vermont Department of Education, and Poultney High School led the professional development workshop Old Documents, New Technology: Using Interactive Whiteboards to Teach with Primary Sources. Participants, including 41 teachers and librarians from all over Vermont, created lessons for use in their classrooms and to share with fellow educators.
Follow the links below to access the lessons on Promethean Planet and SMART Exchange. (Outside links - may require free registration to download lessons.)
Vermont & New Hampshire History
| Title | Format | Grade Level | Created By |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ku Klux Klan Poster Reveal | SMART | Middle & High School | Victoria Hughes, Vermont Historical Society |
| Vermont Flood of 1927 | Promethean | Elementary | Nancy Bladyka, Westminster Center School |
| Vermont and NH Town and River Names with Abenaki Influence |
SMART | Elementary | Michelle Bechanan, Lyndon Town School |
| Child Labor in Vermont (Part 1) Child Labor in Vermont (Part 2) Child Labor in Vermont (Part 3) |
SMART | Elementary | Brian Hurlbert, St. Johnsbury School |
| Introduction to Primary Sources | SMART | Elementary | Jill St. George, Westford Elementary School |
| John & Lydia's Story Part 1: The Journey North | SMART | Elementary | Marguerite Ames, Marion Cross School |
| Child Labor in Vermont and Beyond; Counting on Grace Introduction | SMART | Elementary | Melissa Parker, Union Elementary School |
| Vermont's 1927 Flood | SMART | Elementary | Joe White, Founders Memorial School |
| Mapping Rivers and Mountains with Abenaki Names in Vermont and New Hampshire | SMART | Elementary | Lorenda Dunham, Bishop John A. Marshall School |
| There's More than One Way to View a Photograph | SMART | Elementary | Julie Rapoport, Bishop John A. Marshall School |
| Vermont and the Civil War | SMART | High School | Mike Szewko, Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans |
| Barre, Vermont - Then and Now; Montpelier, Vermont - Then and Now | SMART | all | class projects |
United States & World History and Geography
| Title | Format | Grade Level | Created By |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventurous Women - Amelia Earhart and Her Predecessors | SMART | Elementary | Heidi Webster, Stockbridge Elementary School & Peacham Elementary School |
| Dr. Horatio Jackson's 1903 Cross Country Drive in a 1903 Winton Automobile | SMART | Elementary | David Powell, Founders Memorial School |
| The Parts of a Map | SMART | Elementary | Hope Yeager, Woodstock Elementary School |
| The Impact of Geography on Early Colonists' Jobs | Promethean | Elementary | Mollie Dawson, Barre Town Elementary School |
| Civil War | SMART | Elementary | Faye Severy, Rochester Elementary School |
| How to make primary source documents "talk" (Pony Express) | SMART | Elementary | Jane DiSanto, Shaftsbury Elementary School |
| Native Americans, An Educational Culture in Constant Change | SMART | Elementary | Tim Ives, State Street School |
| Analysis of Primary Sources and the American Revolution | SMART | Elementary | Michael Rapoport, Stowe Elementary School |
| Indian Boarding Schools | SMART | Middle School | Gerry Whitaker, Sutton School |
| The Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, and Out of the Dust | SMART | Middle School | Sue Wade, St. Albans City School |
| The Declaration of Independence: They Wrote a Rough Draft?!? | SMART | Middle School | Patti Magoon, Main Street Middle School |
| The Search for Justice in America | SMART | Middle School | Chris Williams, U-32 Middle School |
| The Journey West: National Expansion during the 1800s | Easiteach | Middle School | Joe Carter Readsboro Central School |
| Does the camera ever lie? (Civil War photography) |
SMART | High School | Kevin Nadzam, Hazen Union High School |
| The Causes of World War I | SMART | High School | Jim Price, Colchester High School |
| American Labor Unions: Then and Now | SMART | High School | Sara Howard, Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans |
| Sports and Baseball in the 1920s: America's New Pastime | SMART | High School | Angela Conrad-Schlager, Hartford High School |
| Lincoln-Pericles Comparison | SMART | High School | Larry Trombley, Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans |
| (The History of) Safety Belts | SMART | High School | Pamela Ricker, Northfield High School |
Literature & Art
| Title | Format | Grade Level | Created By |
|---|---|---|---|
| What is Fact? What is Fiction? Looking at Historical Fiction | SMART | Elementary | Becky McCullough, Braintree School & Washington Village School |
| Heart vs. Environment: Which has more influence? (Out of the Dust introduction) | SMART | Elementary | Amy Downing, Thomas Fleming School |
| Animal Farm and the Russian Revolution | Easiteach | High School | Jeremy Hammond, Colchester High School |
| Understanding Symbols and Mythology using Primary Sources | SMART | Middle School | Kimberly Scott, Main Street Middle School |
| Fiction and Reality in Fitzgerald's 1920s America | SMART | High School | Jane Newschwander, Arlington Memorial High School |
| Courage and To Kill a Mockingbird | SMART | High School | Alex Gratton, North Country Union High School |
This professional development workshop was sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region Program, coordinated by Waynesburg University. Some of the interactive whiteboard lessons above are based on lessons available on the Library of Congress website.