Interactive Whiteboard Lessons

In 2011, 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 17 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
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

United States & World History

Title	Format	Grade Level	Created By
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
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
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

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
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.