Exploring Vacation and Etiquette Themes in Social Studies: Primary Source Inquiry for Middle and High School includes suggestions for extending each theme to include:

  • Current events
  • Lessons about your local community using place-based education
  • Across content areas (especially English/Language Arts) using an interdisciplinary approach

Here are a more classroom activities, primary sources, and additional resources for teaching about travel/vacation or manners & etiquette in the classroom:  (check back often for new additions)

Vacation themes – additional resources

Manners & Etiquette – additional resources

Classroom Manners: Analyzing behavior with primary sources


About the header image: Photomechanical print of old house at Far Hills, New Jersey, c. 1898 – 1905.
Library of Congress


About the header image: Photomechanical print of old house at Far Hills, New Jersey, c. 1898 and 1905]
Library of Congress
About the header image: Photomechanical print of old house at Far Hills, New Jersey, c. 1898 and 1905]
Library of Congress