Index of activities on Teaching With Themes.com for teaching daily life themes using primary source images and texts.
- Concept Development: Clarifying the Meaning of Slippery Words & Concepts
- Comparing modern nutrition and exercise to the pre-industrial era
- Food through Time: Exploring Social History with Etymology
- How has technology changed how we cook over time?
- Inquiry Activity – Health food trends: Are they good for you?
- Mincemeat: Teaching History and Geography with a Holiday Food
- Postcards from the Past
- Road Map & Atlas Activities: Antique Technology in a GPS World
- Relationship Etiquette Activity – Primary Source Inquiry
- Teaching Geography and Visual Literacy Skills with Historical Housing
- “Who Am I?” – Primary Source Mystery Activity
- Time Travel with Shaker Sister Cyn
Quizzes: Test your knowledge:
- Quiz: Pandemics & Plagues
- Quiz: History of Women’s Fashion
- Vacations Now and in the Past
- Are We There Yet? Quiz about Historical Travel
- What did a medieval peasant eat?
- What is in a mincemeat pie?
- Quiz: Daily Energy (Calorie) Requirements
For more about the history of daily life, historical primary sources, and instructional activities by Cynthia W. Resor, see:
BOOKS:
- Exploring Vacation and Etiquette Themes in Social Studies
- Discovering Quacks, Utopias, and Cemeteries: Modern Lessons from Historical Themes
- Investigating Family, Food, and Housing Themes in Social Studies
Blog: Primary Source Bazaar