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My History at School Resource Set

My History at School Resource Set

The resource set includes additional sources to accompany the My History at School Primary Source Set and Lesson Ideas to help extend lessons and further student understanding.  Primary Source Analysis Worksheets are available on the Elementary Primary Source Sets main page.

 

God Bless Our School Print

God Bless Our School  c.1870s (Print)

Currier & Ives print.  Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Elementary School, Brush Colorado

Williams School, Brush, Colorado.  c. 1915. (Photo)

Williams School - Brush, Colo. 7 children present out of 30 or 40 that are expected when beet work is over. It is Oct. 27, seven weeks after school opened. The school is well equipped, the teacher has a degree (A.B.) and one other teacher in this district (out of five rural teachers) also has the same degree. Salaries run from $65 to $75 a month, 9 mos. school.

Boys and Teacher in the Golden Industrial School

School interior at Colorado School around 1910. (Photo)

Boys and teacher in the classroom at the Golden Industrial School, Denver, CO. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.


A Apple Pie book cover

A Apple Pie (Online Flipbook)

This online flipbook introduces the letters A to Z while following the fortunes of an apple pie. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Pledge of Allegiance photograph

Pledge of Allegiance. c. 1890-1900. (Photo)

Photo title: Pledge of allegiance to the flag, 8th Division.  Courtesy of the Library of Congress.


Native American Children in School

Native American Children at School, c. 1900 - 1910. (Photo)

Native Americans during mathematics class at Indian School, Carlisle, PA. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Rivera School, Las Animas, CO

Rivera School, Las Animas County, CO. c. 1890 - 1900. (Photo)

Hispanic American students and their male teacher, who holds books and a ruler, pose in front of their school in Rivera, Las Animas County Colorado. A plaque over the door reads: "Public School 1890." Courtesy of Denver Public Library Digital Collections. 

Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance

Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance c. 2006. (Photo)

A class recites the "Pledge of Allegiance" before the start of school Monday, Mar. 6, 2006 at Bruce Randolph Middle School in Denver. Courtesy of Denver Public Library Digital Collections.


Video of Children Exercising

Hyde Park School, Room 2,  c. 1904 (Video)

Each boy and girl has a pair of Indian clubs and for the extent of the film the group demonstrates in unison different exercises, using the clubs. Video at the Library of Congress.

Audio Image

Ring Around the Rosey, 1939. (Audio Recording)

A group of children signing "Ring Around the Rosey." Courtesy of the Library of Congress.


Pre-K student in a Denver classroom, 2005

Pre-K student in a Denver classroom, 2005. (Photo)

A Denver International School pre-kindergarten french class student of Centennial works on a coloring project in class. Courtesy of the Denver Public Library Digital Collections.

3rd grade students in Commerce City walk outside their classroom

3rd grade students in Commerce City CO, walk outside their classroom (Photo)

Third grade students at Second Creek Elementary School in Commerce City walk from their classroom, in a modular building, to the library on November 6, 2006. Courtesy of the Denver Public Library Digital Collections

2nd Graders in a lunch line at East Elementary

2nd graders in a lunch line, Littleton, CO. 2008. (Photo)

2nd graders at East Elementary School in a lunch line.  Courtesy of Denver Public Library Digital Collections.


Ballet Class, 2005.

Ballet Class, 2005. (Photo)

5 year olds from the Denver International School in ballet class. Courtesy of the Denver Public Library Digital Collections.

New Englewood School District Board Members are swore in

New Englewood School Board Members are sworn in. (Photo)

School Board Members are elected in all Colorado School Districts and set education policy.