Trace-Based Case: From Boom to Zoom
How Conditions in Florida Led to an Economic Boom in the Past and Continue to Help Florida Zoom Toward Future Prosperity This trace-based case is focused on the following question: What are the conditions that contribute to economic development in Florida? In this...
Trace-Based Case: Railroads
This trace-based case is focused on the following question: How did railroads contribute to Florida’s economic and social development? In a trace-based case, begin with a trace of history, like an artifact, photo, painting, or other visual text. In this case, begin...
Trace-Based Case: Florida Explorers
What motivated explorers to take the long, hard journey to Florida? In a trace-based case, begin with a trace of history, like an artifact, photo, painting, or other visual text. Then, use a variety of sources to trace the historical evidence, using critical...
NASA Trace-Based Case
Trace-Based Case: Economic Impact of NASA on Florida This is one lesson in a new series of Trace-Based Cases, critical thinking inquiry lessons, created by the USF Stavros Center demonstrating the use of digital content in the classroom. Trace-Based Cases begin with...
Trace-Based Case: Florida Tourism
How does tourism impact Florida’s economy and growth? This is one lesson in a new series of Trace-Based Cases, critical thinking inquiry lessons, created by the USF Stavros Center, demonstrating the use of digital content in the classroom. Trace-Based Cases...
Immigration and Migration
This is one lesson in a new series of Trace-Based Cases, critical thinking inquiry lessons, created by the USF Stavros Center demonstrating the use of digital content in the classroom. Trace-Based Cases begin with a trace of something from the past, like an artifact,...
Steamships Then and Now: Using Text Sets in the Social Studies Classroom
Collections of texts tightly focused on a specific topic are known as “text sets.” They may include varied genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and so forth) and media (such as blogs, maps, photographs, art, primary-source documents, and audio...
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