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TEACH HISTORY USING FIRST DAY COVERS

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These lessons are created by a now retired, secondary social studies, public school teacher who spent 28 years in her own classroom and 11 years mentoring other new and experienced social studies teachers.

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HOOK STUDENTS ON HISTORY by using images found on first-day covers. Analyze the stamp, postmark, and artwork to peak a student’s curiosity and start a dialogue about a document, event or person.

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For more information on strategies read the article that appeared in the Texas Council for Social Studies magazine, Hook Students To History With First Day Covers -Warm Up Lessons Using Stamps, Postmarks and Artwork.

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First Day Covers

EPSON MFP image
EPSON MFP image
FDC-p-Liberty1
James Flagg
FDC-p-CivilWarBattles
FDC-p-TearDownThisWall446
cropped-nlv8i1_henrydavidthoreau.jpg
nlv8i1_HenryDavidThoreau
100 Years of Texas Independence First Day Issue
FDC-p-Sojourner-Truth

First Day Covers —FDC—

Envelopes Delivering a Commemorative Stamp issued on a Special Day with Artwork Depicting the Document, Event or Person.

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Donations will be used to help publish the lessons, cover costs that come with hosting an exhibit booth and making presentations at the national and state social studies conventions, and covering expenses associated with the creation of the FDC Lessons, newsletters and First Day Cover Lessons Facebook page.

TEACH HISTORY
USING FIRST DAY COVERS

©2009-2017 FDC Lessons by Kris McIntosh
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