History fairs are an excellent way to recognize student achievement and to generate an interest in history. Described is a History Day fair that encouraged students in grades 6-12 to research and prepare papers, projects, and media presentations on a historical theme and to have them judged by history professionals. (RM)

Discusses how psychohistory and psychobiography can be used in graduate and undergraduate history classes to help students grasp the motives for individual and mass actions throughout history, e.g., Why did the British military men make certain tactical decisions in World War I? (RM)

The Library of Congress has indexed and microfilmed its collection of presidential papers as the Presidential Papers Microfilm Series, which is now available to scholars and students. Each collection of presidential papers in the series is briefly described. (RM)

The state of California has developed model curriculum standards for required high school social studies courses. Included here are the "Introduction" and "Organization and Format" from the history-social science section of the "Model Curriculum Standards: Grades Nine through Twelve," and the standards for the world…

The microcomputer can be a helpful tool for teaching the basics of historical research. Database management systems are described, strengths and weaknesses of one software package (dBaseII) for historical research are discussed, and a conceptual and practical guide for teaching historical research methods with dBaseII is provided. (RM)

The effect of technological change on library users and its implication for library instruction are examined; two courses which provide library instruction for students enrolled in graduate methods history courses are described; and an annotated bibliography of materials which can be used in a course in bibliographic instruction is provided. (RM)

Described is a team-taught, college-level course which used music, particularly songs, and role playing techniques to teach aspects of four topics in U.S. history: religion, the frontier, social reform, and politics. Resources are listed. (RM)

Discussed is how ratios can be used by history teachers at the secondary and college levels to convert population statistics to equivalent and comparable values in helping students better understand the historical and contemporary implications of what is being studied. (RM)

A broad, hemispheric approach to American history, called the Bolton thesis or a history of the Americas, can contribute something unique to a college curriculum formerly dependent on the more traditional surveys. It also poses some extraordinary challenges. Guidelines for teaching such a course are presented. (RM)

A team-teaching approach to a college-level world history course using a lecture-lab format was very popular with students. One professor taught historical methods, including oral history, quantification, local history, family history, and visual history, in his labs. A detailed course outline is provided. (RM)

History students can edit and revise their own writing by using two sample editing guides. They can use one guide to evaluate their own writing. They can use the second guide to work in groups and to evaluate each other's writing. (AM)

A team-taught, skills-oriented approach is used to introduce freshmen to United States history at the University of Vermont. Constant feedback has identified course strengths and weaknesses. The appendix lists course topics and workbook assignments. (AM)

An integrative model was used to introduce undergraduates to public history at the University of Northern Iowa. The model extracts a series of skills, methods, and techniques from the eight areas of public history that most public historians use. Reading assignments for each series are included. (AM)

Describes computer assisted instruction in social history to teach college students to use the resources and methods of the quantitative historian. Using commercially available prepared data sets, students analyze empirical data such as parish records, census data, and other civil records on the European family. (RM)

Describes an interdisciplinary unit involving English and social studies. Secondary students explore numerous aspects of immigration and industrialization in America and the contributions of various ethnic and racial minorities. (RM)