Schuylkill County Mining Recognition Week Resources

Reading Anthracite History

Birdseed Mining (Social Studies, Math, Science)

Arch Coal, Inc. - Free Lesson Plans

Colorado Coal Field War Project

Immigrants in Coal Country

Explore PA History - Coal Mining Resources

Lesson Plan - Life Skills Lesson

Lesson Plan - Pioneer Day Poster

Lesson Plan - Discovering Coal Through Books

Book Cover - The Pipes Are Calling by Loretta Murphy

Loretta Murphy Web Site

The Coal Miner

Coal-Related Activities for Elementary Students

Kentucky Coal Education - Primary Resources

Coal Coral Plant

American Coal Foundation - Cookie Mining

Lesson Plan - From Where Does Coal Come

Lesson Plan - Coal Formation

Lesson Plan - Coal Formation Graphic Organizer

Lesson Plan - Research Family Member

Kentucky Coal Education - Middle School Resources

Coal Mining Risks & Rewards

Energy Quest

Lesson Plan - From Where Does Coal Come

Coal-Related Activities for Secondary Students

Kentucky Coal Education - Secondary Resources

Life In A Coal Patch

Montgomery County Public Schools - Mama is a Miner

Danger at the Breaker

Mining Coal

Lesson Plan - Yourshaw Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan - Gober Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan - Make a model coal car

Lesson Plan - Physical Science

Lesson Plan - Water Quality

Eckley Miners' Village Virtual Tour

Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine

Driving Tour of Carbon and Schuylkill Counties
(Click here for printed version of Driving Tour)

Coal Strike of 1902

Maroons Primary Documents

Coal Production Graph

Discovering Coal Through Books PowerPoint

Coal Fields

Coal-Bearing Areas of the United States

Anthracite Heritage Week Lesson Plan Ideas

O'Boyle's Lesson Ideas

Ney Webquest

Brand Webquest

Paul Webquest

Paul Coal Mining Tour

Paul Sources for Webquests

COME TO THE OLD COUNTRY: A Handbook for Preserving and Sharing Schuylkill County's Cultural Heritage

Schuylkill River National and State Heritage

Wigganspatch website

Girardville website

Irish Valley website

Coal Region website

"Hard Coal" Community Showing 10/24/08

• The Schuylkill Haven Area High School library is going to display books about mining and Schuylkill County.  The librarian is also going to share the resources with teachers and encourage their use.

Academic Summer School

Continuing
Professional
Education

2010 Professional Development Needs Assessment

Guest Teacher

Returning Substitutes