Greetings History's Mysteries TPS Group Members!
We wanted to take a moment to give the TPS Network members some news about important and exciting new changes for History’s Mysteries.
History's Mysteries has now become Private i History Detectives and has been unveiled on the iCivics website. If you missed our big announcement, you can read about it here.
Here is what you need to know about the change:
You can now access the new Private i History Detectives iCivics website for free, all you need to do is create an iCivics educator account. Check out the fancy new video introduction to Private i!
We encourage you to head over to the new website, but rest assured, you can continue to lean on the History’s Mysteries website if you’ve already planned your lessons. It will be available until June 2023. Also, Laurie and Kelley will continue to develop units for the new Private i curriculum.
When you visit Private i, you will see that we have a new Detective Team, some exciting new revisions, and mysteries that are more consistently timed to about 30-45 minutes in length! You will not yet see the new voice-over recordings, but they are coming soon! In the meantime, if you use the voice-overs, they are still available on the History's Mysteries site.
Looking for tips on starting inquiry with your history students? Consider introducing your students to historical inquiry by using one of our Introduction to Inquiry Mysteries that are found on each grade level page.
Take a moment to browse through our grade level pages as you plan your course of instruction. Don't forget to look at different grade levels as you might find something that works for your students as well.
As part of the transition to Private i History Detectives, there are two new units that were released in October and are now ONLY available on the iCivics Private i page.
5th Grade Curriculum: Constitutional Convention: How did the Constitution create compromise?
3rd/4th Grade Curriculum: Federalism: Why do we have some many governments?
These units are housed on the new iCivics site. We are so excited for you to use them.
As always, we are here and ready to help. We hope your school year has started off well and look forward to hearing about how History's Mysteries/Private i is working in your classroom.
If you are looking for PD on the new materials, let us know!
-Kelley and Laurie
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Kelley -
Congratulations!
You and Laurie continue to amaze us all! "Also, Laurie and Kelley will continue to develop units for the new Private i curriculum."
- Rich
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