About Us

Dr. Kenneth V. Anthony is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education at Mississippi State University. kanthony@colled.msstate.edu

Dr. Paul E. Binford is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education at Mississippi State University. pbinford@colled.msstate.edu

Dr. Nicole C. Miller is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Special Education at Mississippi State University. ncm39@msstate.edu

Publications:

Anthony, K. & O’Connor, E. (2022). Using stereographic images and primary sources to analyze the Civil War’s Atlanta Campaign. Trends and Issues in Social Studies28(1). https://fcss.org/images/downloads/usingstereographicimagesprimarysourcescivilwaratlantacampaign.pdf

Anthony, K. & O’Connor, E. L. (2020). Internationalizing early US history instruction: Oman, Andrew Jackson, and trade. Oregon Journal of the Social Studies, 8(1), pp. 79-90. https://sites.google.com/site/oregoncouncilforsocialstudies/O-J-S-S/o-j-s-s-issues

Anthony, K. & Hopper, P.F. (2016). Fostering Inquiry through Pairing Children’s Literature with Historical Photographs, Oregon Journal of the Social  Studies. 

Binford, P. E. (September 2016).  Before the Dust settles!  [Web log post].  Retrieved from http://www.yawednesday.com/blog/before-the-dust-settles

Anthony, K. & Morgan, M. K. (2015). Ulysses S. Grant Manumits William Jones: An Example of America’s  Entanglement  with  Slavery. Middle Level  Learning54, pp. 2-5.

Morgan, M.K. & Anthony, K. (2015). Ulysses S. Grant Manumits William Jones: America’s Entanglement  with  Slavery, A Lesson for Grades 6-8. Middle Level Learning,  54, pp.   6-16.

Anthony, K. & Morgan, M.K. (2014). Susan B. Anthony’s trial, social justice, and Common Core connections. The Georgia Social Studies Journal, 4(1), pp. 10-19. http://www.coe.uga.edu/assets/docs/hubs/gssj/Anthony-and-Morgan-2014.pdf

Anthony, K. V., & Miller, N. C. (2014). Digging deeper with primary sources: Original documents take students deeper into the content. AMLE Magazine, 1(5), 23-25.

Miller, N. C. (December 2014). Review of the book Examining the evidence: Seven strategies for teaching with primary sources by K. Thompson and H. Mac Austin. MiddleWebhttp://www.middleweb.com/18972/deepen-understanding-with-primary-sources/

Presentations:

Binford, P. E. & Mauney, M. (2022, February). Fun strategies for improving reading comprehension in U.S. History. Session presented at Tennessee Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference.

Anthony, K. (2022, January). Devil with a blue dress on? Using primary sources and corroboration to determine the facts surrounding the capture of Jefferson Davis. Session presented at Teaching with Primary Sources Mississippi Winter Event.

Binford, P. E. (2022, January). Lost at sea through primary sources. Session presented at Teaching with Primary Sources Mississippi Winter Event.

Binford, P. E. & Mauney, M. (2022, January). Fun strategies to improve reading comprehension in U.S. History. Session presented at Teaching with Primary Sources Mississippi Winter Event.

Anthony, K. & Binford, P. E. (2022, January). James Bond, guano, and imperialism: The international economics of natural bird fertilizer. Session presented at Teaching with Primary Sources Mississippi Winter Event.

Anthony, K. (2022, January). Using the explanation game to engage students with primary sources. Session presented at Teaching with Primary Sources Mississippi Winter Event.

Miller, N. C. (February, 2022). Google Earth Tours and Primary Sources. Presented at the Mississippi Educational Computing Association, Jackson, MS.

Miller, N. C. (2022, January). Google Earth tours and primary sources. Session presented at Teaching with Primary Sources Mississippi Winter Event, Online.

Anthony, K. & O’Connor, E. (2021, October 16). Reconstructing a story of Reconstruction using the SOURCES Framework. Session presented at Florida Council for Social Studies 64th Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Anthony, K.V. (2021, April). The stories primary sources can tell: Relating reconstruction to students through one political cartoon. Presented at the Florida Council for the Social Studies TPS-UCF Webinar Series. Online.

Anthony, K. (2021, April). King Tut: Putting the Reality into the Virtual. Lesson taught to 5th grade social studies class at Starkville Christian School, Starkville, MS.

Anthony, K. (2021, March). Devil with a blue dress on? Using primary sources and corroboration to determine the facts surrounding the capture of Jefferson Davis. Session presented at Teaching with Primary Sources Mississippi Spring Event.

Binford, P.E. (March 27, 2021). The Teddy Bear, Holt Collier, and A Remarkable Primary. Presented at the TPS Mississippi Spring Event, Online.

Binford, P.E. (February 18, 2021). Writing for Understanding: Investigating a Cold Case. Presented at the Mississippi Professional Educators: Professional Development, Online.

Binford, P.E. (February 16, 2021). Visual Discovery with Primary Sources. Presented at the Mississippi Professional Educators: Professional Development, Online.

Binford, P.E. (February 11, 2021). Writing for Understanding: Investigating a Cold Case. Presented at the Mississippi Professional Educators: Professional Development, Online.

Binford, P.E. (February 9, 2021). Visual Discovery with Primary Sources. Presented at the Mississippi Professional Educators: Professional Development, Online.

Anthony, K. (2021, February). Using the explanation game to engage students with primary sources. Session presented at Mississippi Professional Educators Spring 2021 Virtual Training.

Anthony, K. (2021, February). Devil with a blue dress on? Using primary sources and corroboration to determine the facts surrounding the capture of Jefferson Davis. Session presented at Mississippi Professional Educators Spring 2021 Virtual Training.

Anthony, K.V., Binford, P. E., & Miller, N. C. (2020, November). Using the Explanation Game to Engage Students with Primary SourcesPresented at the fall professional development event for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Online.

Anthony, K., Miller, N., & Binford, P. (2020, November). Perspectives: Reaching Rural Educators with Hybrid Online Professional Development. Session presented at Innovate Learning Summit 2020. Accepted as Brief Paper: Research Based Live Presentation.

Anthony, K. & O’Connor, E. (2020, October). Splendid isolation? An analysis of how international trade is covered in selected state elementary social studies frameworks. Session presented at the Midsouth Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Online live presentation.

Binford, P., Anthony, K., Miller, N., Levitt, S., & Szwajkowski, C. (2020, March). Exploring American Labor History with Primary Sources Using the Visual Discovery Strategy. Session presented at National Council for History Education, Cleveland, OH.

Miller, N., Anthony, K.V., & Binford, P. (2020, March). TPS Mississippi: Primary Sources in VR, AR, and Stereographs. Poster presented at National Council for History Education, Cleveland, OH.

Binford, P. E. (2019, November). Visual Discovery: Theodore Roosevelt, Holt Collier, and the Teddy Bear. Presented at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Teachers of the Gifted, Long Beach, MS.

Anthony, K. V. & O’Connor, E. (2019, November). Internationalizing early U.S. history instruction: The Sultan of Oman, Andrew Jackson and Trade. National Council for the Social Studies. Austin, TX.

Anthony, K. V., Miller, N. C., & Binford, P. E. (2019, October). King Tut: Putting reality into the virtual. National Council for the Social Studies. Austin, TX.

Miller, N. C. (November, 2019). Put the World in the hands of your students! Augmented Reality for Social Studies. Presented at the Association for Middle Level Education Annual Conference, Nashville, TN.

Binford, P. E. (2019, October). Separate but Equal?. Mississippi Council for the Social Studies. Hattiesburg, MS.

Miller, N. C. (October, 2019). Teaching with Primary Sources – Making Thinking Visible. Presented at the Mississippi Association for Middle Level Education Annual Conference. Natchez, MS.

Anthony, K. V. (2019, October). Internationalizing early U.S. history instruction: The Sultan of Oman, Andrew Jackson and Trade. Mississippi Council for the Social Studies. Hattiesburg, MS.

Anthony, K. V. (2019, October). Internationalizing early U.S. history instruction: The Sultan of Oman, Andrew Jackson and Trade. Georgia Council for the Social Studies. Athens, GA.

Anthony, K. V. (2019, October). Making Thinking Visible using the explanation game thinking routine with Library of Congress photographs. New Teacher Summit. Columbus, MS.

Miller, N. C. (2019, October). Engaging Students with Library of Congress Resources to Support Information Literacy. Mississippi Association for Gifted Children. Starkville, MS.

Anthony, K. V. (2019, October). Making Thinking Visible using the explanation game thinking routine with Library of Congress photographs. Mississippi Association for Gifted Children. Starkville, MS.

Binford, P. E. (2019, August). Teaching about a National Crisis. Professional Development for Rankin County School District. Rankin County, MS.

Anthony, K. V. (2019, August). Writing historical narratives using Library of Congress Primary Source Sets. Professional Development for Rankin County School District. Rankin County, MS.

Anthony, K.V. & Binford, P. E. (2019, August). Making Thinking Visible using the Explanation Game. Professional Development for Rankin County School District.

Binford, P. E. (2019, August). Fact or Myth. Professional Development for Rankin County School District. Rankin County, MS.

Binford, P. E. & Miller, N. C. (2018, November 30). Cold Case: 03051770. To be presented at the annual conference of the National Council for the Social Studies, Chicago, IL.

Miller, N. C., Binford, P. E., & Anthony, K. V. (2018, November). Teaching with Primary Sources Mississippi. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, Chicago, IL.

Miller, N. C. (2018, November). Teaching with Primary Sources – Engaging with the New MS Standards. Mississippi Association for Middle Level Education. Jackson, MS.

Miller, N. C. (2018, October). Integrating Technology for Teaching with Primary Sources. Mississippi Council for the Social Studies Annual Conference. Columbus, MS.

Binford, P. E. (2018, June 16). Bridging Curriculum Silo with YA Historical Non-Fiction and Fiction in the ELA Classroom. Presented at the Summit on the Research and Teaching of YA Literature, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV.

Bickmore, S. T. & Binford, P. E. (2018, March 19). Building Curriculum Silos with YA Nonfiction, Informational Texts, and Research. Presented at the annual Kennesaw State University Literature Conference, Kennesaw, GA.

Miller, N. C. (2018, February). Making Thinking Visible with Primary Sources. Mississippi Council for the Social Studies Winter Workshop. Workshop, Starkville, MS.

Miller, N. C. (2018, February). Introduction to the Library of Congress. EDE 4143 – Social Studies Methods. Workshop, Starkville, MS.

Miller, N. C. (2018, February). Introduction to the Library of Congress. Teaching with Primary Sources Mississippi in Collaboration with the Mississippi Department of History and Archives Professional Development. Workshop, Starkville, MS.

Binford, P. B., Miller, N. C., & Anthony, K. V. (2018, January). Life matters: A view of child labor in Mississippi. Presented at the SOURCES Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Binford, P.E. (2018, January). Visual Discovery: Opening the Window to Historical Interest, Analysis, and Understanding. Dr. Deidre Wheaton’s (SS443) Seminar in Social Science, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS.

Miller, N. C., Anthony, K. V., & Binford, P. E. (2017, November). Developing and Implementing Primary Sources Curriculum: Benefits and Challenges. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association, Starkville, MS.

Miller, N. C., Anthony, K. V., & Binford, P. E. (2017, November). Benefits and Challenges to Planning and Teaching with Library of Congress Digital Primary Sources in the Middle Grades. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Middle Level Education, National Association of Professors of Middle Level Education (NAPOMLE) Best Practices Session, Philadelphia, PA.

Anthony, K. V., Miller, N. C., & Binford, P. E. (2017, November). Teaching with Primary Sources Mississippi – A Grades 3-12 Curriculum. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, San Francisco, CA.

Miller, N. C. (October, 2017). Web 2.0 Tools and Apps to Engage Students with Primary Sources. Mississippi Association for Middle Level Education. Workshop. Bay St. Louis, MS.

Binford, P. E. (October, 2017) Life Matters: Brain Rule #6 and Historical Photographs of Child Labor in Mississippi. Mississippi Association for Middle Level Education. Workshop. Bay St. Louis, MS.

Miller, N. (2017, February) “Making Thinking Visible.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Council for the Social Studies, Mississippi State University, MS.

Binford, P. (2017, February) “Visual Discovery in Mississippi History.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Council for the Social Studies, Mississippi State University, MS.

Anthony, K. (2017, February) “Teaching with Library of Congress Primary Sources.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Council for the Social Studies, Mississippi State University, MS.

Anthony, K, Hopper, P., & Baneck, M. (2016, December) “Fostering Inquiry through Pairing Children’s Literature with Historical Photographs.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, D.C.

Anthony, K. & Hopper, P. (2016, October) “Fostering Inquiry through Pairing Children’s Literature with Historical Photographs.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Council for the Social Studies Fall Conference, University of Southern Mississippi.

Miller, N. C. & Anthony, K. V. (2016, October). Primary Sources: Leveraging the Library of Congress and Web 2.0 Tools to Scaffold Inquiry. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Middle Level Education, Austin, TX.

Anthony, K. V., & Miller, N. C. (2015, November). Preservice teachers’ perceptions of history. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association, Lafayette, LA.

Miller, N. C., & Anthony, K. V. (2015, November). Web 2.0 tools to scaffold inquiry about women’s suffrage. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Anthony, K. V., & Miller, N. C., (2015, November). Writing historical narratives using Library of Congress primary source sets. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council for Social Studies Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Binford, P. E. (2015, November). Multicultural Moments: Theodore Roosevelt, Holt Collier, and the Teddy ” Bear. National  Council for the Social Studies. New Orleans, LA.

Anthony, K. V., & Miller, N. C. (2015, April). Engaging elementary/middle level teacher candidate’s with primary sources. Poster to be presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Anthony, K. V., & Miller, N. C. (2015, March). Twitter: A lens to examine the nature of history and historical thinking processes. Annual meeting of The International Society for the Social Studies Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.

Anthony, K. V., & Miller, N. C. (2015, March). It’s your library: Using Library of Congress material in your classroom to teach historical thinking. Annual meeting of the Mississippi Association for Middle Level Education, Vicksburg, MS.

Binford, P. E. (2015, February). Theodore Roosevelt, Holt Collier, and the “Teddy” Bear: Enhancing Students ‘ Ability  to Analyze  Primary  Sources.  International  Society for the Social Studies. Orlando, FL.

Anthony, K. V., & Miller, N. C. (2014, November). Teaching with Primary Sources intervention: Influencing preservice teachers’ historical thinking. Annual meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association, Knoxville, TN.

Miller, N. C., Anthony, K. V., & Bennett, S. (2014, November). Opening the Door to Inquiry: Teaching with Visual Primary Sources.Annual meeting of the Association for Middle Level Education. Nashville, TN.

Binford, P. E. (2014, October). The Search for Huey Long’s Deduct BoxIntroducing Students to Primary  Source Analysis.   Louisiana  Council  for the  Social Studies. Kenner, LA.

Anthony, K. V., & Miller, N. C., (2013, February). Using primary sources to inject the common good into the Common Core.Mississippi Council for the Social Studies Winter Professional Development Conference, Miss. St., MS.

Anthony, K. V., & Miller, N. C., (2013, February). Social studies: Injecting common good into the Common Core. Mississippi Association for Middle Level Education, Bay St. Louis, MS.

Binford, P. E. (2023, August) Engaging Students in the Industrial Revolution through the Steel Empire Simulation. Professional Development for Rankin County School District. Rankin County, MS.

Anthony, K. & O’Connor, E. (2023, December 2). Devil with a Blue Dress on: Using the story of Jefferson Davis’s capture to teach students to evaluate media messages. Poster session presented at the National Council for the Social Studies Conference, Nashville, TN.

Miller, N. C. (2023, December 1). Engaging students with extended reality in world history. Poster session presented at the National Council for the Social Studies Conference, Nashville, TN.

Anthony, K. & Epps, V. (2023, November 3). Growing popular culture: Muddy Waters and Langston Hughes Spreading the Blues. Invited session presented at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History 38th Social Studies Teachers Workshop, Jackson, MS.

Anthony, K. & O’Connor, E. (2023, October 27). Devil with a Blue Dress on: Using the story of Jefferson Davis’s capture to teach students to evaluate media messages. Session presented at the Georgia Council for the Social Studies Conference, Athens, GA.

Other Events Sponsored by TPS Mississippi:

Dr. Binford arranged a guest speaker for EDE 4143. Mrs. Suzanne Kelly (author and retired teacher emeritus from Iowa) presented about how she used a primary source account of an historical event in the Pacific Theater in WW2 to teach research skills in the elementary ELA and Social Studies classroom to teacher candidates in EDE 4143 Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary and Middle School. The resulting research project received national acclaim. The research project lasted for nine years in her elementary classroom.