World History
The Imperial War Museum has a terrific essay with great images about the causes of World War I. The essay is more engaging than most textbooks and might make for a good reading assignment.
Other stories include:
- The Zimmermann Telegram: Awesome Clip
Here's a terrific clip from BBC about the Zimmermann telegram. Thanks to my collegue, Jeff Feinstein, for sending me the link....
- The Magna Carta: No Taxation Without Representation
A Library of Congress blog has a great short essay about the importance of the Magna Carta. I might copy it for my freshmen when we cover the creation of nation states next month. The author, Nathan Dorn, reminds us that the Magna Carta "helped give birth...
- Mandela's Struggle In Posters
The New York Times has a great slide show of Mandela's struggle against apartheid through posters. My thanks to Jeff Feinstein for sending me the link....
- Great Resources: Imperial War Museum
The Imperial War Museum has some great instructional resources on the main historical events from World War I through the Cold War. Simply click on "Events and Themes" and type in a key word like "Cold War" and a series of downloadable PDFs appear. Some...
- Mit's Visualizing Asian Cultures
This MIT site, called "Visualizing Cultures"is a great resource for both World History and AP World when we study imperialism. The site includes outstanding visual narratives on which curriculum units are based. Most of the curriculum units ask students...
World History
"How Euorpe Went to War in 1914"
Other stories include:
- "Five Things you Need to Know About WWI"
- "12 Things you didn't know about women in WWI"
- "11 Incredible First World War I Posters"
- "10 Surprising laws passed during WWI"
- The Zimmermann Telegram: Awesome Clip
Here's a terrific clip from BBC about the Zimmermann telegram. Thanks to my collegue, Jeff Feinstein, for sending me the link....
- The Magna Carta: No Taxation Without Representation
A Library of Congress blog has a great short essay about the importance of the Magna Carta. I might copy it for my freshmen when we cover the creation of nation states next month. The author, Nathan Dorn, reminds us that the Magna Carta "helped give birth...
- Mandela's Struggle In Posters
The New York Times has a great slide show of Mandela's struggle against apartheid through posters. My thanks to Jeff Feinstein for sending me the link....
- Great Resources: Imperial War Museum
The Imperial War Museum has some great instructional resources on the main historical events from World War I through the Cold War. Simply click on "Events and Themes" and type in a key word like "Cold War" and a series of downloadable PDFs appear. Some...
- Mit's Visualizing Asian Cultures
This MIT site, called "Visualizing Cultures"is a great resource for both World History and AP World when we study imperialism. The site includes outstanding visual narratives on which curriculum units are based. Most of the curriculum units ask students...