World History
My colleague, Frances Coffey, just sent this cool link with 37 creative writing prompts, like the one above, for history. A few others include: make five merit badges from people or groups of people in history and explain them, or, if they had you tube in 1912, what videos would they post.
- Byzantine Art: Great Review
Here is a terrific review of Byzantine art, especially the development of iconoclasm. My thanks to my colleague, Frances Coffey for finding the link....
- Civilzation Epic Rap
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me the link to this interesting rap about civilization....
- Animated Atlas Of Africa History
Here's a cool animated map of Africa's changing borders and conflicts between 1880 and 2002. Toggle buttons allow you to select which thematic layers to activate like territory names, boundaries, conflicts, and demographic trends. You can advance...
- How Pandemics Spread
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me this fascinating 8 minute TED TALKS clip about the spread of diseases. As she notes, AP World, World 1 and even AP Human Geography will find some value in it. I especially liked the different impact of disease in...
- Giza Pyramids In 3d
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me this neat link from the New York Times about a college professor who put together this 3D video of the pyramid at Giza....
World History
37 writing prompts for social studies / history
- Byzantine Art: Great Review
Here is a terrific review of Byzantine art, especially the development of iconoclasm. My thanks to my colleague, Frances Coffey for finding the link....
- Civilzation Epic Rap
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me the link to this interesting rap about civilization....
- Animated Atlas Of Africa History
Here's a cool animated map of Africa's changing borders and conflicts between 1880 and 2002. Toggle buttons allow you to select which thematic layers to activate like territory names, boundaries, conflicts, and demographic trends. You can advance...
- How Pandemics Spread
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me this fascinating 8 minute TED TALKS clip about the spread of diseases. As she notes, AP World, World 1 and even AP Human Geography will find some value in it. I especially liked the different impact of disease in...
- Giza Pyramids In 3d
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me this neat link from the New York Times about a college professor who put together this 3D video of the pyramid at Giza....