World History
Jeff Feinstein just posted his favorite podcast for US History. It's called the Backstory with the American History guys.
On Top of the World is my favorite podcast for World History. It's hosted by Dave Eaton, associate professor at Grand Valley State University, and Matt Drwenski, a former AP history teacher in Houston, Texas and now a graduate student at the University of Pittsburg.
Eaton and Drwenski started the podcast this fall. Most recordings last about 40 minutes. You can subscribe to them on iTunes or even Stitcher.
Here are some of the topics.
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World History
Best World History Podcast
Jeff Feinstein just posted his favorite podcast for US History. It's called the Backstory with the American History guys.
On Top of the World is my favorite podcast for World History. It's hosted by Dave Eaton, associate professor at Grand Valley State University, and Matt Drwenski, a former AP history teacher in Houston, Texas and now a graduate student at the University of Pittsburg.
Eaton and Drwenski started the podcast this fall. Most recordings last about 40 minutes. You can subscribe to them on iTunes or even Stitcher.
Here are some of the topics.
- Big History and its critics
- A review of Guns Germs and Steel
- African topics in world history
- Content skills in world history
- Easter Island
On Top of the World's website also includes ideas for lesson plans for some topics. For example, Dave Eaton posted a great lesson teaching the Swahili Coast and another on teaching the Tang Dynasty.
These so-called subject guides examine what textbooks say about the subject and then "examine more specialized writing and offer some exercises aimed at ?unpacking the textbook? or making the topic more engaging."
You can follow On Top of the World on Facebook.
These so-called subject guides examine what textbooks say about the subject and then "examine more specialized writing and offer some exercises aimed at ?unpacking the textbook? or making the topic more engaging."
You can follow On Top of the World on Facebook.
- Smithonian Source - Resources For Teaching American History
Smithonian Source - Resources for Teaching American History. The site exclaims, "Find teacher-selected resources that allow you to peer over the historian's shoulder and share the excitement of discovery." Despite some annoying background music and...
- The Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution - Introduction to the principal players in the revolution. It also has a reading list, sections about relevant topics and links to useful websites. From the site: The purpose of this website is to provide biographies of the main...
- Confucianism And Daiosm: Great Podcast
Here's a great podcast explaining the basic beliefs of Confucianism and Daoism. I put it on Blackboard so my students could use it to review the two philosophies....
- Flipped Learning Network Interview
Okay so perhaps only my mom will really want to listen to this entire thing. But there are a lot of websites mentioned, ways my classes work and more in this 50 minute podcast on the Flipped Learning Network interview I did a few weeks ago which...
- History Of Rome Podcasts
Summer's coming. Long drives to the beach! Why not listen to any of 127 (I think that's the number) podcast episodes of Roman history developed by Mike Duncan. He debuted his first episode back in 2007 and completed his 127th episode last year....