World History
Great four minute clip on the Black Death from a series called "Seven Wonders of the Microbe World." It's fascinating and the kids will like it and learn something. There is also a great clip from the same series about the ancient Egyptians and beer making that I will soon post.
- World Can Vote For New Seven Wonders
World can vote for new seven wonders. That's right. The time has come to name a new set of the seven wonders of the world. This article notes, "A GLOBAL competition to name the new seven wonders of the world has reached the penultimate stage, with...
- Guernica And The Power Of Art
Here's an excellent and moving 10 minute clip about the bombing of Guernica and Picasso's painting from Simon Shama's series for BBC called "The Power of Art." ...
- Black Death Documents (sheg)
Studying the black Death? Here's a great lesson from the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG)with two documents and two different interpretations of the Black Death. The lesson includes a chart for sourcing and contextualizing the documents. Understanding...
- The Upside Of Isolated Civilizations
Here's a cool 4 minute clip from Ted Ed explaining how isolated civilizations like the ancient Egyptians, the Maya of Meoamerica and the medieval Japanese, all of which were isolated from invaders, made great contributions to the world. They had two...
- Pinterest And Collaborative Teams
I know that Ken made a post about Penterest a couple of months ago but I've just started using it and love it as a resource for our teams. For example, I am developing boards for each unit that we study in World 1. The one above...
World History
Black Death from Seven Wonders of the Microbe World
Great four minute clip on the Black Death from a series called "Seven Wonders of the Microbe World." It's fascinating and the kids will like it and learn something. There is also a great clip from the same series about the ancient Egyptians and beer making that I will soon post.
- World Can Vote For New Seven Wonders
World can vote for new seven wonders. That's right. The time has come to name a new set of the seven wonders of the world. This article notes, "A GLOBAL competition to name the new seven wonders of the world has reached the penultimate stage, with...
- Guernica And The Power Of Art
Here's an excellent and moving 10 minute clip about the bombing of Guernica and Picasso's painting from Simon Shama's series for BBC called "The Power of Art." ...
- Black Death Documents (sheg)
Studying the black Death? Here's a great lesson from the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG)with two documents and two different interpretations of the Black Death. The lesson includes a chart for sourcing and contextualizing the documents. Understanding...
- The Upside Of Isolated Civilizations
Here's a cool 4 minute clip from Ted Ed explaining how isolated civilizations like the ancient Egyptians, the Maya of Meoamerica and the medieval Japanese, all of which were isolated from invaders, made great contributions to the world. They had two...
- Pinterest And Collaborative Teams
I know that Ken made a post about Penterest a couple of months ago but I've just started using it and love it as a resource for our teams. For example, I am developing boards for each unit that we study in World 1. The one above...