World History
Civil rights icon Rosa Parks dies at 92. Sadly, the WHB notes the passing of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. She refused to give up her seat and go to the back of the bus. As a consequence, the world is a better place today.
Here are a few good Rosa Parks site:
Academy of Achievement: Rosa Parks - Biography and 1995 interview with audio and video.
Scholastic: Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights - An online activity for grades 7 and 8 about Parks' arrest, the boycott, nonviolence, and the court ruling, with an interview.
Time 100: Heroes and Icons: Rosa Parks - Article by Rita Dove honoring Ms. Parks as one of the twenty most influential heroes and icons of the 20th century.
State News: Parks Recognized for Role in Struggle - Michigan, Parks' home state, designates the first Monday after February 4 as Mrs. Rosa L. Parks Day.
- Teaching With Historic Places
Teaching with Historic Places. This is an excellent ERIC Digest by Kathleen Hunter from 1994. It deals with teaching K-12 students about history using the local community as a classroom. Eleven years later, this program stills seems to be in place at...
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil-rights Leader
Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil-Rights Leader. Short biographical sketch of King's life, followed by annotated listing of recommended books about King. From the site: Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 at his family home in Atlanta,...
- Historical Thinking Matters
The James Madison University Center for History and New Media has a great site called "Historical Thinking Matters." The site includes an interesting video about why historical thinking matters. The video opens in a separate window and uses flash...
- Mobile Apps For The Classroom
Luke Rosa and I were on a crack team of teachers and technology specialists this summer in whose capacity we came up with a list of mobile apps that can help your classroom expand and do it for free. Above is an Educreations' presentation that...
- Historic Italy Through Google Street Views
Larry Ferlazzo has posted a webpage with what he thinks are the best social studies sites for 2012 so far. One of the sites is a Google (who would have guessed)site with a street view collection of images in Italy including the Appian Way, the baths...
World History
Civil rights icon Rosa Parks dies at 92
Civil rights icon Rosa Parks dies at 92. Sadly, the WHB notes the passing of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks. She refused to give up her seat and go to the back of the bus. As a consequence, the world is a better place today.
Here are a few good Rosa Parks site:
Academy of Achievement: Rosa Parks - Biography and 1995 interview with audio and video.
Scholastic: Rosa Parks: How I Fought for Civil Rights - An online activity for grades 7 and 8 about Parks' arrest, the boycott, nonviolence, and the court ruling, with an interview.
Time 100: Heroes and Icons: Rosa Parks - Article by Rita Dove honoring Ms. Parks as one of the twenty most influential heroes and icons of the 20th century.
State News: Parks Recognized for Role in Struggle - Michigan, Parks' home state, designates the first Monday after February 4 as Mrs. Rosa L. Parks Day.
- Teaching With Historic Places
Teaching with Historic Places. This is an excellent ERIC Digest by Kathleen Hunter from 1994. It deals with teaching K-12 students about history using the local community as a classroom. Eleven years later, this program stills seems to be in place at...
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil-rights Leader
Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil-Rights Leader. Short biographical sketch of King's life, followed by annotated listing of recommended books about King. From the site: Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 at his family home in Atlanta,...
- Historical Thinking Matters
The James Madison University Center for History and New Media has a great site called "Historical Thinking Matters." The site includes an interesting video about why historical thinking matters. The video opens in a separate window and uses flash...
- Mobile Apps For The Classroom
Luke Rosa and I were on a crack team of teachers and technology specialists this summer in whose capacity we came up with a list of mobile apps that can help your classroom expand and do it for free. Above is an Educreations' presentation that...
- Historic Italy Through Google Street Views
Larry Ferlazzo has posted a webpage with what he thinks are the best social studies sites for 2012 so far. One of the sites is a Google (who would have guessed)site with a street view collection of images in Italy including the Appian Way, the baths...