World History
- Snapshot Autobiographies From Sheg: Introductory Activity
Need a good first week activity? This activity from Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) has a great introductory lesson that helps students understand what history is about and also allows teachers to get to know their students in the first weeks...
- Unit Projects/assessments For 10th-grade World History
Teaching History has some great ideas for unit assessments in World History. The site includes links to some interesting assignments. For example, the site notes that "a lesson in the Cold War unit in the World History for Us All online curriculum asks...
- Using Youtube In Your Classroom
I found this great slide show on Crash Course for Educators which I found from one of the communities I follow on Google+. Soon I will do a post on all the amazing new teacher and technology posts you can follow as they are growing quickly....
- Primary Sources: Teaching Students To Think
Stanford University has created over 75 lessons for high schools based entirely on primary documents. No textbooks, no lectures. The lessons are all about diaries, journals, pictures, documents, speeches, songs and photographs. The lessons are all in...
- History Simulations
Speaking of advertising, the first one (look at the right side of this blog for a link anytime) is for "History Simulations" which you can do online when your students are studying World War I, World War II and the Cold War. Above is a short video...
World History
Cold War Stations Activity
Here is a Cold War Stations activity that I am using on Monday for my AP World students. One my colleagues developed it several years ago. It includes seven stations, each of which has either cartoons, documents, or photographs for students to process. I printed it out for seven different stations but students could also work on it online as well. Here's a link to the handout that students complete.
- Snapshot Autobiographies From Sheg: Introductory Activity
Need a good first week activity? This activity from Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) has a great introductory lesson that helps students understand what history is about and also allows teachers to get to know their students in the first weeks...
- Unit Projects/assessments For 10th-grade World History
Teaching History has some great ideas for unit assessments in World History. The site includes links to some interesting assignments. For example, the site notes that "a lesson in the Cold War unit in the World History for Us All online curriculum asks...
- Using Youtube In Your Classroom
I found this great slide show on Crash Course for Educators which I found from one of the communities I follow on Google+. Soon I will do a post on all the amazing new teacher and technology posts you can follow as they are growing quickly....
- Primary Sources: Teaching Students To Think
Stanford University has created over 75 lessons for high schools based entirely on primary documents. No textbooks, no lectures. The lessons are all about diaries, journals, pictures, documents, speeches, songs and photographs. The lessons are all in...
- History Simulations
Speaking of advertising, the first one (look at the right side of this blog for a link anytime) is for "History Simulations" which you can do online when your students are studying World War I, World War II and the Cold War. Above is a short video...