World History
Are you a new teacher and struggling to find lesson plans for Ancient or modern world history, well here is a great resource. It starts with lesson plans for every era through the modern one. It also has a link for national standards as well as themes and a glossary. The site created by San Diego State University is perfect for new teachers.
- Mrdonn.org
Looking for lots of free K-12 history lessons plans? MrDonn.org is the place as it has hundreds of history and social studies related lesson plans. Also included is lesson plans relating to mythology and free PowerPoint presentations ready to be adapted...
- Some Sites For Teaching About Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is coming up fast. Many teachers are having to come up with ideas for teaching about the slain civil rights leader. Here are a few sites I have discovered recently: Happy Birthday, MLK! - Activities for all grades for learning...
- Reading Like A Historian: Stanford University
You gotta love Stanford University. Their education group has created a site called "Reading like a Historian." They created lessons for world history, each of which revolves around a central question, and uses primary documents to analyze the question....
- Differentiation
Recently I did a short gig making suggestions for some lesson plans that will be published online. One of the items I had to assess was the differentiation presented in the plans. While the ideas were great and varied, there was no differentiation...
- Data Dump
The US Census Bureau just released a whole slew of new data. This link will take you to the New York Times lesson plans site, where you can find a lesson and an interactive map showing the distribution of different racial and ethnic groups. ...
World History
Complete World History Course
- Mrdonn.org
Looking for lots of free K-12 history lessons plans? MrDonn.org is the place as it has hundreds of history and social studies related lesson plans. Also included is lesson plans relating to mythology and free PowerPoint presentations ready to be adapted...
- Some Sites For Teaching About Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is coming up fast. Many teachers are having to come up with ideas for teaching about the slain civil rights leader. Here are a few sites I have discovered recently: Happy Birthday, MLK! - Activities for all grades for learning...
- Reading Like A Historian: Stanford University
You gotta love Stanford University. Their education group has created a site called "Reading like a Historian." They created lessons for world history, each of which revolves around a central question, and uses primary documents to analyze the question....
- Differentiation
Recently I did a short gig making suggestions for some lesson plans that will be published online. One of the items I had to assess was the differentiation presented in the plans. While the ideas were great and varied, there was no differentiation...
- Data Dump
The US Census Bureau just released a whole slew of new data. This link will take you to the New York Times lesson plans site, where you can find a lesson and an interactive map showing the distribution of different racial and ethnic groups. ...