World History
- Different Strains Of Early Man
This is another in a line of fascinating articles on early man. The video and article discuss the fact that there were several competing lines of Neanderthal humans. The other nice thing about the short video is that it is a good way to show...
- Sea Of Japan Vs. East Sea Controversy
There is a bill in my Virginia legislature co-sponsored by Delegate Tim Hugo (R) and Senators Dick Black (R) and Dave Marsden (D) to force all localities to use the "East Sea" when using "Sea of Japan" in our textbooks. This is a nice example of...
- The Special Education Classroom
In a few days I am going to some present to some special education teachers. I make no bones about the fact that I am a regular education teacher, but I share the room with one and have taught many of them in my technology integration course....
- New World Religion Blog
Here is a link to a World Religions blog that I started over the holiday break. I teach one section of World Religions and thought that it might be helpful to have a central place for all the links and clips that we come across. There is a lot...
- Ipad Gestures Or How To Toggle
So a textbook publisher for my students' e-books has asked me to try out their new iPad e-book to see what my students think of it. To do so they are willing to give us 30 iPads for a month of use. Actually other than completely changing...
World History
Did Jesus Have a Wife?
This is a fascinating article which discusses the fact that a piece of papyrus written in the 4th century refers to Jesus as discussing his wife and the fact that he had a female disciple. Of course, this has been a matter of conjecture for centuries. So how can you use this in class? First off we teach the students about papyrus as well as where it was made? Then we teach about the different major world religions. Last we discuss, or at least I do, how history is not always so nice and neat and that we change our conclusions over time. Finally this is nice because it brings up the word artifacts and who gets to decide what we study at school, from textbook companies to the state boards of education who make up our tests. The Smithsonian channel will have more on a special on September 30th.
- Different Strains Of Early Man
This is another in a line of fascinating articles on early man. The video and article discuss the fact that there were several competing lines of Neanderthal humans. The other nice thing about the short video is that it is a good way to show...
- Sea Of Japan Vs. East Sea Controversy
There is a bill in my Virginia legislature co-sponsored by Delegate Tim Hugo (R) and Senators Dick Black (R) and Dave Marsden (D) to force all localities to use the "East Sea" when using "Sea of Japan" in our textbooks. This is a nice example of...
- The Special Education Classroom
In a few days I am going to some present to some special education teachers. I make no bones about the fact that I am a regular education teacher, but I share the room with one and have taught many of them in my technology integration course....
- New World Religion Blog
Here is a link to a World Religions blog that I started over the holiday break. I teach one section of World Religions and thought that it might be helpful to have a central place for all the links and clips that we come across. There is a lot...
- Ipad Gestures Or How To Toggle
So a textbook publisher for my students' e-books has asked me to try out their new iPad e-book to see what my students think of it. To do so they are willing to give us 30 iPads for a month of use. Actually other than completely changing...