World History
If you read most textbooks, they are often (aside from AP ones) little other than the state required "essential knowledge" with verbs thrown in. I believe they are popular because they are easy as in a teacher telling his/her students to just read pages 33-35 as opposed to giving a flipped lecture and then finding a primary document (something rarely found in a textbook) or exercise (which some books do come with). In three of our my courses this year my students are using it as a resource and that's it and I am working on the 4th little by little. At any rate, I just found a Facebook page called "Ditch the Textbook" which I am going to be looking at a lot this year for ideas.
- Content Area Textbooks: Friends Or Foes?
I have not had many teaching history related posts lately. As such, I am happy to have chanced upon an older ERIC Digest post from 1989 that deals with the topic of textbooks. It is Content Area Textbooks: Friends or Foes? It was written by Patricia Tefft...
- Entire Patterns Of Interaction Textbook Free Online
It is somewhat amazing to me how often our WHI/WHII e-book goes down when students are working on it (esp. during September). This Saturday, for example, it will be down. But never fear one of my trusty colleagues found the entire Patterns...
- Our Two Month Ipad E-textbook Pilot
Last November Houghton Mifflin Harcourt asked me to pilot their new iPad e-textbooks which we did for two months ending just this past Monday. The pilot was for Patterns of Interaction and I must admit the first day we had them there were some collective...
- Ap World Review
Here are some review pages for AP World History. Some are teacher pages with unit notes, others are notes based on some of the AP World textbooks like Stearns. One of links is a nice PowerPoint reviewing the DBQ. Another good link is a quizlet...
- Split Screen For Your Digital Educational Backpack
Well, if you are going to use all of my ideas for your digital backpack this year, you will also need to know how to split your screen. This is essential when you want to read your e-textbook and work on an assignment (or have your students do...
World History
Ditch the Textbook Facebook Page
- Content Area Textbooks: Friends Or Foes?
I have not had many teaching history related posts lately. As such, I am happy to have chanced upon an older ERIC Digest post from 1989 that deals with the topic of textbooks. It is Content Area Textbooks: Friends or Foes? It was written by Patricia Tefft...
- Entire Patterns Of Interaction Textbook Free Online
It is somewhat amazing to me how often our WHI/WHII e-book goes down when students are working on it (esp. during September). This Saturday, for example, it will be down. But never fear one of my trusty colleagues found the entire Patterns...
- Our Two Month Ipad E-textbook Pilot
Last November Houghton Mifflin Harcourt asked me to pilot their new iPad e-textbooks which we did for two months ending just this past Monday. The pilot was for Patterns of Interaction and I must admit the first day we had them there were some collective...
- Ap World Review
Here are some review pages for AP World History. Some are teacher pages with unit notes, others are notes based on some of the AP World textbooks like Stearns. One of links is a nice PowerPoint reviewing the DBQ. Another good link is a quizlet...
- Split Screen For Your Digital Educational Backpack
Well, if you are going to use all of my ideas for your digital backpack this year, you will also need to know how to split your screen. This is essential when you want to read your e-textbook and work on an assignment (or have your students do...