World History
Our middle and high school social studies teams came up with SHIPPO which is an acronym which we use to help our kids analyze document based questions. We also came up with a rubric in case you were looking for one.
While we are at it, go here and look at our grade converter developed by one of my econ partners in crime, Rich Hoppock. To use it, download and then re-upload it into Google Drive or Microsoft. Then plug in whatever number you need for the rubric and you will have instant grades.
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One of the questions I get (and I get a lot of them) is how do you grade online assignments. My short answer is that I like rubrics, but there are as many rubrics as there are assignments. So one of the webpages I like is Ribistar which has...
- Become An Ap Grader
When I tell people that I grade exams their first reaction is to say that grading is the worst part of their job, so why would anyone want to go. Well 1) I am a much better teacher because of the work I have done as an AP grader in two different...
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World History
Document Analysis Sheet, Rubric and Grade Converter
While we are at it, go here and look at our grade converter developed by one of my econ partners in crime, Rich Hoppock. To use it, download and then re-upload it into Google Drive or Microsoft. Then plug in whatever number you need for the rubric and you will have instant grades.
- Become An Ap Grader
I have been grading different AP exams for well over a decade and have found it one of the most rewarding experiences of my professional life. Yes it does get hard the fourth and fifth day of grading the same exam over and over (well some subjects...
- Free Pdf Converter
For years I have used Pdftoword to convert pdfs to word documents. Google Drive also now does it, but not as consistently well as Pdftoword. But the problem with the latter is that it only lets you convert a few pages. Well Free Online...
- Rubrics For Every Assignment
One of the questions I get (and I get a lot of them) is how do you grade online assignments. My short answer is that I like rubrics, but there are as many rubrics as there are assignments. So one of the webpages I like is Ribistar which has...
- Become An Ap Grader
When I tell people that I grade exams their first reaction is to say that grading is the worst part of their job, so why would anyone want to go. Well 1) I am a much better teacher because of the work I have done as an AP grader in two different...
- Flipping History Without Video
Jeff Utecht, who writes "The Thinking Stick.com" argues persuasively in this excellent post that the flipped history classroom does not have to involve video. "In fact every time I have helped a teacher flip their classroom in the high school it has never...