World History
- In A Nutshell - Who Discovered America
Right now I am working on lesson development for our county, which is always a good way to find new teaching ideas. Thanks to Ryan Mrowka for finding the "In a NutShell" series which has several great short and information filled videos. Don't...
- Reading Comprehension & Learning Styles
At my school we are working on Tier 1, 2 and 3 learning which essentially asks the teacher to differentiate learning with your students who are not meeting all of your objectives. Two main items that we are looking at are learning styles and reading comprehension....
- Qwikis For Multi Level Summaries
View Industrial Revolution and over 3,000,000 other topics on Qwiki.Qwiki came out two years ago and has become a way to quickly edit your personal videos. But for me it was a way to create a sound video, show pictures and have written text for...
- We Are The Mesopotamians
They Might Be Giants is a mainstream band that likes to come up with songs that teach kids - in this case about the Mesopotamians. Play it after your unit is done and it will be a nice way for your students to more easily retain the information....
- World History Videos From Khanacademy
This comes from Bill Gates' education website which has a ton of math/science videos. Having said this, here are a bunch of videos for world history on the French, Haitian Revolutions and Napoleonic Europe. Above is one on the...
World History
Fun Learning Videos
I just finished my India unit so I will have to show this next year, but above is The Mahabharata ("Abracadabra" by the Steve Miller Band. Here are a bunch more learning videos played to well known (perhaps well know by my generation) of items you are/have/or will teach in world history this year. Some content areas are the Renaissance, the French Revolution, Mesopotamians, the Black Plague and lots more. A big thanks to a new addition of my department, Ryan Mrowka, for the heads up on it.
- In A Nutshell - Who Discovered America
Right now I am working on lesson development for our county, which is always a good way to find new teaching ideas. Thanks to Ryan Mrowka for finding the "In a NutShell" series which has several great short and information filled videos. Don't...
- Reading Comprehension & Learning Styles
At my school we are working on Tier 1, 2 and 3 learning which essentially asks the teacher to differentiate learning with your students who are not meeting all of your objectives. Two main items that we are looking at are learning styles and reading comprehension....
- Qwikis For Multi Level Summaries
View Industrial Revolution and over 3,000,000 other topics on Qwiki.Qwiki came out two years ago and has become a way to quickly edit your personal videos. But for me it was a way to create a sound video, show pictures and have written text for...
- We Are The Mesopotamians
They Might Be Giants is a mainstream band that likes to come up with songs that teach kids - in this case about the Mesopotamians. Play it after your unit is done and it will be a nice way for your students to more easily retain the information....
- World History Videos From Khanacademy
This comes from Bill Gates' education website which has a ton of math/science videos. Having said this, here are a bunch of videos for world history on the French, Haitian Revolutions and Napoleonic Europe. Above is one on the...