World History
Thanks to my colleague, Jeff Feinstein, for sending me the link to this tweet originally posted by @HistoricalPics. Please let your students know that they can ask for a penalty shot if their original stroke is affected by a bomb!
- The Zimmermann Telegram: Awesome Clip
Here's a terrific clip from BBC about the Zimmermann telegram. Thanks to my collegue, Jeff Feinstein, for sending me the link....
- "how Euorpe Went To War In 1914"
The Imperial War Museum has a terrific essay with great images about the causes of World War I. The essay is more engaging than most textbooks and might make for a good reading assignment. Other stories include: "Five Things you Need to Know About...
- 10 Things You Didn't Know About Ghandhi
For the 67th anniversary of his death, the internet news site, Quandly, has a flip chart of 10 facts that you probably don't about Mahatma Gandhi. Did you know, for example, that Gandhi walked about 18 kilometers a day all his life....
- A New Take On Collaborative Planning
My thanks to Jeff Feinstein for sending me the link....
- Who Wants To Be A Cotton Millionaire
Studying the Industrial Revolution? Take your kids to the computer lab and launch this site and have them play this game. It allows them to evaluate the different factors that entrepreneurs had to make if they wanted to make money in the new cotton industry....
World History
German Bombs Change British Golf Rules in 1940
- The Zimmermann Telegram: Awesome Clip
Here's a terrific clip from BBC about the Zimmermann telegram. Thanks to my collegue, Jeff Feinstein, for sending me the link....
- "how Euorpe Went To War In 1914"
The Imperial War Museum has a terrific essay with great images about the causes of World War I. The essay is more engaging than most textbooks and might make for a good reading assignment. Other stories include: "Five Things you Need to Know About...
- 10 Things You Didn't Know About Ghandhi
For the 67th anniversary of his death, the internet news site, Quandly, has a flip chart of 10 facts that you probably don't about Mahatma Gandhi. Did you know, for example, that Gandhi walked about 18 kilometers a day all his life....
- A New Take On Collaborative Planning
My thanks to Jeff Feinstein for sending me the link....
- Who Wants To Be A Cotton Millionaire
Studying the Industrial Revolution? Take your kids to the computer lab and launch this site and have them play this game. It allows them to evaluate the different factors that entrepreneurs had to make if they wanted to make money in the new cotton industry....