World History
The Virginia Geographic Alliance has developed some lessons for World History based on the essential knowledge of the Virginia SOLs, and often revolving around geography.
I looked at two lessons, one for prehistory and one for early river civilizations. The one for prehistory includes eleven images that students use like artifacts and record their observations about the image in one column and whether it is belongs to the Paleolithic or Neolithic period in the next column. Supplementary maps show the migration paths out of Africa.
My thanks to the Virginia Alliance for tweeting the link.
- Documentary History Of The Construction Of The Buildings At The University Of Virginia, 1817-1828
This electronic database consists of 1,750 manuscript documents related to the construction of the original buildings of Thomas Jefferson's nineteenth-century architectural masterpiece, the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia. When...
- The Nature Of Geographic Literacy
The ERIC Digest The Nature of Geographic Literacy is by Alan Backler and Joseph Stoltman. It is from 1986. Despite the age of the article, it is still an interesting read. Students do not understand geography and this directly hinders their ability to...
- Resources At California History Project
The History Project, developed by the University California, has some terrific resources on world history, many of which are engaging classroom lessons.For example, here is a interesting lesson on genocide. It includes a graphic organizer and...
- Stonehenge
My students just started prehistory and are watching a flipped lecture for homework on the Neolithic and Paleolithic periods. This short film is something we will watch in our next class as it not only talks about the Paleolithic monument, but...
- Review For World History I Exam
The only part of reviewing for our state exam is seeing the kids' eyes glow when they get review questions or remember the information. But I wish we could be doing a more fun project that could bring all the information learned together in...
World History
Great Lesson Resources from the Virginia Alliance for Geography
I looked at two lessons, one for prehistory and one for early river civilizations. The one for prehistory includes eleven images that students use like artifacts and record their observations about the image in one column and whether it is belongs to the Paleolithic or Neolithic period in the next column. Supplementary maps show the migration paths out of Africa.
My thanks to the Virginia Alliance for tweeting the link.
- Documentary History Of The Construction Of The Buildings At The University Of Virginia, 1817-1828
This electronic database consists of 1,750 manuscript documents related to the construction of the original buildings of Thomas Jefferson's nineteenth-century architectural masterpiece, the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, Virginia. When...
- The Nature Of Geographic Literacy
The ERIC Digest The Nature of Geographic Literacy is by Alan Backler and Joseph Stoltman. It is from 1986. Despite the age of the article, it is still an interesting read. Students do not understand geography and this directly hinders their ability to...
- Resources At California History Project
The History Project, developed by the University California, has some terrific resources on world history, many of which are engaging classroom lessons.For example, here is a interesting lesson on genocide. It includes a graphic organizer and...
- Stonehenge
My students just started prehistory and are watching a flipped lecture for homework on the Neolithic and Paleolithic periods. This short film is something we will watch in our next class as it not only talks about the Paleolithic monument, but...
- Review For World History I Exam
The only part of reviewing for our state exam is seeing the kids' eyes glow when they get review questions or remember the information. But I wish we could be doing a more fun project that could bring all the information learned together in...