World History
This is an awesome clip showing the changes in the wealth of countries between 1810 and today. Rosling uses logarithmic scales in a novel way to illustrate the changes. The clip is a great introduction to globablization.
- Human Cost Of World War Ii: Great Clip
The huge number of deaths in World War II are so great that they often seem meaningless to students. This awesome clip from Neil Halloran, a film maker, helps them to see the human cost for the different countries and different battles. The Washington...
- Top Hits For The Month Of April
Thanks for all the pageviews. George's top post for the month was our big vote getter. You can see the video above. Hans Rosling's video that shows the impact of wealth and the worldNYTimes' write David Pogue and his texting tipsAP...
- The Shiite-sunni Split
Great clip from the Today show a few years ago about the Sunni- Shiite split. Reporter Richard Engle outlines the basic differences in 3 minutes. I'm teaching Islam now and plan to use it. There is also an audio slideshow about the split at NPR here....
- The Industrial Revolution And Apple
I received this from Janet Babic who is a tremendous teacher in my department who is now connecting the Industrial Revolution to our student's world today in the form of Apple. This clip is the first time that American cameras have gone into...
- The World's Most Typical Man
I just found this at Freetech4teachers.com. It is a tremendous video showing who the most most average person is in the world and what are his (and it is a he) qualities. So in three weeks I will be starting my China unit and this will be...
World History
Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes
This is an awesome clip showing the changes in the wealth of countries between 1810 and today. Rosling uses logarithmic scales in a novel way to illustrate the changes. The clip is a great introduction to globablization.
- Human Cost Of World War Ii: Great Clip
The huge number of deaths in World War II are so great that they often seem meaningless to students. This awesome clip from Neil Halloran, a film maker, helps them to see the human cost for the different countries and different battles. The Washington...
- Top Hits For The Month Of April
Thanks for all the pageviews. George's top post for the month was our big vote getter. You can see the video above. Hans Rosling's video that shows the impact of wealth and the worldNYTimes' write David Pogue and his texting tipsAP...
- The Shiite-sunni Split
Great clip from the Today show a few years ago about the Sunni- Shiite split. Reporter Richard Engle outlines the basic differences in 3 minutes. I'm teaching Islam now and plan to use it. There is also an audio slideshow about the split at NPR here....
- The Industrial Revolution And Apple
I received this from Janet Babic who is a tremendous teacher in my department who is now connecting the Industrial Revolution to our student's world today in the form of Apple. This clip is the first time that American cameras have gone into...
- The World's Most Typical Man
I just found this at Freetech4teachers.com. It is a tremendous video showing who the most most average person is in the world and what are his (and it is a he) qualities. So in three weeks I will be starting my China unit and this will be...