World History
- London Blitz: Bbc Retrospective
St Paul's Cathedral survives the Blitz, December 1940 (© IWM)BBC News Magazine has a great pictoral review of the Nazi bombing of London from the autumn of 1940 to the spring of 1941. It's the 75th anniversary of the blitz which killed over 43,000...
- Jeopardy Labs For Jeopardy Review Games
Talk about a fast learner. One of my "teacher-students," Rebecca Small, just created two Jeopardy games for reviewing ancient Egypt from Jeopardy Labs. When I asked where she had found out about it, she said one of her students told her about...
- We Are The Mesopotamians
One of the great learning rock bands out there is They Might Be Giants which has performed on Letterman. Above is their song for going over Mesopotamia and here are the lyrics. Thanks to Rebecca Small for reminding me to put it up. ...
- Wife Swap - Spartans And Athenians
Thanks to my fellow department member Tara Cook for this video on the lives of the Spartans and Athenians. If you are using Google Docs, then you can link the video to your assignment (even if you have already done it) or if you are doing a PowerPoint...
- Horrible Histories Are Very Entertaining Videos
Thanks to my teacher neighbor at school, Janet Babic, who found this series of Horrible Histories on youtube. Above is a factual and very entertaining four minutes about Oliver Cromwell. Others include Charles I, Charles II, history of Rome,...
World History
Horrible Histories
We done a few posts on Horrible Histories, but thanks to Rebecca Small for reminding me of them how many there are. Some of the videos are great and some not so, but your kids will like the ones you use in class as a review of content. Above is one about the history of the British Empire.
- London Blitz: Bbc Retrospective
St Paul's Cathedral survives the Blitz, December 1940 (© IWM)BBC News Magazine has a great pictoral review of the Nazi bombing of London from the autumn of 1940 to the spring of 1941. It's the 75th anniversary of the blitz which killed over 43,000...
- Jeopardy Labs For Jeopardy Review Games
Talk about a fast learner. One of my "teacher-students," Rebecca Small, just created two Jeopardy games for reviewing ancient Egypt from Jeopardy Labs. When I asked where she had found out about it, she said one of her students told her about...
- We Are The Mesopotamians
One of the great learning rock bands out there is They Might Be Giants which has performed on Letterman. Above is their song for going over Mesopotamia and here are the lyrics. Thanks to Rebecca Small for reminding me to put it up. ...
- Wife Swap - Spartans And Athenians
Thanks to my fellow department member Tara Cook for this video on the lives of the Spartans and Athenians. If you are using Google Docs, then you can link the video to your assignment (even if you have already done it) or if you are doing a PowerPoint...
- Horrible Histories Are Very Entertaining Videos
Thanks to my teacher neighbor at school, Janet Babic, who found this series of Horrible Histories on youtube. Above is a factual and very entertaining four minutes about Oliver Cromwell. Others include Charles I, Charles II, history of Rome,...