World History
- Who Wants To Be A Cotton Millionaire?
Studying the Industrial Revolution? The BBC has a good simulation about the role of cotton in industrializing Britain. Players have to make decisions about where to locate machinery, who to employ, and what investments one should make. Another good simulation...
- Npr's Planet Money Makes A T-shirt
Show your students how a simple t-shirt is made. They'll be amazed! Click here to go to the NPR site (NPR developed the story), scroll down and click "View" for a video presentation of the story. The video contains different chapters such as "cotton,"...
- To Tweet Or Not To Tweet
My colleague, Jeff Feinstein, and I jumped into Twitter full steam this week. We both created twitter feeds for our AP classes. The purpose of the feeds is to give kids updates, reminders, and links to interesting stories about subjects we are studying....
- 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...
- Trivia Quiz Of The Industrial Revolution
We are on the Industrial Revolution right now and I have found that sometimes it helps to add some non assessed learning. This site has trivia quizzes that can be used for fun but also covers information that students don't see in textbooks. The...
World History
Industrial Revolution in England
My colleague, Jeff Feinstein, sent me this really cool site about the industrial revolution in England. It includes three interactive journeys through the cotton industry. Learn about the life of a young mill worker in one, how cotton cloth was made in another, and how to create a fashion feature in the third.
- Who Wants To Be A Cotton Millionaire?
Studying the Industrial Revolution? The BBC has a good simulation about the role of cotton in industrializing Britain. Players have to make decisions about where to locate machinery, who to employ, and what investments one should make. Another good simulation...
- Npr's Planet Money Makes A T-shirt
Show your students how a simple t-shirt is made. They'll be amazed! Click here to go to the NPR site (NPR developed the story), scroll down and click "View" for a video presentation of the story. The video contains different chapters such as "cotton,"...
- To Tweet Or Not To Tweet
My colleague, Jeff Feinstein, and I jumped into Twitter full steam this week. We both created twitter feeds for our AP classes. The purpose of the feeds is to give kids updates, reminders, and links to interesting stories about subjects we are studying....
- 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...
- Trivia Quiz Of The Industrial Revolution
We are on the Industrial Revolution right now and I have found that sometimes it helps to add some non assessed learning. This site has trivia quizzes that can be used for fun but also covers information that students don't see in textbooks. The...