World History
Today my students learned how to illustrate a map using Google Drawing. Here are the instructions I gave them. The next map we do (China) will include the freehand drawing of the entire map (see above as well).
- Text2mindmap
I recently posted about Text2mindmap, but in my teacher class tonight we were looking at it and so I decided I wanted to make a how to film for people. If you every want to have a great way to create a flow chart about something this is a great...
- Most Hit Sites In September
Hard to believe the first month of school is already over. As always thanks for coming to this blog page. We had 42,000+ page views (including the US and government blogs) last month including 14,000 on this site alone The top three...
- Blank Maps
Adding on to George's post, one of the first sites I wrote about on this blog was about outline maps which you can print out and have your kids write on. They are political and physical. No, wait, don't print them out! Now you...
- Drawing Maps
After my in-service yesterday I was contacted by one of the teachers who pointed out that drawing maps (as opposed to labeling ones given to you) is a better way to learn. My kids always have to label two maps (once at the beginning of the unit...
- The Lascaux Cave
The French Government has sponsored a phenomenal website which gives users a virtual tour of the Lascaux cave, including descriptions of each drawing, its importance and meaning, as well as individual breakdowns of specific parts of each drawing. A really...
World History
Make a Map Using Google Drawing
Today my students learned how to illustrate a map using Google Drawing. Here are the instructions I gave them. The next map we do (China) will include the freehand drawing of the entire map (see above as well).
- Text2mindmap
I recently posted about Text2mindmap, but in my teacher class tonight we were looking at it and so I decided I wanted to make a how to film for people. If you every want to have a great way to create a flow chart about something this is a great...
- Most Hit Sites In September
Hard to believe the first month of school is already over. As always thanks for coming to this blog page. We had 42,000+ page views (including the US and government blogs) last month including 14,000 on this site alone The top three...
- Blank Maps
Adding on to George's post, one of the first sites I wrote about on this blog was about outline maps which you can print out and have your kids write on. They are political and physical. No, wait, don't print them out! Now you...
- Drawing Maps
After my in-service yesterday I was contacted by one of the teachers who pointed out that drawing maps (as opposed to labeling ones given to you) is a better way to learn. My kids always have to label two maps (once at the beginning of the unit...
- The Lascaux Cave
The French Government has sponsored a phenomenal website which gives users a virtual tour of the Lascaux cave, including descriptions of each drawing, its importance and meaning, as well as individual breakdowns of specific parts of each drawing. A really...