World History
- First Week Map Exercise
Every year about now I start wondering what I want to do the first week of school. On the first day I actually spend most of the time just getting to know my students and perhaps giving them a small overview of the class. But on the second class...
- Scribble Maps
My students draw a lot of maps in Google Drawings, but if you want to do more than just labeling, you might want to consider Scribble Maps. Scribble maps allows you to put pins in locations, but then to add descriptions as well as Youtube video...
- West Wing - Why Have Different Maps
Why explain why there are different types of maps, when this short piece from the West Wing does it so well?! In case you care to see it, here is my simple assignment for my students for maps. ...
- Collaborize Classroom
?CollaborizeClassroom? is a really neat site that?s a little like Black Board?s blog or assignment feature, but much more intuitive and it?s free. Their platform allows students to engage in conversations, ask and answer questions,...
- Contributions Of Greek Culture To Western Civilization
Well almost as soon as I did the post below, I found a very nice lesson plan of ancient Greeks who contribution to western civilization. It involves having students make a simple video. Since it also includes EXACTLY the descriptions...
World History
Map Projections' Assignment
Today my students are going to look at different types of map projections. I made this assignment with my combined ESOL/mainstreamed students in mind. I have a site with pictures and descriptions of map projections and one for types of maps (ie climate, political, etc.). Above is a clip from the West Wing which is a great introduction on why we should study maps.
- First Week Map Exercise
Every year about now I start wondering what I want to do the first week of school. On the first day I actually spend most of the time just getting to know my students and perhaps giving them a small overview of the class. But on the second class...
- Scribble Maps
My students draw a lot of maps in Google Drawings, but if you want to do more than just labeling, you might want to consider Scribble Maps. Scribble maps allows you to put pins in locations, but then to add descriptions as well as Youtube video...
- West Wing - Why Have Different Maps
Why explain why there are different types of maps, when this short piece from the West Wing does it so well?! In case you care to see it, here is my simple assignment for my students for maps. ...
- Collaborize Classroom
?CollaborizeClassroom? is a really neat site that?s a little like Black Board?s blog or assignment feature, but much more intuitive and it?s free. Their platform allows students to engage in conversations, ask and answer questions,...
- Contributions Of Greek Culture To Western Civilization
Well almost as soon as I did the post below, I found a very nice lesson plan of ancient Greeks who contribution to western civilization. It involves having students make a simple video. Since it also includes EXACTLY the descriptions...