World History
Just for fun, I have added a new feature. I will try to add a new poll weekly asking a question about history. If I get a good response, I will keep it up. If not, I will let the feature die eventually.
A couple of notes:
- It is possible for a person or group of people to rig a poll by voting repeatedly from different IP addresses or computers. There is no promise that any poll result has not been manipulated.
- Polls on blogs are not scientific. They do not represent the views of historians or the general population of the world. They just represent the thoughts of those who saw the poll and voted.
- I will try to ask questions pertaining to different parts of the world and different eras of history. However, I have my preferences and they probably will become apparent over time.
Here is the first question:
Who was the greatest general of antiquity? Possible responses include: Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Hannibal, Scipio Africanus, and Zhuge Liang. I will post the response here next week after the poll closes.
UPDATE:
Alexander won hands down. He got 51%. Hannibal got 18% and Caesar got 17%. Scipio Africanus and Zhuge Liang barely showed with 6%.
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World History
New Feature: World History Blog Poll
Just for fun, I have added a new feature. I will try to add a new poll weekly asking a question about history. If I get a good response, I will keep it up. If not, I will let the feature die eventually.
A couple of notes:
- It is possible for a person or group of people to rig a poll by voting repeatedly from different IP addresses or computers. There is no promise that any poll result has not been manipulated.
- Polls on blogs are not scientific. They do not represent the views of historians or the general population of the world. They just represent the thoughts of those who saw the poll and voted.
- I will try to ask questions pertaining to different parts of the world and different eras of history. However, I have my preferences and they probably will become apparent over time.
Here is the first question:
Who was the greatest general of antiquity? Possible responses include: Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Hannibal, Scipio Africanus, and Zhuge Liang. I will post the response here next week after the poll closes.
UPDATE:
Alexander won hands down. He got 51%. Hannibal got 18% and Caesar got 17%. Scipio Africanus and Zhuge Liang barely showed with 6%.
- Does The History Channel Show Too Much Non-history Programming?
The poll has closed for the question, "Does the History Channel show too much non-history programming?" Thanks to all who participated by voting. Yes won with 68%. I guess these voters do not believe shows on monsters, UFOs, and ice road truckers are...
- World History Blog Poll - Should Yasser Arafat Have Been Awarded The Nobel Peace Prize In 1994?
The poll has closed for the question, "Should Yasser Arafat have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994?" Thanks to all who participated by voting. The answer was no for 74%. Yes got 10% while 14% were not sure. It is a tough question. At my junior...
- A Really Cool Online Micro-polling, Brainstorming Website
The website is called AnswerGarden, and it's similar to PollEverywhere and some online quiz-games. But it has some important differences. Both AnswerGarden and PollEverywhere let you pose questions to poll your students and get instant feedback....
- Three Great Informal Assessment Tools: Socrative, Wallwisher, Today'smeet
Here are excellent step-by-step directions from Richard Byrne (Free Technology for Teachers) on how to use three great informal assessment tools--Socrative--Today's Meet and Wallwisher. Socrative looks especially cool. It's a little like Poll...
- Cel.ly
If you are a follower of my blogs then you know I swear by Remind101 and have a ton of people in my county now using it. But one of my teacher-students told me the other day about Celly which she loves to use to remind students. It has an...