World History
- Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford This is a biography of American President Gerald Ford. From the site: Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born July 14 , 1913 ) (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. , renamed after adoption) was the fortieth ( 1973 - 1974 ) Vice President and the thirty-eighth...
- Your Teachers' Tool Kit For Your Lesson On The Arab Spring
Here's all the materials you will need to teach your lesson on the Arab Spring. The Arab Spring movement began in Tunisia in 2010. The movement was sparked when 26-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi set himself ablaze as a protest against government repression....
- The Population Bomb: What Happened?
President Nixon and others warned in 1969 that a population crisis was looming. Indeed, a newscaster announced that "if we do not by humane means limit our numbers, then our numbers are going to be limited by more famines and shortages and consequent...
- Storify And Telling A Story Using Social Media
George's post has me searching for Storify items as I have never used it before, but am incredibly intrigued. The idea is that students can research on the web for information that is found on social media and then create a story. Video, G+,...
- Top Hits For The Month Of April
Thanks for all the pageviews. George's top post for the month was our big vote getter. You can see the video above. Hans Rosling's video that shows the impact of wealth and the worldNYTimes' write David Pogue and his texting tipsAP...
World History
Nixon in China, 40 Years Later
One of my favorite sites on the NYTimes is the Lede which has a lot of "man on the street" video from chaotic scenes around the world (think Arab Spring). But the most recent post is a short (3 minutes) narrated video of Nixon visiting China 40 years ago. Here is the entire story from the Lede.
- Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford This is a biography of American President Gerald Ford. From the site: Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born July 14 , 1913 ) (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. , renamed after adoption) was the fortieth ( 1973 - 1974 ) Vice President and the thirty-eighth...
- Your Teachers' Tool Kit For Your Lesson On The Arab Spring
Here's all the materials you will need to teach your lesson on the Arab Spring. The Arab Spring movement began in Tunisia in 2010. The movement was sparked when 26-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi set himself ablaze as a protest against government repression....
- The Population Bomb: What Happened?
President Nixon and others warned in 1969 that a population crisis was looming. Indeed, a newscaster announced that "if we do not by humane means limit our numbers, then our numbers are going to be limited by more famines and shortages and consequent...
- Storify And Telling A Story Using Social Media
George's post has me searching for Storify items as I have never used it before, but am incredibly intrigued. The idea is that students can research on the web for information that is found on social media and then create a story. Video, G+,...
- Top Hits For The Month Of April
Thanks for all the pageviews. George's top post for the month was our big vote getter. You can see the video above. Hans Rosling's video that shows the impact of wealth and the worldNYTimes' write David Pogue and his texting tipsAP...