World History
Here's a great TedEd lesson about the Silk Road. You can use it as a flipped lesson with the multiple choice questions provided..
Thanks to the Virginia Geographic Alliance for tweeting the link.
- Silk Road Virtual Tour
Here's a great virtual tour of the Silk Road created by Professor Clayton Brown. My thanks to Angela Lee for tweeting the link....
- Resources At California History Project
The History Project, developed by the University California, has some terrific resources on world history, many of which are engaging classroom lessons.For example, here is a interesting lesson on genocide. It includes a graphic organizer and...
- The Lost Empire That Ruled The Silk Road
Here's a great essay about the Silk Road city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan. The author, Annalee Newitz, notes that "its culture was a hybrid of Iranian and Chinese influences, its religion a mix of Zoroastrianism and other traditions, and it belonged...
- The Modern Silk Road: Hauling New Treasure
The Silk Road of camels and caravanserais that once connected China and Rome faded sometime in the 14th century. Hewlett Packard is bringing the trading route back to life! They revived the route, according to the New York Times, as "an overland alternative...
- Flipping History Without Video
Jeff Utecht, who writes "The Thinking Stick.com" argues persuasively in this excellent post that the flipped history classroom does not have to involve video. "In fact every time I have helped a teacher flip their classroom in the high school it has never...
World History
Silk Road Flipped Lesson
Here's a great TedEd lesson about the Silk Road. You can use it as a flipped lesson with the multiple choice questions provided..
Thanks to the Virginia Geographic Alliance for tweeting the link.
- Silk Road Virtual Tour
Here's a great virtual tour of the Silk Road created by Professor Clayton Brown. My thanks to Angela Lee for tweeting the link....
- Resources At California History Project
The History Project, developed by the University California, has some terrific resources on world history, many of which are engaging classroom lessons.For example, here is a interesting lesson on genocide. It includes a graphic organizer and...
- The Lost Empire That Ruled The Silk Road
Here's a great essay about the Silk Road city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan. The author, Annalee Newitz, notes that "its culture was a hybrid of Iranian and Chinese influences, its religion a mix of Zoroastrianism and other traditions, and it belonged...
- The Modern Silk Road: Hauling New Treasure
The Silk Road of camels and caravanserais that once connected China and Rome faded sometime in the 14th century. Hewlett Packard is bringing the trading route back to life! They revived the route, according to the New York Times, as "an overland alternative...
- Flipping History Without Video
Jeff Utecht, who writes "The Thinking Stick.com" argues persuasively in this excellent post that the flipped history classroom does not have to involve video. "In fact every time I have helped a teacher flip their classroom in the high school it has never...