World History
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me this site on the Standard of Ur and this one from the BBC. She has a great idea about how to use the images--have the kids analyze it and try to apply the characteristics of civilization to it. At both sites, you can enlarge the image and study smaller parts of it. The Standard of UR is one of the BBC's greatest objects in the world and shows the earliest depiction of a wheeled vehicle.
- The Dbq Project For Amazing Essay Writing
I don't often promote items that cost money, but the DBQ Project is simply amazing. First of all they adhere to standard curriculum and secondly they are so good that you do not need to cover the section beforehand. They all come with...
- Internet Access For All Students?!
Each year I teach two AP classes, 2 standard ones and one online. So of my roughly 150 students, about 5-6 start the year without a laptop and all are in my two standard classes. What is different this year is that all but one has some Internet...
- Civilzation Epic Rap
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me the link to this interesting rap about civilization....
- World Wars I And Ii
Here is a great site to help you teach World Wars I and II. There are links to images, a comprehensive site on trench warfare, the PBS companion website for the wars and primary source interviews. Now what might you do with it. You could...
- Mit's Visualizing Asian Cultures
This MIT site, called "Visualizing Cultures"is a great resource for both World History and AP World when we study imperialism. The site includes outstanding visual narratives on which curriculum units are based. Most of the curriculum units ask students...
World History
The Standard of UR
- The Dbq Project For Amazing Essay Writing
I don't often promote items that cost money, but the DBQ Project is simply amazing. First of all they adhere to standard curriculum and secondly they are so good that you do not need to cover the section beforehand. They all come with...
- Internet Access For All Students?!
Each year I teach two AP classes, 2 standard ones and one online. So of my roughly 150 students, about 5-6 start the year without a laptop and all are in my two standard classes. What is different this year is that all but one has some Internet...
- Civilzation Epic Rap
My colleague, Frances Coffey, sent me the link to this interesting rap about civilization....
- World Wars I And Ii
Here is a great site to help you teach World Wars I and II. There are links to images, a comprehensive site on trench warfare, the PBS companion website for the wars and primary source interviews. Now what might you do with it. You could...
- Mit's Visualizing Asian Cultures
This MIT site, called "Visualizing Cultures"is a great resource for both World History and AP World when we study imperialism. The site includes outstanding visual narratives on which curriculum units are based. Most of the curriculum units ask students...