World History
- Europe And The Printing Press
Europe and the Printing PressBefore 1450, books were produced by scribes who laboriously copied an existing book by hand. Between 1455 and 1500, the printing press, containing movable type using manufactured paper, revolutionized book production. By 1500,...
- The Anne Boleyn Files
The Anne Boleyn Files is a blog dedicated to the doomed English queen Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII. It includes news, essays, historical biographies, book reviews, and a store with Tudor-related mechandise. From the site: This blog is written...
- World History Flipped Class Videos
This year I am co-teaching with an ESOL teacher for WHI. To that end we have decided to ditch every lecture and use flipped videos instead. We feel it will especially serve our ESOL students who will not have to ask to have us repeat everything...
- 3d Sistine Chapel
The Vatican Museum has an amazing 3D visual of the Sistine Chapel. Turn out the lights, put it on the screen and watch your students be amazed at what one human could paint. It is an awesome website. ...
- "push Pop" Is A Cool Way To Read A Book
Facebook just bought Push Pop which is a tablet and smart phone e-book producer which pushes the boundaries of what an e-book is. One of the reasons I have been a huge proponent of students using e-books is because of the amazingly quick changes...
World History
The Vatican Library
The only thing I watch on tv these days are Redskins' games. But I do watch some 60 Minute videos on the computer. The one above on the Vatican's library is amazing. It talks about this incredible depository which includes (and they show all of this) writings of Michelangelo, letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn (complete w. love hearts), Columbus' best selling book, many colorful books hand made before the printing press, a map of the world 50 years before Columbus sailed to the US and more.
- Europe And The Printing Press
Europe and the Printing PressBefore 1450, books were produced by scribes who laboriously copied an existing book by hand. Between 1455 and 1500, the printing press, containing movable type using manufactured paper, revolutionized book production. By 1500,...
- The Anne Boleyn Files
The Anne Boleyn Files is a blog dedicated to the doomed English queen Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII. It includes news, essays, historical biographies, book reviews, and a store with Tudor-related mechandise. From the site: This blog is written...
- World History Flipped Class Videos
This year I am co-teaching with an ESOL teacher for WHI. To that end we have decided to ditch every lecture and use flipped videos instead. We feel it will especially serve our ESOL students who will not have to ask to have us repeat everything...
- 3d Sistine Chapel
The Vatican Museum has an amazing 3D visual of the Sistine Chapel. Turn out the lights, put it on the screen and watch your students be amazed at what one human could paint. It is an awesome website. ...
- "push Pop" Is A Cool Way To Read A Book
Facebook just bought Push Pop which is a tablet and smart phone e-book producer which pushes the boundaries of what an e-book is. One of the reasons I have been a huge proponent of students using e-books is because of the amazingly quick changes...