World History
Studying the Industrial Revolution? Take your kids to the computer lab and launch this site and have them play this game. It allows them to evaluate the different factors that entrepreneurs had to make if they wanted to make money in the new cotton industry. It's a BBC site, of course and is terrific and is a fantastic introduction to the textile revolution. My thanks to my colleague, Jeff Feinstein, for sending me the link.
- Who Wants To Be A Cotton Millionaire?
Studying the Industrial Revolution? The BBC has a good simulation about the role of cotton in industrializing Britain. Players have to make decisions about where to locate machinery, who to employ, and what investments one should make. Another good simulation...
- The Zimmermann Telegram: Awesome Clip
Here's a terrific clip from BBC about the Zimmermann telegram. Thanks to my collegue, Jeff Feinstein, for sending me the link....
- "how Euorpe Went To War In 1914"
The Imperial War Museum has a terrific essay with great images about the causes of World War I. The essay is more engaging than most textbooks and might make for a good reading assignment. Other stories include: "Five Things you Need to Know About...
- To Tweet Or Not To Tweet
My colleague, Jeff Feinstein, and I jumped into Twitter full steam this week. We both created twitter feeds for our AP classes. The purpose of the feeds is to give kids updates, reminders, and links to interesting stories about subjects we are studying....
- Awesome Collection Of German Documents & Images
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World History
Who Wants to be a Cotton Millionaire
Studying the Industrial Revolution? Take your kids to the computer lab and launch this site and have them play this game. It allows them to evaluate the different factors that entrepreneurs had to make if they wanted to make money in the new cotton industry. It's a BBC site, of course and is terrific and is a fantastic introduction to the textile revolution. My thanks to my colleague, Jeff Feinstein, for sending me the link.
- Who Wants To Be A Cotton Millionaire?
Studying the Industrial Revolution? The BBC has a good simulation about the role of cotton in industrializing Britain. Players have to make decisions about where to locate machinery, who to employ, and what investments one should make. Another good simulation...
- The Zimmermann Telegram: Awesome Clip
Here's a terrific clip from BBC about the Zimmermann telegram. Thanks to my collegue, Jeff Feinstein, for sending me the link....
- "how Euorpe Went To War In 1914"
The Imperial War Museum has a terrific essay with great images about the causes of World War I. The essay is more engaging than most textbooks and might make for a good reading assignment. Other stories include: "Five Things you Need to Know About...
- To Tweet Or Not To Tweet
My colleague, Jeff Feinstein, and I jumped into Twitter full steam this week. We both created twitter feeds for our AP classes. The purpose of the feeds is to give kids updates, reminders, and links to interesting stories about subjects we are studying....
- Awesome Collection Of German Documents & Images
...