World History
When I first began teaching (21 years ago!), I taught a world geography course for several years (since exiled from VA and incorporated into world history) for which this book would have been perfect. But for world history teachers the first chapter is quite good on basic geography (longitude, latitude, regions, relative & absolute location, time zones and more. The e-textbook also has lots of pictures and videos and best of all is free.
- Geography In History: A Necessary Connection In The School Curriculum.
Geography in History: A Necessary Connection in the School Curriculum. Clearly, geography is tied heavily to historical studies. Yet, some students don't get this concept... From the site: Geography and history are prominent subjects of the...
- Online History E-textbook
Years ago I worked with a group that was trying to get interactive textbooks up and free online. We managed to get the textbook up, but not the funding. But, for those of you who want to share a great e-textbook with your students, here is...
- Our Two Month Ipad E-textbook Pilot
Last November Houghton Mifflin Harcourt asked me to pilot their new iPad e-textbooks which we did for two months ending just this past Monday. The pilot was for Patterns of Interaction and I must admit the first day we had them there were some collective...
- Complete Journey Across Time Online Version
So thanks to one of my teacher-students, Melissa Davis, for finding this. One of the best special education e-books out there is the 2008 Journey Across Time, but it so happens that the entire text is online in pdf format. Here, for example,...
- Glencoe Video Clips By Textbook Chapter
McGraw Hill Companies has a Video Library for its Glencoe World History Textbook with short 3 to 5 minute clips for every chapter. The textbook closely parallels our Patterns of Interaction. For example Chapter 2 of the Glencoe book covers early river...
World History
World Geography e-textbook
- Geography In History: A Necessary Connection In The School Curriculum.
Geography in History: A Necessary Connection in the School Curriculum. Clearly, geography is tied heavily to historical studies. Yet, some students don't get this concept... From the site: Geography and history are prominent subjects of the...
- Online History E-textbook
Years ago I worked with a group that was trying to get interactive textbooks up and free online. We managed to get the textbook up, but not the funding. But, for those of you who want to share a great e-textbook with your students, here is...
- Our Two Month Ipad E-textbook Pilot
Last November Houghton Mifflin Harcourt asked me to pilot their new iPad e-textbooks which we did for two months ending just this past Monday. The pilot was for Patterns of Interaction and I must admit the first day we had them there were some collective...
- Complete Journey Across Time Online Version
So thanks to one of my teacher-students, Melissa Davis, for finding this. One of the best special education e-books out there is the 2008 Journey Across Time, but it so happens that the entire text is online in pdf format. Here, for example,...
- Glencoe Video Clips By Textbook Chapter
McGraw Hill Companies has a Video Library for its Glencoe World History Textbook with short 3 to 5 minute clips for every chapter. The textbook closely parallels our Patterns of Interaction. For example Chapter 2 of the Glencoe book covers early river...