World History
Here is a great resource. Academic Earth is a collaboration between Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, UCLA and Yale that provides full video courses and lectures for free. There are video lectures that cover both US and World History, as well as Political Science/Government. I'm planning on using these in my AP World History class as enrichment material that students can access from home.
- Free Medieval History Courses
Several universities are putting complete courses online for free now. Visitors can peruse course materials and watch lectures even if they do not get any academic credit for it. MIT is probably the best known for this but some other schools are as well...
- World Wonders Project
A lot of us use Google Earth to show our students important historical sites. Well now Google Earth has put 132 historical sites into one location called the World Wonders Project. which includes Google Earth images as well as information abou...
- More Free Classes From Princeton, Stanford, And Others
A History of the World from 1300, from Princeton, no less. But you have to wait until the fall when it will be available to the public. In the meantime, especially with summer on the way, you can console yourself with the other 450 free courses available...
- Google Earth Tour Of The Panama Canal
One of my teacher-students, Carl Jones, found the video above of a Google Earth tour of the Panama Canal. Carl enjoys making Google Earth tours of many of his unit destinations. However rather than having to create a new Google Earth destination...
- More On The Flipped Classroom
Here's a s short clip in which a science teacher explains how he flipped his classroom. He offers a good explanation of how it works. Most flipped classrooms are in science and math but one school has flipped all core courses. The principal says...
World History
Academic Earth
Here is a great resource. Academic Earth is a collaboration between Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, UCLA and Yale that provides full video courses and lectures for free. There are video lectures that cover both US and World History, as well as Political Science/Government. I'm planning on using these in my AP World History class as enrichment material that students can access from home.
- Free Medieval History Courses
Several universities are putting complete courses online for free now. Visitors can peruse course materials and watch lectures even if they do not get any academic credit for it. MIT is probably the best known for this but some other schools are as well...
- World Wonders Project
A lot of us use Google Earth to show our students important historical sites. Well now Google Earth has put 132 historical sites into one location called the World Wonders Project. which includes Google Earth images as well as information abou...
- More Free Classes From Princeton, Stanford, And Others
A History of the World from 1300, from Princeton, no less. But you have to wait until the fall when it will be available to the public. In the meantime, especially with summer on the way, you can console yourself with the other 450 free courses available...
- Google Earth Tour Of The Panama Canal
One of my teacher-students, Carl Jones, found the video above of a Google Earth tour of the Panama Canal. Carl enjoys making Google Earth tours of many of his unit destinations. However rather than having to create a new Google Earth destination...
- More On The Flipped Classroom
Here's a s short clip in which a science teacher explains how he flipped his classroom. He offers a good explanation of how it works. Most flipped classrooms are in science and math but one school has flipped all core courses. The principal says...