World History
There are some movies that work really well for history classes, and some that do not. After watching a Night at the Museum and Night at the Museum 2 this weekend, I put it in the category of works really well.
I did not find really any discrepancies with historical fact in either movie. The only non factual part I could think of would be the T-Rex acting as a playful pup. Sorry for those that haven't seen the movie.
I can see many possible activities to base off of the movie. Have students create a list of the people in the movie and the facts about them. Winner has the most information. For younger students the teacher can supply the list of characters. Or have students pick one interesting character and look up more information on them. Or if you are really ambitious, create your own museum. Have pictures of the different characters, students or groups of students will research them and have information by them. Then have a tour of your museum. You could also put the museum online.
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- Great Resources: Imperial War Museum
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- Fakebook For Historical Discussions
I showed my teacher students tonight so they could create Fakebook pages with their students. I use it, for example, to have my students converse between different historical characters. What I love about it is that the algorithm finds...
- Art Catalogs From The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
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- Museum Box
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World History
End of the Year: Night at the Museum
There are some movies that work really well for history classes, and some that do not. After watching a Night at the Museum and Night at the Museum 2 this weekend, I put it in the category of works really well.
I did not find really any discrepancies with historical fact in either movie. The only non factual part I could think of would be the T-Rex acting as a playful pup. Sorry for those that haven't seen the movie.
I can see many possible activities to base off of the movie. Have students create a list of the people in the movie and the facts about them. Winner has the most information. For younger students the teacher can supply the list of characters. Or have students pick one interesting character and look up more information on them. Or if you are really ambitious, create your own museum. Have pictures of the different characters, students or groups of students will research them and have information by them. Then have a tour of your museum. You could also put the museum online.
- Kristallnacht; 75th Anniversary
Here, a director from the US Holocaust Museum discusses the significance of Kristallnach, or the "night of broken glass," on the occasion of its 75th anniversary last year. ...
- Great Resources: Imperial War Museum
The Imperial War Museum has some great instructional resources on the main historical events from World War I through the Cold War. Simply click on "Events and Themes" and type in a key word like "Cold War" and a series of downloadable PDFs appear. Some...
- Fakebook For Historical Discussions
I showed my teacher students tonight so they could create Fakebook pages with their students. I use it, for example, to have my students converse between different historical characters. What I love about it is that the algorithm finds...
- Art Catalogs From The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
The Met has uploaded hundreds of art catalogs which you can read online or download as PDFs. Here are some of the titles which I copied directly from Open Culture's posting about the catalogs. The catalogs span both world and US history. Al-Andalus:...
- Museum Box
Museum Box allows you to create a visual box of elements such as pictures, video, sound, files, links and text. It would be a nice way for your students to create a box of memories of an era you are studying....