World History
In a Nutshell - Who Discovered America
Right now I am working on lesson development for our county, which is always a good way to find new teaching ideas. Thanks to Ryan Mrowka for finding the "In a NutShell" series which has several great short and information filled videos. Don't let the one above fool you as it covers Columbus, but also Vespucci, Native Americans, the Vikings and lots of maps. Check it out.
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Take Our Online Course
Richard Byrne of FreeTech4Teachers and I are going to be leading an online course. In "Teaching History Using the Web," we take you through the process of developing engaging, web based history lesson plans. The course features three interactive...
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Take Our Online Class
Richard Byrne of FreeTech4Teachers and are going to be leading an online course . In "Teaching History using the Web" we take you through the process of developing engaging, web-based history lesson plans. This course features three interactive...
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Qr (quick Reference) Apps
One of the apps I have been working with this week are QR (quick reference) scan codes. The film above shows you how to use it and some uses for it. Here are some additional uses for it in the classroom. If you want to download it to...
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Fun Learning Videos
I just finished my India unit so I will have to show this next year, but above is The Mahabharata ("Abracadabra" by the Steve Miller Band. Here are a bunch more learning videos played to well known (perhaps well know by my generation) of items...
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The First Map Of America
I am in the midst of a Google National Geographic institute here in D.C. this weekend. Besides getting to do Google Earth and Sketch Up we have been given a bag of goodies. One of them is a book called "The Fourth Part of the World" by Toby...
World History