World History
- Open Vault
There is a nice site with historical videos that many readers of this blog may find useful. It is the Open Vault of WGBH. The site describes itself, "Open Vault provides online access to unique and historically important content produced by public television...
- Teaching Historical Thinking.
Teaching Historical Thinking. Students don't come to class ready to think about history. This paper examines ways that a teacher can teach historical thinking. From the site: Over the past decade, cognitive studies researcher Samuel Wineburg...
- Holocaust Survivor Meets Savior
When possible I enjoy using primary documents as they bring history alive, but it is even better when one gets a short video like the great one above. It shows two elderly gentlemen, one who was hidden by the other during WWII for being Jewish....
- Reading Like A Historian: Sourcing A Document
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- Using Google Drive In Your Classroom
One of my former teacher-students, Amanda Lombardi has been proving for a long time that special education students are great for using technology in the classroom (and this year I am going to prove that with ESOL kids). Tomorrow she is doing an...
World History
Primary vs. Secondary Documents
This is a very nice example on the difference between a primary and a secondary document. Thanks to Shelly Arlen of the of the Univ. of Fl for the heads up and for creating (w. her colleague) the very helpful video on Captain Kidd. In addition to this video, here is a great written and video resource on the differences which you could use with your students.
- Open Vault
There is a nice site with historical videos that many readers of this blog may find useful. It is the Open Vault of WGBH. The site describes itself, "Open Vault provides online access to unique and historically important content produced by public television...
- Teaching Historical Thinking.
Teaching Historical Thinking. Students don't come to class ready to think about history. This paper examines ways that a teacher can teach historical thinking. From the site: Over the past decade, cognitive studies researcher Samuel Wineburg...
- Holocaust Survivor Meets Savior
When possible I enjoy using primary documents as they bring history alive, but it is even better when one gets a short video like the great one above. It shows two elderly gentlemen, one who was hidden by the other during WWII for being Jewish....
- Reading Like A Historian: Sourcing A Document
...
- Using Google Drive In Your Classroom
One of my former teacher-students, Amanda Lombardi has been proving for a long time that special education students are great for using technology in the classroom (and this year I am going to prove that with ESOL kids). Tomorrow she is doing an...