World History
I have done a number of posts recently to help your students study for the AP exam, but I have also put together a page for my school (and a lot of schools in my county) for standard (ie, non AP) students taking world history I (through the Renaissance) and II (Renaissance to the present). There are a ton of interactive (only one of which I have posted about) sites for students to review as well as study guides and other goodies for preparing for the standard end of the year exams. I actually have my students use them for their unit tests as well.
- The Dbq Project For Amazing Essay Writing
I don't often promote items that cost money, but the DBQ Project is simply amazing. First of all they adhere to standard curriculum and secondly they are so good that you do not need to cover the section beforehand. They all come with...
- Book Recommendation: How We Learn By Benedict Carey
There aren't many books about teaching that truly excite me, but I just finished reading a book that every educator should read. How We Lean: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens by Benedict Carey details several techniques...
- Review Sites For World History Students
I collected a bunch of sites for my school to use for world history students. There are both practice tests you can take as well as study guides and a link to the NYRegents exams (which I like to use as practice as they are harder than most of our...
- Tremendous Study Guide
We just had our January re-testing for the students who failed the state exam over the summer or last spring. I gave the kids outlines found here on world history through the Renaissance and from the Renaissance to the present. While they...
- Exam Review Ipad App
In Virginia our end of the year exams are interestingly enough titled the SOL tests (Standards of Learning). Here is an ipad app for reviewing material on the SOL exam. Since our test is similar to most other states (in terms of coverage)...
World History
Standard World History Review Page
- The Dbq Project For Amazing Essay Writing
I don't often promote items that cost money, but the DBQ Project is simply amazing. First of all they adhere to standard curriculum and secondly they are so good that you do not need to cover the section beforehand. They all come with...
- Book Recommendation: How We Learn By Benedict Carey
There aren't many books about teaching that truly excite me, but I just finished reading a book that every educator should read. How We Lean: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens by Benedict Carey details several techniques...
- Review Sites For World History Students
I collected a bunch of sites for my school to use for world history students. There are both practice tests you can take as well as study guides and a link to the NYRegents exams (which I like to use as practice as they are harder than most of our...
- Tremendous Study Guide
We just had our January re-testing for the students who failed the state exam over the summer or last spring. I gave the kids outlines found here on world history through the Renaissance and from the Renaissance to the present. While they...
- Exam Review Ipad App
In Virginia our end of the year exams are interestingly enough titled the SOL tests (Standards of Learning). Here is an ipad app for reviewing material on the SOL exam. Since our test is similar to most other states (in terms of coverage)...