World History
- What Did The Romans Accomplish - Assignment
Next week my students are starting our Rome unit. As part of the class we will look at the Contributions of the Romans and complete this assignment. At the end I'll show them the video above. ...
- Have Your Students Meet Foreign Students Online
Today one of my 9th grade classes had an usual experience. We had a video conference with a class of like aged students in Italy set up by Face to Faith. Yes the name gave me pause at first thinking about our First Amendment limitations, but...
- Intro To China - World's Most Typical Person
This is how I will begin my unit on China. It is a great way to remind the kids that while they may be from the US, they are anything but typical. I love that my school has a growing Chinese and Indian immigrant population which makes those...
- Pinterest And Collaborative Teams
I know that Ken made a post about Penterest a couple of months ago but I've just started using it and love it as a resource for our teams. For example, I am developing boards for each unit that we study in World 1. The one above...
- Ancient India
One of the things I live about Google Docs presentation mode is the ease with which people can share and work together on items. This is the PowerPoint I will be using for my India unit. Check back in a few weeks and you will see that I will...
World History
The World's Most Typical Man
I just found this at Freetech4teachers.com. It is a tremendous video showing who the most most average person is in the world and what are his (and it is a he) qualities. So in three weeks I will be starting my China unit and this will be the perfect introduction. Not only that, but in 2030, as the clip states, the most typical human will be from India and that is the unit we are now doing.
- What Did The Romans Accomplish - Assignment
Next week my students are starting our Rome unit. As part of the class we will look at the Contributions of the Romans and complete this assignment. At the end I'll show them the video above. ...
- Have Your Students Meet Foreign Students Online
Today one of my 9th grade classes had an usual experience. We had a video conference with a class of like aged students in Italy set up by Face to Faith. Yes the name gave me pause at first thinking about our First Amendment limitations, but...
- Intro To China - World's Most Typical Person
This is how I will begin my unit on China. It is a great way to remind the kids that while they may be from the US, they are anything but typical. I love that my school has a growing Chinese and Indian immigrant population which makes those...
- Pinterest And Collaborative Teams
I know that Ken made a post about Penterest a couple of months ago but I've just started using it and love it as a resource for our teams. For example, I am developing boards for each unit that we study in World 1. The one above...
- Ancient India
One of the things I live about Google Docs presentation mode is the ease with which people can share and work together on items. This is the PowerPoint I will be using for my India unit. Check back in a few weeks and you will see that I will...