What is Your Learning Style? How About Most of Your Students’?
Bloom’s Taxonomy is the keyword we all know. It is critical. It works. But before it can work for you, relate it to yourself. How does your brain work? What does your brain prefer? Before you diagnose the way a student thinks, know thyself! Take the test here . . . More to come on [...]
Industrialization and the Industrial Giants – Lesson Plans
From our best selling Toolbook, US History: The Industrial Age. Who were the giants of the industrial revolution. BLOOM – Laissez Faire. Was it good bad or indifferent? Break into pairs. Examine each fact. Using the chart, categorize each fact. When you are finished, play The Bell Game: “Name that Industrial Giant!” Download your free lesson plan now. Please note, these [...]
Ancient Rome – The 5 Themes of Geography
Identify the location and describe the rise of the Roman Republic, including the importance of such mythical and historical figures as Aeneas, Romulus and Remus, Cincinnatus, Julius Caesar and Cicero. What are the 5 Themes of Ancient Rome’s Geography? Download the free lesson plan. Please note, this lesson will be removed on 6/26/12.
New Free Lesson Plan Available – World War II Quotations
Understanding quotes helps us understand the times.
We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end.
We shall fight in France,
we shall fight on the seas and oceans . . .
History in the making … (France Recognizes Libyan Rebels)
You have an awesome opportunity. Your students can experience history as a real, current, live, event. I will apologize in advance for the rambling nature of this post. It is spur of the moment, and not on my “official has to get done list for the day” – but I just needed to post. History [...]
If the world’s population lived in one city… « Per Square Mile
I’ve always loved map graphics. And this one is a fabulous representation of city population density merged with world population! Check out the full version here. This is an incredible resource. Love their whole blog!
History and the Abominable Snowman
From the National Archives – we find out that the government of Nepal wanted dibs on any information regarding to the existence of a Yeti – or better known to us westerners as “The Abominable Snowman”. Lots of thanks to Liz who posted this on twitter (if you don’t follow her you should @Ellsbeth).
World Geography: List of countries by arable land
List of countries: Arable land http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/geo_lan_use_ara_lan-geography-land-use-arable The Arab countries have the least arable land.
U.S. History: Map of slavery
Visualize slavery: Map of slave states http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/12/10/opinion/20101210_Disunion_SlaveryMap.html It shows the concentrations of slavery in the South. President Abraham Lincoln used this map.
U.S. History: Videos created by the U.S. government
U.S. government videos: FedFlix http://www.archive.org/details/FedFlix I watched the one from the Defense Department: “Defeated People” about Germany, 1946.
Current events: Read the front page of newspapers around the world
Front page of newspapers around the world From the Newseum: http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
Cartograms: The World
World Mapper http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper/index.html Great for students in World History and World Geography.
World Geography: Cartograms!
Cartograms: Population (and much more) http://hetv.org/resources/cartograms.htm Cartograms for the world: Population, GDP, child mortality, HIV/AIDS, spending on health care, energy consumption, Greenhouse gas emissions
World Geography: Create a population pyramid
Your students can create their own population pyramids. http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/informationGateway.php
Economics: A brand new game
Economia: The monetary policy game. http://ht.ly/3mCrV I do not teach Economics, but this looks like a fascinating game for students in high school. Let us know what you think.
A list of Supreme Court decisions
For U.S. History: A list of Supreme Court decisions with brief definitions. http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~acadian/vickey/agout/ch20out1.pdf
World Geography: Thematic maps
I just found a great set of maps: http://maps.howstuffworks.com/world-deserts-map.htm Take a look at the last map: Countries where children under 14 are in the majority! World Agricultural Employment Map World Annual Precipitation Map World Cellular Communications Map World Climate Map World Deforestation Map World Deserts Map World Electricity Production Map World Elevation Map World Energy [...]
Documentary films: The Middle East
A list of feature films about the Middle East.
The world’s fastest growing cities, 2006-2020
If you are studying Asia, take a look at this great chart about the world’s fastest-growing cities.
China sentences woman to labor camp for Twitter post – CNN.com
Your student deserve to see articles like this. While we can all cite issues we face in America, there is no doubt that our freedom should be taken as precious. A Chinese woman has been sentenced to a year in a labor camp for retweeting a Twitter post that mocked Chinese protesters who smashed Japanese [...]
#WHTOC – The Players – (A Cast of Historical Catalysts)
So we couldn’t get our list to 64. Which will allow for a few “Play in Games”. A few notes on our selection process: We have developed this tournament to be part of a larger process (based on Bloom’s Taxonomy). This process directly affects the names we chose. (Part of the process will be based [...]
We Sell Time! Ten Reasons to Check This Out
Friends, we sell time! We spend hours inventing lessons so you will have time to spend on: 10. Your Excellent Students 9. Your At-Risk Students 8. Your Special Needs Students 7. Your Parent Conferences 6. Your Meetings After School 5. Your Paperwork 4. Your Spouse
#SSCHAT (Monday Nights)
Please don’t miss #sschat on Monday Nights. This is a great chance to collaborate with other social studies teachers around the globe (yes there are Aussies in our midst!) Who/What: A group of social studies teacher that get together and chat about best-practices on for a certain topic (vote here). How/Where: On Twitter. Search for [...]
Monday Matrix (November 15, 2010)
Busy week last week and looks to be a great one this week. Upcoming: Monday: #sschat on twitter. Details Here. Tuesday: 3 New Lesson Plans released. Wednesday: List of Tourney of Champions Players Announced. What you may have missed Last Week. 5 Brand New Lesson Plans World History Tournament of Champions announced for December George [...]
NCSS 2010 Broght To You
Are you as jealous as I am? NCSS 2010 is in full swing and you’re not there (at least most of you aren’t). If you’ve never been before – it is like Christmas for Social Studies teachers. Lots of goodies to look at – lots of presentations to see – and most importantly a sense [...]
A Tuesday Afternoon Gift
Performance Education is playing with our social media messages and you are the benefactor! Looks like Tuesdays may become special for a while! Now til Midnight – get a free Teacher Toolbook download. (US HISTORY – The Great Depression.) Get it here – get it now . . . http://www.performance-education.com/products/the-great-depression Please tweet this link!
I never got to Japan . . .
I never got to Japan . . . The Principal hired me to teach geography. I was eager, yessirreeebob. I’d been to 49 states (but not Hawaii; you can’t drive there). I’d even won a trip to London (thank you, Optimists Club!). But I was clearly in over my head. My mission? The course known [...]
