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Historical Digitally Altered Image Project
As many of you have might have seen on my website, I have been digitally altering movie posters and other images to tell a new historical story. The results are often silly but have been a fun outlet for me personally. … Continue reading
Honoring Our Veterans: Using Inquiry to Discuss Veterans Day | Discovery Education
I’ve recently begun blogging for Discovery Education! My first assignment was to create a lesson for Veterans Day and I am really excited to share this with you! _________________________________________________________________________________ “My name is Michael K. Milton, and I am a US … Continue reading
Interactive Self-Paced Presentations with Google Slides
With Google Slides, you can create activities that allow students to move at their own pace! Utilizing the “link to different page” in Google Slides, you can create a little “choose your own adventure” for your students. I made this … Continue reading
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Tagged 1:1, 21st Century, American Revolution, Social Studies, Technology
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“Rare Unearthed George Washington’s Christmas Card 1776”
What if on Christmas day in 1776 while preparing for the epic Battle of Trenton, George Washington took the time to write an annual holiday letter? It might look something like this…
A Procedure for Reading Difficult Documents
As you would not chug a hot cup of tea, you also should not speed through a primary document! You risk a burnt tongue and not fully understanding what you just read. Try reading Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal quickly! … Continue reading
Thoughts on PowerPointing
My friend Joe Sangillo wrote a great post for Discovery Education about how he uses PowerPoint presentations in the class. It got me thinking a lot about the struggle that I am currently having with “PowerPoints.” My thoughts. I love … Continue reading
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Teaching Historical Interpretation: Interpreting Student Life Events
“Who even knows if this really happened,” one of my students declared this year. “How do you think? How does one find out about anything?” I responded wanting to discuss how history is formed – the need to find artifacts … Continue reading
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Tagged education, Historian, Historical Interpretation, History, Inquiry
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Going Meta: Cataloguing My Past Two Years of Blogging
As my blog turned two this past week, I felt it would be a good time to look back at one of the things I have worked on in my spare time these past few years. Over the past two … Continue reading
“We’re not gonna take it. No, we ain’t gonna take it. Oh, we’re not gonna take it anymoooore.” While preparing for the upcoming school year, Twisted Sister’s epic protest song began playing as I read the Declaration of Independence. Obviously … Continue reading
Michael K. Milton: Musings on History & Education (mostly) 