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It is no secret that I enjoy two things, debating and snapping**. Prior to an observation last year, I decided to merge there two loves together (after being inspired by this video about Stanford’s Reading Like a Historian). Oh, please take … Continue reading
History Lab Reports: A Template
Have you ever watched TV? Particularly a television program set in a high school (or with high school-aged people)? At the beginning of scenes that take place inside a classroom, there is brief shot to establish the type of classroom … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, History, Reflection
Tagged Common Core, education, History, History Labs, US History
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The Be More Interesting Pledge
In a slight departure from my typical posts about education and social studies, I wanted to present this pledge to you! I will soon get back to blogging about the activities in my classroom but I felt the need to … Continue reading
Social Media Meets the Enlightenment: Year 2
Originally posted on Michael K. Milton ~ @42ThinkDeep:
What better way to make the Enlightenment come alive than to have my World History students create Blogger sites and set up a conversation on Twitter! In our activity, students were hired by…
Absolute Monarchy’s Ultimate Class Playlist: Pairing Music with History
When I began school this year, I decided to create a class playlist – finding music that encapsulated what we did for each day in class and posting it in the room for all to see. Not only will this … Continue reading
Common Core State Standard Rubric for History/Social Studies 11-12
For the past few weeks, my colleague Todd Whitten and I have been sharing some work that we have done with the Common Core State Standards for History/Social Studies. During this process, we created rubrics based upon the 9-10th Grade … Continue reading
Primary Documents, Social Studies, and the Common Core: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Last week, Todd Whitten and I shared ways to hit the different Common Core Standards for Social Studies/History using technology. This week, we are launching our work on Primary Documents and the Common Core (check out Todd’s post on using … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, History
Tagged 21st Century Skills, Common Core, education, History, Social Studies
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Technology, Social Studies, and the Common Core: Part II
This summer I have been working with Todd Whitten on how we can integrate the Common Core Standards for History/Social Studies into the classroom for this upcoming year. Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing what we have … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, History
Tagged 21st Century Skills, Common Core, education, History, Social Studies, Technology
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Lessons from Superhero Movies: Teachers’ Edition
As the recent surge of superhero films is showing no signs of stopping, I felt that now was probably a good time to share lessons that I have gleaned from the current batch of superhero movies and apply them to … Continue reading
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to a 1:1 Classroom* (Lessons Learned from Year 1)
As I was watching The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy on the way to New York City on Sunday, I came across this piece of dialogue: Mr. Prosser: This bypass has got to be built and it’s going to be … Continue reading
Posted in Reflection
Tagged 1:1, 21st Century Skills, education, iPad, Reflection, Teaching, Technology
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