Category Archives: History

Connecting Lessons to Common Core: Enlightenment – Declaration of Independence

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

As I said before, my Social Studies department is meeting next week to discuss activities and lessons that align with the Common Core Standards for History/Social Studies. As I am a fairly new teacher, I am using this as an … Continue reading →

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Connecting Lessons to Common Core: A Missed Opportunity

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

In a few weeks, I am sitting down with my Social Studies department to discuss the Common Core standards for History/Social Studies and identify lessons and activities that meet them. The idea of this meeting really excites me because I … Continue reading →

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Personalizing History: The Industrial Revolution

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

As a review of the Industrial Revolution, I wanted my students to interact with the text, rather than simply regurgitating it. I decided to have my students take on the persona of someone who’s life was turned upside down due … Continue reading →

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The Enlightenment Meets Social Media

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

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 a consulting firm to bring the ideas … Continue reading →

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The (Industrial) Revolution will be Twitterized*

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Michael K. Milton

Edit: I have transitioned this to using todaysmeet.com rather than Twitter. The activity works the same, but we are in a walled garden that is much easier to set up than Twitter is. In groups, students were assigned a country that … Continue reading →

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