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History Investigations: Voices from the Past
As I have begun to mentor an aspiring educator, I’ve been thinking about my various roles as a teacher. At any given moment I am a mentor, a guide, a sources of knowledge, a hero, a villain, a supporting player, a taskmaster, … Continue reading
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Tagged education, Franz Ferdinand, History, Lewis and Clark, Mexican War, Social Studies, Teaching, World History, World War I
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Snap Debates: Using Evidence to Support Opinions*
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
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
Connecting Lessons to Common Core: Nationalistic Travel Brochures
For the past few weeks, I have been reflecting upon my past lessons and adapting them to the Common Core Standards for History/Social Studies. It has been a great exercise and has allowed me to reexamine the purpose of my … Continue reading
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Tagged Common Core, education, Nationalism, Social Studies, World History
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Connecting Lessons to Common Core: Extra Extra! Primary Documents turned into News Articles!
What started off as an exercise to prepare for a department meeting has now become a bit of a hobby. For the past few weeks, I have been reflecting upon my past lessons and adapting them to the Common Core … Continue reading
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Tagged Common Core, education, History, Primary Documents, World History
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Connecting Lessons to Common Core: Personal Journals during the French Revolution
As I said before, my Social Studies department is meeting this week to discuss activities and lessons that align with the Common Core Standards for History/Social Studies. I became very excited last Friday afternoon when I found that the Common Core … Continue reading
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Tagged Common Core, education, French Revolution, Teaching, World History
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Connecting Lessons to Common Core: Enlightenment – Declaration of Independence
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
Personalizing History: The Industrial Revolution
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
