Wednesday, January 29, 2014

History Tips From Three Educators

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Wow do I like when teachers take control and set up their own collaborative teams beyond their own school borders to help each others'...
Sunday, January 26, 2014

Video Documentary Assignment

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One of the people I follow on Twitter is Jen Carey .  She also has an Internet page called " Indiana Jen " which goes through a ...
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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Instagrok Mindmaps

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American Civil War | Learn about American Civil War on instaGrok, the research engine I have been using Instragrok for the past two y...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Parady Song of the American Revolution

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My son Grant watched this at school.  It really does cover many of the many points leading up to the American Revolution and to a tune all...

Entire US History Course for Free

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The American Home Front (WWII) from Tom Richey From time to time I like to look at who is following me on Twitter to see if I wan...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Mistakes that Changed History

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My post yesterday was inspired by the video above and which talks about mistakes that changed history.  I particularly liked the one on Ga...
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Monday, January 20, 2014

Another Side of MLK, Jr.

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One of the problems with our US textbooks is that there are too many facts and not enough stories which is why I enjoy using primary docum...

Misunderstanding History

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I sense an assignment coming on or even an end of the year project if we can get beyond all of our snow days.  As I like to tell my stud...

The Virtues of Tammany Hall!

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In light of Chris Christie's (R-NJ) rough politics and comparison to his nearby neighbor Tammany Hall, it might be interesting for yo...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Flipped Classroom on CBS News

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I love that CBS refers to the flipped classroom as a new way to teach, but at least they interview two of the pioneers - even if they don...
Friday, January 17, 2014

Ben Franklin Timeline

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This is a great new timeline on Ben Franklin's life .  It scrolls from left to right and back again and and then you can click on all...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Black Codes

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If you watch this 2:40 vide o you will see how much more crazy black codes were than you have perhaps been teaching your students such as...

Friday is the Last Day to Sign Up for my Tech Integration Course

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Sorry to my regular blog readers outside of Fairfax County, but I love teaching my Academy Course and just wanted to remind people that tom...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

SkyDrive Tutorial

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So it would be fair to say that I prefer Google Drive over Microsoft's SkyDrive .  SkyDrive is the cloud based way to use Microsoft...

Digital Learning Day Post

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Tomorrow the Alliance for Excellent Education , that started Digital Learning Day , is cross posting my thoughts on Digital Learning Day ...