Posted in history, lesson plans, social studies, strategies, tagged armistice, history, history tech, lesson plans, veterans, veterans day, wiebe, world war one on November 11, 2009 | 7 Comments »
November 11, 1918.
5:00 am, Compiegne Forest, 50 miles north of Paris, France.
Germany and various Allied countries sign the armistice that would end fighting on the western front six hours later at 11:00 am Paris time.
Twenty years later, the US Congress officially designated November 11 as Armistice Day. Following World War Two and the Korean War, [...]
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Posted in artifacts, historical thinking, history, lesson plans, primary sources, social studies, strategies, tagged wiebe, history, history tech, social studies, lesson plans, strategies, testbooks on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have read and used a few good textbooks, Joy Hakim’s History of US comes to mind. The key word in that sentence, of course, is few. Most textbooks do a pretty poor job of providing context for their content and giving kids concrete examples of history.
But there is hope. Cheri Lucas of Edutopia provides [...]
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Posted in 21st century skills, art, cool, geography, history, images, lesson plans, photos, social studies, strategies, tip of the week, tagged wiebe, tip of the week, history, history tech, strategies, geography, tip, photographs, panoramic on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a big believer in the power of photographs and images.
And if you can find really big photos, so much the better!
New camera and web technologies now allow the publishing of incredibly detailed, full screen 360 degree panoramic photographs online. And the people at Panoramas have gathered together over 600 of these amazing photographs in [...]
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Posted in 21st century skills, history, lesson plans, professional development, social studies, strategies, teacher, teaching, technology integration, tagged wiebe, history, history tech, social studies, lesson plans, teaching, PLN, social studies central, best practice on November 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Teaching has always seemed to be an individual activity, forcing teachers to figure things out on their own. Using trial and error isn’t necessarily a bad thing when conducting a science experiment but probably not something that works that well when trying to corral 30 8th graders.
And in the pre-internet days, it was difficult for [...]
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Posted in civics, curriculum, geography, government, history, lesson plans, maps, politics, social studies, tagged wiebe, history, history tech, social studies, government, lesson plans, geography, maps, census on October 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to the timer at the Census in Schools site, the 2010 US Census is only 154 hours, 22 hours, 48 minutes and a few seconds away. And I know that you have been anxiously awaiting the release of Census-related teacher materials, lessons and maps!
Well . . . wait no further.
Travel over to Census in [...]
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