Posted in 21st century skills, art, artifacts, cultures, geography, history, images, library, media literacy, photos, primary sources, social studies, technology integration, tagged history, history tech, library, maps, primary sources, wiebe, world history on October 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Do you teach World History?
Then the new World Digital Library is a must visit.
A cooperative project of the Library of Congress, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and partner libraries, archives, and educational and cultural institutions from the United States and around the world. The project brings together on a single website [...]
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Posted in current events, fun, history, images, lesson plans, photos, president, social studies, tagged history, history tech, photo, president, queen, us history, wiebe on October 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m sure some of you may have already seen these photos. But for those of you who haven’t, it’s a fun walk through the last 50 years of American history. And thanks to Anne Hathaway and others, my daughter (and her friends) are still into the whole of idea of princesses and princes and queens [...]
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Posted in 21st century skills, cool, current events, images, photos, strategies, technology integration, tagged current events, history tech, images, news, photos, strategies, technology integration, wiebe on October 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Can there be something more current than current events?
I used to discuss current events with my students by bringing in the morning newspaper or that week’s copy of Newsweek. We’d have a great conversation, with the intent of tying class content to events of the day.
You now have another option. Current events on steroids. Not [...]
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Posted in current events, google, history, photos, primary sources, social studies, tagged google, history, history tech, life, primary source, social studies, wiebe on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We talked earlier about how Google has added a ton of Life magazine images to its Image search database. Life magazine was always known for its fantastic photographs and adding them to a searchable database made your job as a history teacher just a bit easier.
Well . . . Google Books just went one better. [...]
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Posted in 21st century skills, artifacts, history, images, lesson plans, photos, primary sources, professional development, social networks, social studies, strategies, tip of the week, tagged dbq, history, history tech, primary sources, smithsonian, social studies, wiebe on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I ran across a primary sources site the other day and walked away pretty impressed. The Smithsonian has partnered with several Teaching American History grants and gathered together a wide variety of primary sources and lesson plans. Called Smithsonian Source, the site was created by teachers and is moderated by Smithsonian staff. The partnership has [...]
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