Posted in artifacts, history, photos, primary sources, social studies, tagged artifacts, history, history tech, letters, photographs, primary sources, social studies, veterans, wiebe, world war one on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I wrote a quick post concerning Veteran’s Day resources and received a comment from Rich Landers who has created a very unique site titled Soldier’s Mail. The site is based on the letters, photographs and artifacts of his great uncle, Sam Avery of the US Army.
Readers may also be interested in the writings [...]
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Posted in Video, current events, history, media literacy, news, primary sources, social studies, tagged current events, history, history tech, news, newsweek, wiebe on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Newsweek has put together a quick seven minute video recapping the last ten years. Interesting not just for what it includes but what it leaves out.
What would you add or subtract? What about your students?
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Posted in artifacts, historical thinking, history, lesson plans, primary sources, social studies, strategies, tagged history, history tech, lesson plans, social studies, strategies, testbooks, wiebe 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 artifacts, geography, history, images, library, maps, primary sources, social studies, strategies, technology integration, tagged wiebe, history, history tech, primary documents, library of congress, geography, maps, library on November 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I wrote earlier about the map created by Robert Louis Stevenson before he wrote Treasure Island. I especially liked his quote – that maps have:
the power of infinite, eloquent suggestion.
I suggested that we need to use geographic tools and powerful maps to create engaging activities for our kids:
Not one of those cheesy, sad outline maps [...]
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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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