Posted in 21st century skills, history, lesson plans, professional development, social studies, strategies, teacher, teaching, technology integration, tagged best practice, history, history tech, lesson plans, PLN, social studies, social studies central, teaching, wiebe on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 artifacts, geography, history, images, library, maps, primary sources, social studies, strategies, technology integration, tagged geography, history, history tech, library, library of congress, maps, primary documents, wiebe on November 3, 2009 | Leave a 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, brain research, cool, digital literacy, learning styles, professional development, social networks, social studies, strategies, technology integration, tagged brain, history, history tech, ning, social network, strategy, students, wiebe on October 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I was told once that in the typical social studies classroom, 85% of the conversation is teacher to student, 10% student to teacher and 5% student to student. (And . . . no, I can’t remember the source so I suppose you can adjust the numbers as you see fit.)
But even if the numbers aren’t [...]
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Posted in civics, curriculum, geography, government, history, lesson plans, maps, politics, social studies, tagged census, geography, government, history, history tech, lesson plans, maps, social studies, wiebe 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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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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