My 10 fave historical movies that every social studies teacher needs to see By Glenn Wiebe Some would be good for instructional purposes. Some are more historically accurate than others.
The World Is Complex. Our Kids Need To Understand That. World Savvy Can Help By Glenn Wiebe These six questions were part of a larger survey given to 1200 people between the ages of 18 – 26 by National Geographic and the Council for Foreign Relations.
Clark Griswold would have loved Google My Maps. So will your kids By Glenn Wiebe Tenae Alfaro, Slate Creek principal, is planning a summer trip and so she asked fourth grade kids to do some in-depth research and plan a trip for her.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Website Offers Wealth of Teaching Resources By TL Editors The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum website offers educators a wealth of resources and guidelines for teaching about this sensitive topic.
Race to Ratify is latest awesome iCivics game that you should be playing right now. By Glenn Wiebe Your students pick a character from 1787 and spend their time trying to get the Constitution ratified by the different states.
STUDENT REPORT: How I Learned About Art & History By Building with LEGO By Wyatt Zaleski, a 5th grade student at Fair Haven Schools (NJ)
A Framework for Teaching American Slavery – from Teaching Tolerance By Glenn Wiebe If we are to understand the United State and the world today, we must understand slavery’s history and continuing impact.
Need A Documentary Clip? Find it in Ken Burns App By Tech & Learning The Ken Burns App provides iOS users with a new way of viewing Burns' award-winning documentaries.
The Kentucky Derby, Lessons in American Culture By TL Editors This collection covers the historical background of the Kentucky Derby
Free Digital Library Provides Millions of Primary Sources for U.S. History By TL Editors The layers of rich documents, images, and videos are carefully organized and curated, and can be accessed through topical browsing, searching and filtering, or in pre-made exhibition collections and primary source sets.
ESSDACK PLC meets Russel Tarr & ClassTools. Everyone Gets Smarter. By Glenn Wiebe The activity led to a great conversation around effective tools and resources that teachers and students can use while accessing and organizing online information.
History is a Bunch of Grass. And We Need to Let Our Kids Play on It. By Glenn Wiebe We tell them about history and have them read about history but we never let them experience history.
Hot Chocolate. The Columbian Exchange. And Pirates. By Glenn Wiebe We shouldn’t forget that history, social studies, civics, econ, geography are all about people. And about their stories.
Women’s History Month Resources. (That you should use all year.) By Glenn Wiebe The National Women’s History Project aims to make excellent, user-friendly materials readily available for all areas of the K-12 curriculum.
Library of Congress: America's Story: Louisiana By TL Editors Students will enjoy seeing authentic, historical footage of Mardi Gras parades, traditional desserts, and trinkets from Mardi Gras celebrations held throughout the years.
Stanford History Education Group: Read Like a Historian By TL Editors The Stanford History Education Group website provides teachers with document-based curriculum and innovative assessments that are ready to use in the classroom.
