World History Teachers Blog
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
What was life like in Cairo in 1321? Coptic Christians and Mamluk Muslims did not get along. In fact, in 1321 violence broke out and spread throughout the city. According to this fascinating essay on the Medievalistsnet website written by Peter Konieczny, "over a couple of weeks, eleven Christian churches would be damaged or destroyed in Cairo, and another 49 in other parts of the country.
HistoryRewriter
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Calling all secondary educators! Mark your calendars for a high-energy and inspirational professional development opportunity. On April 26, 2025, the EduProtocols Roadshow will take over the Hiller Aviation Museum in Northern California. The location is close to the Redwood City Residence Inn and the Blue Oak Brewing Company in San Carlos. This intimate, one-day event is designed to help you teach more and grade less.
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TeachThought
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
by TeachThought Staff In a world filled with noise, division, and endless demands on our attention, Wendell Berry’s poem The Peace of Wild Things offers a rare invitation: to step back and find solace in nature. ‘The Peace Of Wild Things,’ read slowly enough, can remind us of the deep, quiet refuge that exists in the natural world, beyond the reach of our everyday stress and anxieties.
Geography Education
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
I love introducing Geoguessr to my students; I love the practical geographic skills that it combines in a games that can get the competitive juices flowing. It gets users to analyze the cultural and physical landscapes, relate a stimulus to other places on Earth, use maps at a variety of scales, etc. Guess Where You Are is an alternative to Geogussr without all the bells and whistles, but it also has no time restrictions w But I’m also a history buff and I love a good twist on a geographic g
Passion for Social Studies
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Are you always searching for ways to make your lessons more engaging? Similarly, are you constantly trying to get students to be active in the thinking process? Honestly, both of these questions make teaching overwhelming! Teachers want students to enjoy school and be the ones thinking, but there is a lot to get through! There are so many standards and not enough time to teach everything.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Like learning to read by third grade, taking eighth grade math is a pivotal moment in a child’s education. Students who pass Algebra 1 in eighth grade are more likely to sign up for more advanced math courses, and those who pass more advanced math courses are more likely to graduate from college and earn more money. “Algebra in eighth grade is a gateway to a lot of further opportunities,” said Dan Goldhaber, an economist who studies education at the American Institutes for Research, in a recent
World History Teachers Blog
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Bantu Migrations: Resources Here are three good clips about the early Bantu migrations, and a terrific site about iron in Africa. One video clip comes from Masaman, who produces educational videos on his YouTube channel. He does a good job of explaining the groups of people who lived in Africa before the Bantu migrations and the changes the Bantus brought, especially regarding language.
Social Studies Network brings together the best content for social studies educators from the widest variety of thought leaders.
C3 Teachers
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
I’ve been using the C3 Inquiry Design Model (IDM) for over a decade. Generally speaking, I’ve felt successful and have shared my best practices with others in the field. But despite my students’ success in producing rich products from their work on formative performance tasks, arguments, and taking informed actions, the sensory experience of walking into my classroom did not reflect the intellectual energy that I knew was pulsing in my students’ heads.
Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Through Socratic Circles, students are able to explore and experience how conflict creates space for their identities, interests, and perspectives.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Nathan Smith has already sent three kids to college. But he’s never seen anything like the volume of recruiting materials pouring in since his fourth child reached her senior year in high school this fall. “If you put the other three together and multiplied it by four, that’s how much mail she’s gotten,” said Smith, who takes a professional interest in this as chair of the Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents.
Geogramblings
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
A couple of weeks ago I gave my reasons for leaving ‘X’ (Twitter) , despite the fact that I have cultivated so many useful teaching tid-bits, useful links and resources and insights from colleagues. For me, staying on that platform is akin to continue banking with a finance insitution that invests my money into weapons of war or fossil fuel endeavours… but I can understand way folks might stay put due to the lack of choice or losing access to such a resource bank.
ED Surge
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Last year, I presented a paper on using technology in my Arabic class at the Ohio Foreign Language Association summer conference. At the end of my session, a Spanish language teacher opened the discussion by talking about students dismissing her work because it is not an essential subject in the state. This hurt her teaching time, and she wanted to know if I experienced the same phenomenon in my teaching career; without hesitation, I admitted to facing the same problem.
Institute for Citizens & Scholars
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
This blog series explores three projects inspired by the Mapping Civic Measurement report, examining how we can redefine “citizenship” in a modern context.
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
A Window Into Humanity’s Past Hunter-gatherer societies represent the foundation of human history, defining how humans lived for 99% of our existence. A recent study led by Washington State University, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1 , sheds light on how children in these societies acquire essential cultural knowledge.
Women's History Network
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Sources taken from Karen Harvey’s Social Bodes project which contains transcribed letters between c.1680-1820 categorised by state, emotion and body part.[1] Why do we study old letters? What is it about them? Or as historian Susan Whyman asks, ‘filled with mundane details and commonplace language, why have ordinary letters captivated readers for centuries?
Sapiens
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
As moose populations multiply in the Southern Rocky Mountains, decision-makers are questioning whether the animals are endemic or invaders. Archaeology can offer answers—and potential solutions. ✽ Along the twisting roads of Rocky Mountain National Park, visitors periodically encounter a unique type of traffic jam. Tourists park perilously close to steep roadsides, standing on the asphalt with heavy digital cameras and phones, and aiming their lenses at a nearby critter.
Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
In California’s Central Valley, one innovative school district serves as a model for learner-led pathways, deep community involvement, and more.
ED Surge
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Tim Lum is one of millions of students who returned to college as an adult, getting a two-year degree at his local community college. And this year, at the age of 36, he's one of 13 percent of the nation's college students who transferred institutions in fall of 2023. He describes the shift from a two-year college to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, which has about 20,000 students, as one of culture shock.
Strange Maps
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Deep in the Blue Mountains of Oregon lives what is possibly the largest, oldest, and heaviest living thing on Earth: a giant mushroom dubbed the Humongous Fungus. The word “possibly” didn’t weasel its way into the previous sentence by accident. Estimates of this organism’s extent, age, and weight vary hugely. On either end of the scale, though, the numbers are impressive.
Dr. Shannon Doak
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
In the ever-evolving landscape of education, the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been heralded as a transformative force. I am one of the biggest proponents of this viewpoint! However, recently, I attended EDUTech Asia and have connected with many vendors. My recent interactions with these vendors at conferences and through social media reveals that many AI applications are merely reinforcing outdated pedagogical practices, particularly in areas like exam preparation.
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Discovering Prehistoric Circles on Dartmoor Two newly identified Neolithic stone circles on Dartmoor, Devon, offer compelling evidence of a “sacred arc” of ceremonial monuments built in the region's rugged uplands. These discoveries, spearheaded by archaeologist and stained glass artist Alan Endacott, enrich the understanding of Dartmoor’s prehistoric significance and its parallels with renowned megalithic sites like Stonehenge.
Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
The post Designing With, Not For: How We Co-Designed a New Product Certification for Ethically Designed AI Tools appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Public trust in higher education has reached a historic low. A major reason is that rising student debt is undermining the return on investment many students expect from a college degree. However, researchers at Georgetown University project that by 2031, 72 percent of jobs will require some type of education or training after high school. Now is the time to change the way we think about meeting immediate labor shortages and future work demands, as well as delivering opportunities to all student
Sapiens
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Fifty years ago, the remains of an Australopithecus afarensis ancestor, named “Lucy” by archaeologists, rewrote the story of human evolution. This article was originally published at The Conversation and has been republished under Creative Commons. ✽ On November 24, 1974 , on a survey in Hadar in the remote badlands of Ethiopia, U.S. paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson and graduate student Tom Gray found a piece of an elbow joint jutting from the dirt in a gully.
Becoming a History Teacher
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Seb felt like he had spent all night making the activity the children were about to attempt. He had made source cards he was going to hide under the tables and stick under chairs. He wanted the students to work in pairs or small groups of three to answer questions which would gradually allow them to acquire access to clues as they got questions right.
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Uncovering Tool Use in Early Hominins A recent study 1 into the hand bones of Australopithecus afarensis — the species that includes the famous "Lucy" — suggests that early hominins may have been adept at using tools more than 3 million years ago. Researchers from the University of Tübingen have found that australopithecine hands exhibited the necessary muscle attachments for complex object manipulation.
Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
The post Micro-credentials on the Rise: National Policy Map Showcases New Developments appeared first on Digital Promise.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law prohibiting the consideration of legacy and donor status in admissions decisions. The impact will be most felt at a small handful of private colleges and universities, including my own, the University of Southern California (USC). I view the new policy with the same skepticism with which I viewed the fervor around eliminating test scores and eliminating affirmative action.
Sapiens
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Decades ago, anthropologists dispelled the myth of biological race. Lagging behind in scientific understandings of human diversity, the medical profession is failing its oath to “do no harm.” ✽ Doctors lie daily. The moment a patient enters our care, a simple checkbox starts the deceit. By checking “Patient’s Race,” we health care providers pretend to know something that we cannot possibly know: the patient’s ancestry and associated medical risk.
ED Surge
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Assessments have the power to shape educational outcomes, but are we truly measuring what matters? Ensuring that assessments are fair, inclusive and meaningful for all students is a growing priority for educators. Bias, whether systemic or unintentional, can affect accuracy, disadvantaging students from diverse backgrounds. This requires a critical look at both what and how we assess, ensuring the most important skills and knowledge are prioritized.
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
A new discovery 1 of 12,000-year-old perforated stones at the Nahal Ein Gev II site in northern Israel may represent some of the earliest spindle whorls — tools used to spin fibers into thread for textiles. These stones, excavated by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, reveal early examples of rotational tools, predating the invention of the wheel by thousands of years.
Education Elements
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Change is a constant in public education. These changes range from shifts in student demographics, and associated learning needs, shifts in curriculum standards (think Common Core ), to broader shifts in public policy. Consider how Ly n don B. Johnson’s War on Poverty influenced how schools planned for meeting students’ nutritional needs , or the federal IDEA A ct , which requir ed public school systems to provide free and equitable education.
Living Geography
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
A cross-posting from my RGS blog: 'At the Home of Geography'. We’re thrilled to launch a brand-new set of education resources for 7–13-year-olds, exploring how we connect to the ocean! Big thanks to @SquireRachael , @DrKimPeters & @RHULgeography for your input in making these resources truly special. Dive in here: [link] — RGS-IBG Schools (@RGS_IBGschools) November 19, 2024 Description of the 'I can see the sea' resources.
Society for Classical Studies
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
CFP: International Colloquium on Ancient Greek Linguistics kskordal Tue, 11/19/2024 - 09:05 Image The 11th International Colloquium on Ancient Greek Linguistics (ICAGL) (4th in the new series) will be held in Nice in June of 2025. The original series started in Amsterdam 1986 and in 2015 merged with the Italian series of conferences on Greek linguistics ( Incontro Internazionale di Linguistica Greca ), to start the new regular series of colloquia held every three years.
Teaching American History
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
“To be a good member of your community, you really have to understand why people do the things that they do,” says Bryan Little, who teaches both on-level Government and AP Government at McPherson High School in McPherson, Kansas. “That’s why good teaching about citizenship involves students in an intentional study of human behavior.” Bryan Little, the 2022 James Madison Foundation Fellow for Kansas completed his MAHG degree in 2024.
Anthropology.net
NOVEMBER 15, 2024
Neanderthal Discovery in Arbreda Cave In the Arbreda de Serinyà cave near Banyoles, Catalonia, archaeologists uncovered six Neanderthal teeth, some dating back over 120,000 years. This discovery offers a rare glimpse into the lives of Homo neanderthalensis across distinct periods, enriching our understanding of their evolutionary journey and interactions with their environment.
Digital Promise
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
This school year, districts across the country will engage in collaborative learning around student voice and engagement, high school redesign, and digital equity.
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