World History Teachers Blog

JANUARY 9, 2025

Here are some great StoryMaps from Esri's GIS Systems Their software includes story maps for over a dozen titles in World and US history, including the Age of Exploration, the First Crusade, Ancient Greece, the Black Death, the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire, Egyptian Funerary Practices, and many more. The story maps are engaging and include images, maps, graphs, and primary sources presented in an engaging manner like the excerpt below from the First Crusade story map.

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Sapiens

JANUARY 9, 2025

An anthropologist and poet reflects on a journey of return that tells a larger story about human connection, acts of Indigenous solidarity, and the potential for repair within anthropology. I HELD MY CARRY-ON BAG close to me apprehensively, waiting for the prearranged special security screening at OHare International Airport in Chicago en route to the Republic of Vanuatu, an archipelago in the South Pacific.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 9, 2025

The post How Students Use Construction and Technology Skills to Improve Living Conditions in Their Community appeared first on Digital Promise.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2025

As we look back at the K-12 stories that resonated the most with our readers last year, a trend quickly emerges: 2024 was the year of the personal essay. Columnists and EdSurge Voices of Change fellows clearly captivated our audience with their reflections both technical and emotional. They gave their takes on innovating in math and social emotional learning.

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Living Geography

JANUARY 9, 2025

Thanks to Bob Lang / Brendan Conway for the tipoff to this GIS resource which explores the GII: the extent to which countries are influenced by, and align themselves with either USA or China. gii.cesionline.org gt find by Brendan Conway excellrnt for post16 superpowers @jbwgeog.bsky.social [image or embed] Bob Lang ( @boblanggeog.bsky.social ) January 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM The Global Influence Index (GII) measures the influence of both the U.S. and China in 191 countries.

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O-Level Geography

JANUARY 9, 2025

What are the impacts of floods in Singapore? How does improving drainage infrastructure help to protect us from floods? How does Singapore improve community resilience towards flood management?

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Living Geography

JANUARY 9, 2025

DfE Climate Literacy: a Guardian article. The OECD PISA program is a way to compare schools internationally and has previously been particularly influential in promoting the methods used in those countries that score highly, even if they don't translate well because of cultural differences. In 2025, for the first time in nearly a decade, science will be the major focus of the OECDs program for international student assessment (Pisa) which runs every three years (give or take Covid interruptions

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2025

Its common knowledge that parents should talk and read to their young children. But are there similar things that parents can do to lay the foundation for success in math? A new wave of research says yes. Here are three takeaways from 22 studies conducted over the past dozen years: The link between parent math talk and higher math skills Researchers found that the more parents talked about math with their children, the stronger their childrens math skills.

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Political Science Now

JANUARY 9, 2025

Using Prediction Markets as a Tool for Classroom and Civic Engagement By Zachary A. McGee , Kenyon College and Precious D. Hall , St. Lawrence University As another U.S. election heats up, how can we get students engaged with this critical time in American politics? In an effort to address this question, we implement an election prediction market focused on the 2022 midterm elections in our American politics courses.

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Living Geography

JANUARY 9, 2025

As part of my GA Presidential journey, I created a blog which features a biography of every President of the Geographical Association. The GA President in 1978 was Professor Norman Graves. Norman told me in an e-mail back in 2020 that: "I am conscious that the year of your birth, 1963, was the year I arrived at the Institute of Education to head the Geography Department.

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Political Science Now

JANUARY 9, 2025

Join APSAs Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for the professional development virtual workshop, Community College Careers: Applying to Jobs at 2-Year Institutions. Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | 5:00 pm ET / 2:00 pm PT | Register Here This virtual workshop provides specific advice and strategies for job candidates to consider when applying for a faculty position at a community college.

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