World History Teachers Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Their software includes story maps for over a dozen titles in World History, including the Age of Exploration, the First Crusade, Ancient Greece, and its geography, the Black Death, the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec Empire, Egyptian Funerary Practices, and many more. In addition to the Black Death, I looked at ancient Greece.

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Primary Sources Geography World History History 130

Moler's Musing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Simplifying Primary Sources with AI My goal was to simplify the lesson while still helping students build confidence and learn. It was simple but effective, reinforcing both geography and historical knowledge. The language was jargon-filled, dry, and not exactly something an 8th grader doesn’t give a damn about.

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Primary Sources Geography History Lesson Plan 92

Doing Social Studies

JANUARY 27, 2022

So whether you’re wanting to dive deeper into learning about indigenous Identity with Dr. Brandon Haddock, explore geography through the lens of a zombie apocalypse, dive into economic policy, or attend a wide variety of other breakout sessions with teaching strategies to help you “take it up a notch,” we’ve got something for you.

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Social Studies Primary Sources Geography Economics 67

Students of History

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Each one features an introductory reading, standards-based Essential Questions to guide the unit, and then 9 pages dedicated to vocabulary, geography, people, timelines, key concepts, and image analysis. These pages might have students complete a Venn Diagram, compare one or more sources to another, or complete a cause and effect chart.

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Civics History Primary Sources Geography 52

Leah Cleary

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Assess imperialism in Africa and Asia, include: the influence of geography and natural resources. How can primary sources help us to understand the rise of the nation-state in Germany under Otto von Bismarck? How can primary sources help us to understand the rise of the nation-state in Japan during the Meiji Restoration?

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Primary Sources Library Geography World History 52

Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Still, huge gaps exist in educational outcomes, high school graduation rates, college readiness and workforce advancements based on race, class, and geography. Entrepreneurs are building on this knowledge to build breakthrough innovations that improve learning. Access Resources. Use Professional Tools.

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Studies Weekly

JANUARY 10, 2024

The visual geography of paper has memory-linking effects that help students connect what they have read with where they saw it on a page or how far into a book it was. According to this theory, the brain naturally takes a casual approach to digital texts and devotes less mental work to reading and understanding them thoroughly.

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Artifacts Primary Sources K-12 Psychology 52