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.
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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Moler's Musing
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
This part helped students connect primary source analysis to the broader motivations for European exploration, further deepening their historical thinking skills. This part helped students connect primary source analysis to the broader motivations for European exploration, further deepening their historical thinking skills.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 8, 2019
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Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
Like many teachers, I would tap into the the Library of Congress, which would give me tips for teaching with primary sources , including quarterly journal articles on topics such as integrating historical and geographic thinking. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University.
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.
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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