A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 18, 2014

Recently students from Mr. Manzo’s 9th Grade Honors World History classes were assigned to create children’s books about the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte in France during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. and maybe even the world. His ultimate goal is to get students excited about history at an early age.

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HistoryRewriter

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I wish the book dove a little deeper into the history of the Korean peninsula. I would not choose this title to read in my World History class, however, if the purpose of Ethnic Studies is to help students “see” themselves in the curriculum; this book delivers.

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World History Teachers Blog

JANUARY 21, 2024

Here is an excellent essay by the historian, Peter Frankopan, for AEON Magazine about the significance of silk from its accidental development in China to its use as a "symbol of extravagance and decadence" in Afro-Eurasia. It's a great story and the excerpts are for great for the classroom.

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HistoryRewriter

OCTOBER 27, 2023

I thought it would be too slow and boring for my 10th-grade World History students. I remember skimming it in Barnes and Noble and putting it down because it starts off with a romantic triangle between Aphrodite, Ares, and Hephaestus in a New York City hotel suite in 1942. I was wrong. The book has a slow burn.

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Students of History

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

They took a long while to create, but I now have packets for every unit in Civics/Government , World History , and US History. Then, they identify their title and briefly summarize their contributions to history. Students know exactly what they need to know for the test and have it in one place. Please let me know!

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World History Teachers Blog

JUNE 30, 2022

The history department at OSU (Ohio State University) tweeted this excellent 10-minute clip about Magellan's voyage and its importance to Spain and to world history. The voyage led to the beginning of global trade and generated new scientific knowledge about global time and the earth's circumference.

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World History Teachers Blog

AUGUST 17, 2022

The second clip comes from the World History Encyclopedia. It includes some of the entries in the Book of the Dead and asks students to create categories for the entries. One of the clips comes from TedEd.

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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.

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World History Teachers Blog

MAY 30, 2022

They include Twitter threads about Islamic calligraphy, Islamic gardens, unique mosques in Africa, the dome interiors of mosques around the world, the use of geometric patterns in Islamic art, and Islamic scientists who study the cosmos. These threads, which I have saved as pdfs could work well in a unit on Islam in World History.

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World History Teachers Blog

JULY 30, 2022

The essay is an ideal assignment for world history students studying the unit on revolutions in the 1700 and 1800s.

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Students of History

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If you're a US History teacher looking for PDF worksheets for your high school or middle school classroom, I have tons to share, including this 30+ page packet of free engaging assignments you can download and start using right away. Each US History unit also include thorough 9-page worksheets packets for every unit in the curriculum.

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

This fall, after a restless night overthinking an assignment for my upcoming class and drinking three cups of not-strong-enough coffee, I added the final touch on my latest assignment for students in my World History II class. Who would read their work? This pivot changed everything for students.

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HistoryRewriter

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This post features examples of a 10th-grade World History class practicing interpreting literary criticism. This was a part of a large, interdisciplinary project that required the collaboration of an ELA teacher, a History teacher, and a Spanish teacher.

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

Even more astonishing, five of my former students decided to become high school history teachers, just like me: Paula Katrina Camaya : a former Chicago Public Schools educator currently teaching civics and humanities at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) in Evanston, Illinois. History class during the 2014-2015 academic year.

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World History Teachers Blog

JUNE 14, 2024

It's from Crash Course Geography so it may not be noticed by those of us who teach history. Here's an excellent overview of how different religions spread along the Silk Road.

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Social Studies Success

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

By Lisa Sutterer Geography, World History and Early High School Teacher Littleton High School “Why is starting class so difficult each day?” I recently reflected after a tough week. My 9th and 11th grade students alike kept forgetting to make the pencil and binder they recently shoved into their backpack reappear on their desk.

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Mr and Mrs Social Studies

MAY 24, 2022

Whatever version you decide to use, each one comes with a title page and four rule cards covering the following: Be Prepared Be Punctual Be Present Be Polite Around the World Skyline Posters If you are a world history or social studies teacher, these world skyline posters can help transform your walls or bulletin boards!

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Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

As a history teacher, I’ve found it an effective teaching-tool. The other day I forgot to make copies of a source analysis activity for my AP World History students. They’ve simply harnessed the power of AI to make your life easier. I’ve been using Edpuzzle for about a decade. Fortunately, I had a PDF of the activity.

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Students of History

AUGUST 12, 2021

Here's a few sample images from my World and US History digital notebook sets: These updated digital notebook sets are awesome for in-class learning our when kids are learning at home. This makes each slide really pop and help students get immersed in your unit of study.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

She is a veteran social studies teacher who has taught Sociology, US History, World History, Anthropology, and Psychology. I would like to thank Catlin for creating the materials to help me survive and thrive as a blended teacher and for the opportunity to share my experiences with you.

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Teaching American History

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Two graduates of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program submitted essays on how they teach these skills to the Bill of Rights Institute’s 2023 National Civics Teacher of the Year Award , placing among the top ten finalists. Social studies teachers must lay the groundwork by earning students’ trust.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 18, 2021

From a female perspective on migration, to the aftermath of the effects of climate change on the island of Mauritius, to the effects of constant connectivity on mental health, this new selection of MY World 360 ° immersive experiences takes viewers on a journey across the many sides of a turning point in world history.

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ED Surge

JULY 21, 2022

Dear Bonni, I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this year. Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? What do I do? I feel weird about testing them on genocide.”

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World History Teachers Blog

AUGUST 27, 2022

Click on the history volume and you can learn the history of empire from Ghana to the Sultanate of Massina. I especially like this section, called "Surprising Things you can read in the Manuscripts" which reviews how the manuscripts were first threatened and some of the material they cover.

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World History Teachers Blog

AUGUST 4, 2022

History books teach us that civilization arose with the Neolithic Revolution when hunter-gatherers first settled down because of the discovery of agriculture. Here's a clip from the History Channel about the discovery of Göbekli Tepe. Did civilization arise before religion or did religion arise before civilization?

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Leah Cleary

JULY 28, 2024

Have them write descriptive sentences in science, complete sentences in history, and use sentence frames in math explanations. Many of these starters encourage students to consider causation. This is also excellent practice for addressing counterclaims in an argument and a gateway to crafting strong thesis statements.

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Leah Cleary

JULY 9, 2023

Here are sample commands: Command: DOK Level 1 Explanation + Generate 3 DOK Level 1 Multiple Choice Questions appropriate for sophomore World History students studying Classical Greece. Command: DOK Level 2 Explanation + Generate 3 DOK Level 2 Multiple Choice Questions appropriate for junior US History students studying the Cold War.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 3, 2013

Students in Mrs. Tambuscio’s World History class culminated a unit on the Holocaust by applying their historical knowledge to the viewing of survivor testimonies. Students were able to utilize IWitness , which is a computer-based program created by the USC Shoah Foundation’s Institute for Visual History.

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Leah Cleary

JUNE 30, 2024

Mastering Close Reading The World History Project 1750 to the Present has a free template called “Three Close Reads.” In looking at the text that way, the student is analyzing and interpreting. That’s what we want them to do in our classes and beyond. So how can we get them there?

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4QM Teaching

MAY 23, 2023

As history / social studies people we’re often in contact with civic education advocates and organizations, and as a small organization interested in growing we’re sometimes advised to make a pitch for ourselves as civics educators. Is the Four Question Method applicable to civics education? Gary and I get this question a lot.

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World History Teachers Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

You can read more about this expedition and the looting here and at Jstor here and at History Extra here. The British force that killed the Tibetian soldiers and looted several monasteries was known as the Younghusband Expedition.

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Students of History

JANUARY 10, 2023

In my World History class, we used this resource on the Kievan Rus' and then connected it to Ukraine's history and current events with Russia's attempts to annex it. The world is so interconnected now that something occurring on the other side of the globe could have ramifications for students here in America.

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Students of History

JANUARY 3, 2023

For US History, that can be reading (or even listening to) this short article on the stock market crash of 1929 and then organizing the important parts of the article into their interactive notebook: This allows students to be hands on with their learning and easily combine a digital resource with a paper/pencil activity.

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World History Teachers Blog

AUGUST 10, 2022

Professor Rostow explains that she is a social historian and looks at history from below. They had to travel to mines in Africa or East Asia, which was no easy feat in 1321. The second half of the video clip is fascinating. She also questions the term medieval. Are we forgetting," she says, "that the bloodiest century was the 20th century?"

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

They spoke of the History teacher who was having them blog to reflect critically on world history content where they could interact with each other and share their thoughts.

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4QM Teaching

MAY 7, 2023

Most of us who work in schools are motivated at least in part by a desire to make the world better, and it’s nice to know that our work actually makes a difference in what young people know and can do. And many elementary schools have basically not been teaching history for some time now. The main reason for that is state testing.

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Leah Cleary

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

I’ve also got four preps, AP World History, Sociology, Psychology, and IB Theory of Knowledge. Economics and World History are fully structured this way. At the start of this school year, I was still assigning everything digitally. I’ll be honest–I have copy limits, and it was just easier on me.

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