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What do our textbooks omit? A sort of homage to James Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me."

12 Resources for all social studies teachers.

Here is a description of Contextu via Richard Byrne's Free Technology For Teachers posting: Ken Halla, the blogger behind the US History Teachers Blog, has been working on an excellent new site for students of US History. The new site is called ContextU and its purpose is to help students see the greater context for significant events in history. The first iteration of ContextU is focused on the American Civil War. On ContextU students select from a table of contents an event, piece of legislation, or theme to see it in the context of other events, pieces of legislation, and themes leading to the start of the Civil War. Through timelines, Google Maps, diagrams, flow charts, timelines, and text ContextU provides context for each chosen event, piece of legislation, or theme. Students can jump from event to event or from theme to theme by following the hyperlinks within each diagram.

History teachers discussion form provides several songs that connect with historical figures or events.

Zero Hour is a digital archive for teachers and students studying Australians in the First World War. It was presented today at the HTA Conference by Michael Molkentin and it is so good!!!! Check it out! It's got a teachers section (with a sample assessment task and marking criteria, plus other lesson ideas). I can't wait to use it in my classes!

Resources, Tools, links, for History Teachers.

The Virtual Field Trip is a field trip that students and teachers take via the Internet.  A great benefit of this activity is that it utilizes technology tools to help students visualize and understand subject matter through exploration and active learning. It's also a great way to "travel" without leaving your classroom! Look for sites with QuickTime VR, which allows you to view panoramic views of your virtual field trip location.

This Teacher Resource Guide is designed for incorporation into history and social studies curricula. It will introduce your students to some of the events and issues that shaped George Washington's life. The activities should enhance your students' knowledge of Washington and expand their horizons about this complex and interesting man.

Foxtel 'service'...school subscription...Nat Geo/Discovery/History + others...HChannel 1x program per week during NSW school term...chosen for Aust curriculum...teacher support doc available for each program. Yes...I write the support material.

A place where teachers can share lesson plans integrating social tech into teaching and learning.

Some useful links from the History Teachers' Association of New South Wales.

The Historical Thinking Project was designed to foster a new approach to history education - with the potential to shift how teachers teach and how students learn, in line with recent international research on history learning. It revolves around the proposition that historical thinking - like scientific thinking in science instruction and mathematical thinking in math instruction - is central to history instruction and that students should become more competent as historical thinkers as they progress through their schooling.

Outstanding resource for IB history teachers.  Looking forward to its completion in 2013! 

"arr writes: "Gove and his advisers - either through stupidity or mischievousness - failed to place me, my website, or the lesson into its appropriate context. His criticisms betray a lack of knowledge, understanding, and interpretation that would make a GCSE history student blush with shame.""

"History Animated is a fantastic resource for teachers of US History. The animations will make great supplements to classroom instruction. The animations are a significant improvement over drawing or pointing to places on a map. The site currently features animations on the Pacific War, the Civil War, the Revolutionary War and the Battle of Britain.