The students' documentary was part of National History Day, a program that more than 600,000 middle and high school students participate in each year.
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The final videos can all be found here. I hesitate to embed any in the post because I know I would be prone to pick the "best" one. Please click on the link and randomly select one to watch! There are two pages of videos-and hey-leave a comment or a thumbs up! I have to say, that after watching the kids make these, the final products just don't reflect the amount of work that is needed. What I mean is that you shouldn't watch them and say "My kids could do that in a couple of days." It took 360 minutes of class time to produce those 1-2 minute videos!! One thing I wished we had done is to write transitions so that the different videos linked together better. I inadvertently led them to make videos on topics that come across as standing alone in time instead of being influenced and apart of other events and movements. Other good resources: Art Titzel Eric Langhorst John Fladd Karen McMillan Greg Kulowiec Mr. Canton Mr. Fogel Mr. Canton Authors write for different purposes.* The writing process is consistent across disciplines.* Technology is a tool for collecting, organizing, creating, and presenting informatio Tags: 6 COMMENTS SO FAR ↓ aimee // Dec 27, 2010 at 8:56 pm These videos really are terrific! I was able to pop in briefly and watch them being created (on Ustream)- such an amazing process! They are so deceptively simple and enchanting, yet require a myriad of skills. Well done! And, I've learned so much Reply Tweets that mention New Post: Key words=Common Craft, Videos, Social Studies, Middle School, 19th Century History, Fu... by -- Topsy.com // Dec 27, 2010 at 10:59 pm [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by mrsdi, Edtech Feeds. Edtech Feeds said: New Post: Key words=Common Craft, Videos, Social Studies, Middle School, 19th Century History, Fu… http://bit.ly/g9YyDH by @paulbogush [...] Reply Sally // Dec 28, 2010 at 10:39 am This is great! When we get back to school the students are finishing up t
Online US Citizenship Practice Test - 13 views
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The U.S. Citizenship Test is an important step in your U.S. citizenship application. During the citizenship interview, a US citizenship and immigration officer will ask the applicant ten(10) questions. The applicant must answer six(6) out of the ten(10) questions correctly in order to pass the civics portion of the naturalization test. If you fail the citizenship interview test, your citizenship application will be rejected.
Bringing History to Life - High School Notes (usnews.com) - 13 views
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They're going to archives, going to museums, doing real historical research. In the process of all this, they learn history, they learn about their nation's past. They learn important skills they can apply in their careers and in college.
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We have empirical data that proves without a doubt that kids who participate in History Day outperform their peers who don't.
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Outlining the importance of National History Day.
Prologue: Pieces of History » Top 10 National Archives Web Sites - 16 views
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Pieces of History have put together a top 10 list of some of our favorite haunts in the digital world of the National Archives.
Top 10 Archaeological Discoveries of 2012 « Indiana Jen - 10 views
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We have this edition in the library.
10 Election 2012 Teaching Resources You Should Know About - 8 views
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Election 2012 is all over the news and, with just a few short weeks remaining until the "big day," your students are probably asking tons of questions about this exciting process. If you're looking for great teaching resources on voting, the candidates and/or the Electoral College, you've come to the right place!
The Federalist Papers - Constitutional Rights Foundation - 6 views
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The Federalist Papers A nation without a national government. Nice way to cover fairly quickly but giving a decent look across more than papers 10 and 51
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A concise look at democracy can be found at the most popular chapter of my free Internet Economics textbooks. http://www.textbooksfree.org/Economics_3_Basic_Characteristics_of_Capitalism.htm#VII._Political_Systems
Top 10 eBooks for Social Studies Teachers - 22 views
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With hundreds of different topics to study between the major Social Studies disciplines, it can be a complete drag to pick out the best eBooks for your students.
Top 10 Teacher Tools for Digital Curation ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning - 14 views
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Ten data collection and curation tools.
Google Culture Institute - 6 views
Grade 10 Academic History, Ontario Lesson Plan - 0 views
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Lesson 7 - Facts and Political Solutions.doc - Unit 2 - Lesson 7 - Facts and Political Solutions.pdf
Top 10 Technology Tips for New Teachers - Teachingcom - 13 views
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Great tips for teachers on changing technology in the classroom.
Can you name the presidents of the United States of America? - sporcle - 9 views
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Online games can be a great way for students to reinforce their learning; this one challenges you to name the presidents in order in under 10 minutes.
124th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association - 0 views
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The 2010 Annual Meeting will be held January 7-10, 2010 in San Diego with events scheduled in the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego (headquarters) and San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina (co-headquarters). The meeting hotels are located (PDF) on San Diego Bay adjacent to the Gaslamp Quarter.
Mapping the Measure of America - 7 views
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THe American Human Development (HD) Index is a composite measure of wellbeing and opportunity. It combines indicators in three fundamental areas-health, knowledge, standard of living-into a single number that falls on a scale form 0 to 10.
Famous People Painting "Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante" - 9 views
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Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante. Wow!!
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See previous post for advice. This is how I set it up the first two years without specific WHAP content or themes: The rules: You will imagine that each of the historical actors above has access to twitter, the expanded edition, to communicate to the other guests present. You will choose up to four (at least three) of them to role play in the "Twittering Masses" role play. As your historical person, during the Twittering Masses role play you will write, "tweet," at least four other persons. Two of the people should be in close proximity to you based on the painting above. Another tweet should go to the person you feel closest to (not by proximity) at the party - this could be based on ideology (MLK Jr. and Gandhi), background (Tagore and Gandhi), lifestyle (Gandhi and Mother Theresa), etc. Explain in your tweet why you are writing them. The other tweet should go to the person you see as most opposed, or farthest from you - Gandhi and Hitler or Gandhi and Gates or Gandhi and Churchill - in this tweet you should either try to bridge the gap between your differences or explain why the person is wrong in their beliefs. If you have only three guests - you will need to make 5 initial tweets. You will respond to each initial tweet. Then who knows . . . All tweets should have some connection to WHAP content or themes. You may want to comment on the surroundings or other guests . . . -
I would love comments as to the posts above. Something similar I do is written up here: http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/7.3/gregg.html
The Australian Curriculum v1.0 - History Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum - 6 views
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and the responses to it from, for example,
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