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What about Sept. 11, 2001? I propose we call this, "A day leading to a national month of inspiration and gratitude." Let 9/11 be a source of social-emotional and character development (SECD) for our schools, staff and students.

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Pentagon Memorial Fund, and the Flight 93 National Memorial offer a free online conference, September 11: Teaching Contemporary History, for K-12 teachers. Designed to provide educators with resources and strategies for discussing the September 11 attacks at the 10th anniversary, the conference will include roundtable discussions with content experts and six workshop sessions. These sessions and the conference website highlight resources available at each organization, provide background information on September 11, and encourage conversations on how to document, preserve, and interpret recent history and current events.

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

Não era a primeira vez que eu despertava com os ruídos dos aviões sobrevoando a região. Dois meses e meio antes, no final de junho, tinha vivido essa circunstância angustiante. Tinha descido correndo até o Palácio da Moeda, que ficava a duas quadras do prédio de apartamento central onde eu morava. A imagem era a que voltaria a presenciar poucas semanas depois: tropas cercando o palácio presidencial. Setores das FFAA mais radicalizados forçavam o resto das instituições militares a acelerar o golpe em preparação. Mas as condições não estavam dadas, a tal ponto que o Comandante-em-chefe das FFAA ainda era leal a Allende - Carlos Prats, que percorreu todos os quartéis rebelados e, com argumentos e força moral, conseguiu a rendição dos golpistas.

InterRelations Collaborative, Inc. A selected listing of events related to the 10-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Events are ordered by opening or release date, and alphabetically for events on the same day. The latest on the arts, coverage of live events, critical reviews, multimedia extravaganzas and much more.

Special editions of "The World's" coverage of September 11, from September 2001.

Internet archive 9/11 collection

""Uma guerra invisível e frenética pelo futuro da sociedade está em andamento. De um lado, uma rede de governos e corporações vasculham tudo o que fazemos. Do outro lado, os Criptopunks, desenvolvedores que também moldam políticas públicas dedicadas a manter a privacidade de seus dados pessoais na web. É esse o movimento que gerou o WikiLeaks", diz Julian Assange, na introdução da oitava entrevista da série World Tomorrow. "

Ontem (13/11/2011) um homem reacionário conversou comigo no twitter. Ele me falou sobre Mário Korel Filho, jovem soldado que foi morto num atentado da VPR (Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária) ao QG do II Exército, em São Paulo, em 26/06/1968. Já conhecia essa história. Li sobre isso no livro de Alfredo Sirkis, Os Carbonários, leiam o trecho abaixo

Good site for primary sources on the topic.

Dan put me on to this. We never need create a PowerPoint again. Similar is www.flowofhistory.com by Chris Butler in Illinois. Some great PowerPoints there.

'The Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, par une Société de Gens de lettres was published under the direction of Diderot and d'Alembert, with 17 volumes of text and 11 volumes of plates between 1751 and 1772. Containing 72,000 articles written by more than 140 contributors, the Encyclopédie was a massive reference work for the arts and sciences, as well as a machine de guerre which served to propagate the ideas of the French Enlightenment. The impact of the Encyclopédie was enormous. Through its attempt to classify learning and to open all domains of human activity to its readers, the Encyclopédie gave expression to many of the most important intellectual and social developments of its time.'

I reproduce today SPUTNIK Soviet Journal article of November 11, 1968, on the meaning of the Military Orders in the Soviet Union. SOVIET ORDERS Orders are few among the many prizes that include past and present of a country. By publishing an article on Soviet orders. SPUTNIK want to give your readers a glimpse of a not so distant past of the USSR.

On September 11, 1776, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Edward Rutledge were sent by the Continental Congress to met with Admiral Howe at the Conference House in Staten Island, New York. Their mission was to avoid a war. After only three hours the meeting ended. They failed! What could have happened that day? That's what our project is all about. The goal of this project is for classes to negotiate ... via email ... and try to come up with a treaty that could have avoided the American Revolution! This project can also be adapted for any other war!

11 minute video on the 1918-1919 flu pandemic