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Brian Peoples

The bar has been raised. - 4 views

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journal resources

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  • A school leader who wishes to “create and sustain a culture that supports digital age learning must become comfortable collaborating as co-learners with colleagues and students around the world” (aka “I don’t do technology” is no longer acceptable.)  Also, this framework seeks to help school leaders propel their organizations forward as members of “dynamic learning communities.” Vision is vital.
  • ensure instructional innovation; model and promote effective use of technology for learning; provide learner-centered environments to meet the individual needs of students; ensure effective practice in the study of technology and infusion across curriculum; promote and participate in learning communities that allow for global, digital-age collaboration
  • allocate time, resource and access to ensure ongoing professional growth in technology fluency and integration; facilitate and participate in learning communities to nurture administrators, teachers, and staff; promote and model effective communication and collaboration using digital tools; stay current on the latest educational research and emerging trends in educational technology to improve student learning
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  • model and establish policies for safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information/technology; promote and model responsible social media interactions; model and facilitate a shared cultural understanding and involvement in global issues through the use of communication and collaboration tools
  • A med student at UVA commented to our leadership team- teachers and admins together- this past week that the “real learning begins when we get to the team-based work.”
  • Brian Peoples on 07 Aug 11
     
    thought-provoking
Deven Black

Ben Franklin's Many Hats EDSITEment - Lesson Plan - 8 views

edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp

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shared by Deven Black on 09 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • Deven Black on 09 Sep 10
     
    Ben Franklin, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution was also a philanthropist, a community leader, patriot, and Founding Father. This lesson plan exemplifies all our new country fought for in the Revolutionary War: individualism, democracy, community, patriotism, scientific inquiry and invention, and the rights of "We the People."
Jennifer Garcia

The Plantation Letters, Home - 17 views

plantationletters.com

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  • Jennifer Garcia on 03 Mar 11
     
    "This teaching resource includes digitized selections from the Cameron Family Papers extracted from the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill. The resource is designed for non-commercial use by educators and students interested in themes associated with antebellum plantation life. The original Cameron Family Papers (1757-1978) include some 35,000 undigitized items available for public perusal in the university's Wilson Library. This web resource presents only a small fraction of the total available documents, as identified and digitized by the site designers to best represent themes associated with traditionally underrepresented persons on antebellum plantations, namely slaves, women, and children. The Camerons regularly communicated by post with their family, friends, and business associates (overseers, tradespersons, and merchants). The level of detail provided in their personal communication provides a rich context for the study of antebellum plantation life in the southern United States. Site users may either search for letters related to a particular theme, or browse available letters using the index of letters page. All letters have been tagged by subject/theme. Letters are available in Macromedia Flashpaper format (.swf). Users may choose to view the original source letter, a typed transcription of the original text (easier to read), or both. The transcription is recommended to teachers and students with limited time, given the difficulty in deciphering original text. "
Ed Webb

U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With Cuba - ABC News - 0 views

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  • In the early 1960s, America's top military leaders reportedly drafted plans to kill innocent people and commit acts of terrorism in U.S. cities to create public support for a war against Cuba.
  • plans reportedly included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities
  • to trick the American public and the international community into supporting a war to oust Cuba's then new leader, communist Fidel Castro
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  • "The whole point of a democracy is to have leaders responding to the public will, and here this is the complete reverse, the military trying to trick the American people into a war that they want but that nobody else wants."
  • neither the American public, nor the Cuban public, wanted to see U.S. troops deployed to drive out Castro. Reflecting this, the U.S. plan called for establishing prolonged military — not democratic — control over the island nation after the invasion.
  • a time when there was distrust in the military leadership about their civilian leadership, with leaders in the Kennedy administration viewed as too liberal, insufficiently experienced and soft on communism. At the same time, however, there real were concerns in American society about their military overstepping its bounds
  • reports U.S. military leaders had encouraged their subordinates to vote conservative during the election
  • One idea was to create a war between Cuba and another Latin American country so that the United States could intervene. Another was to pay someone in the Castro government to attack U.S. forces at the Guantanamo naval base — an act, which Bamford notes, would have amounted to treason. And another was to fly low level U-2 flights over Cuba, with the intention of having one shot down as a pretext for a war.
  • Afraid of a congressional investigation, Lemnitzer had ordered all Joint Chiefs documents related to the Bay of Pigs destroyed, says Bamford. But somehow, these remained.
Ryan Folmer

Making the History of 1989 - 5 views

chnm.gmu.edu/1989

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  • Ryan Folmer on 28 Feb 10
     
    The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe
David Hilton

National Council for the Social Studies - National Council for the Social Studies Commu... - 13 views

ncssnetwork.ning.com

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shared by David Hilton on 11 Oct 09 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 11 Oct 09
     
    I thought I'd already saved this to the group. It's an excellent community of social studies teachers and has some really thought-provoking discussions going on. I've found the contributors there to be very smart and well-trained in history teaching (just like us!).
Tom McHale

We talk a lot about civic education. Here's how to get kids really engaged in it. - The... - 3 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...-get-kids-really-engaged-in-it

civics

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  • Tom McHale on 12 Nov 16
     
    "We talk a lot about civic education, usually about how little of it too many students get in school. In this charged election season, the subject has rarely, if ever, been more relevant. But here's a different kind of discussion: how kids are actually being engaged in it. Below are several examples that could be used in any school. All of the authors are working in Illinois, where a law was recently passed requiring high schools to provide a semester-long civics course that includes community action of some kind. It says, "Civics course content shall focus on government institutions, the discussion of current and controversial issues, service learning, and simulations of the democratic process." But what they say can apply across the country."
David Hilton

EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it - 3 views

www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/index.html

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  • David Hilton on 20 Jul 09
     
    Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it, presented by Ibis Communications, Inc. a digital publisher of educational programming.
  • David Hilton on 20 Jul 09
     
    This site has pages on historical topics containing secondary and primary source information. It's probably more suitable for junior classes than senior research, although it does have excerpts from contemporaneous texts.
David Hilton

EH.Net | Economic History Services - 6 views

eh.net

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shared by David Hilton on 10 Dec 09 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 10 Dec 09
     
    The Economic History Association owns and operates the EH.net website and mailing lists to provide resources and promote communication among scholars in economic history and related fields. The Economic History Society (U.K.), the Business History Conference, and the Cliometric Society also support the site.
  • David Hilton on 10 Dec 09
     
    Looks useful for research into economic history.
anonymous

The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme - 1 views

www.un.org/...docs.shtml

'united nations' 'second world war' wars 'Nazi Germany' genocide holocaust

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  • anonymous on 01 Dec 13
     
    The Discussion Papers Journal series is a compilation of papers written by leading Holocaust and genocide studies scholars from around the world. The series aims to engage the minds of students and spark lively discussions to expand their awareness of how hatred, discrimination and human rights abuses are shaping world events today. Teachers and students will examine what the implications are for the future and what could and should be done by the international community to stem the tide of violence, ensure the rule of law and protect the most vulnerable. The views expressed by these scholars do not necessarily reflect those of the United Nations.
Judy Robison

Historypin | Home - 9 views

www.historypin.com

socialstudies

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  • Kendra Nielsen on 02 May 11
     
    View old photos in geographical and historical context!
  • Judy Robison on 20 Mar 13
     
    A global community collaborating around history
Brian DeGraaf

Historical Markers and Historic Landmarks at Markeroni - 0 views

www.markeroni.com

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  • Brian DeGraaf on 27 Aug 09
     
    "Markeroni: A friendly, informal and light-hearted online community where history fans, treasure hunters and travelers log their visits to historical markers and historic landmarks. "
  • Brian DeGraaf on 28 Aug 09
     
    Hi, if you sign up tell them GeoGenealogy sent ya when they ask. I get no money for it. It's just for fun.
Brian DeGraaf

Back to School: 10 Terrific Web Apps for Teachers - 0 views

mashable.com/...web-apps-teachers

teaching tools apps web2.0 teacher resources

shared by Brian DeGraaf on 08 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Brian DeGraaf on 08 Sep 09
     
    "From keeping track of grades to sharing lesson plans, from helping students collaborate to communicating with parents, teachers now have a host of web-based tools at their disposal to help them stay organized and make their jobs easier."
David Hilton

History Teachers' Discussion Forum - 1 views

www.schoolhistory.co.uk/...index.php

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shared by David Hilton on 26 Sep 09 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 26 Sep 09
     
    Another excellent community of history teachers. Has thousands of members.
Marc Safran

Code of Best Practices for Fair Use in Media Literacy Education | Media Education Lab - 0 views

www.mediaeducationlab.com/r-use-media-literacy-education

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  • Marc Safran on 17 Aug 09
     
    UPDATED INFO!! - The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education helps educators gain confidence about their rights to use copyrighted materials in developing students' critical thinking and communication skills.
Matt Esterman

openscholar - 11 views

openscholar.harvard.edu/home

history education web2.0 teaching openscholar website

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  • Matt Esterman on 05 Aug 10
     
    A full-featured web site-creation package solely for the academic community. Scholars create web sites in seconds and can easily manage everything themselves (for free)
Christina Briola

Famous People Painting "Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante" - 9 views

cliptank.com/PeopleofInfluencePainting.htm

art history

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  • Christina Briola on 12 Nov 10
     
    Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante. Wow!!
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  • Jeremy Greene on 16 Nov 10
     
    I have created a very successful lesson/activity around this painting. The details are as follows. This window has this year's assignment. The next reply has the previous years. Advice: WHAP Review Activity: The Twittering Masses Review activity (mostly 1914- and East Asia) Description - I previously set up 103 discussions on turnitin.com for this lesson so they post into that person's discussion board and all replies are kept under the initial post. This year they posted on our classes Ning.com in the discussion forum. Grading is also difficult - Since not every one will have the same amount of replies - people are more likely to write to Hitler than Cui Jian for instance. So, I am grading the posts holistically out of 10 (I often only have 100-200 points in a quarter, so for instance a test might only be worth 40 points). I have students use a heading that states who [character] is tweeting what topic they are focusing on and who they are writing to. I would be interested in feedback or improvements people think they can make on this lesson - should I use Moodle, [Again, I have switched to Ning.com] etc.? Many thanks. And you can add or subtract people as you wish, so we have actually added Marcus Garvey, Jomo Kenyatta, Stephen Biko, and Emiliano Zapata to our role play and taken the painters (of this painting) out of the role play - Write up for students: Go to http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1162771/The-Internet-sensation-dinner-party-painting-103-historical-guests--spot.html#comments to see who all these individuals are, in color. The rules: You will imagine that each of the historical actors above has access to twitter, the expanded edition, 140 words as compared to 140 characters, to communicate to the other guests present. You will choose six of them (from my list below - my list is the final list - some people pictured have been replaced) to role-play in the "Twittering Masses." As your historical
  • Jeremy Greene on 16 Nov 10
     
    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 . . .
  • Jeremy Greene on 16 Nov 10
     
    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
David Hilton

Marxists Internet Archive - 1 views

marxists.org/index.htm

sources primary sources modern europe germany russia china marxism marx ideologies c19th communism socialism

shared by David Hilton on 22 Jul 09 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 22 Jul 09
     
    A collection of sources on that idea that worked really well on paper; communism.
Deven Black

MyGreatWorld - Your spot related photo community - 7 views

www.mygreatworld.com

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shared by Deven Black on 27 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Deven Black on 27 Nov 09
     
    A photo-sharing site with an emphasis on quality photography.
David Hilton

Canterbury History - A networking site for History teachers - 12 views

canterburyhistory.ning.com

communities community history teachers ning collaboration networks social groups

shared by David Hilton on 17 Jan 10 - Cached
  • David Hilton on 17 Jan 10
     
    A social network for history teachers on ning. The same platform that the My History Network is on, by the way... just thought I'd mention that... for interest's sake...
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