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Annual Message to Congress by Abraham Lincoln - 6 views

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  Lincoln perspective on necessary change in the face of opposition from an ideologically hardened opposition. "We must disenthrall ourselves..." is a call to look past that which we all hold as true (the common sense?) and focus on possibility: "we must think anew and act anew." Genius stuff.
  
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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country.
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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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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

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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 <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1162771/The-Internet-sensation-dinner-party-painting-103-historical-guests--spot.html#comments" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1162771/The-Internet-sensation-dinner-party-painting-103-historical-guests--spot.html#comments</a> 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</div>

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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 . . .

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">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 . . .</div>

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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

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The Russian Photography Collection 1917-1945 / Fine Art Photographs Russia / Silver-Gel... - 1 views

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shared by David Hilton on 22 Jun 09 - Cached

David Hilton on 22 Jun 09

This is a collection of photographs of Russia throughout it's history. They seem to be quite high-quality images.

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Euratlas Historical Maps - 14 views

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shared by David Hilton on 05 Mar 10 - Cached

David Hilton on 05 Mar 10

Collections of maps of Europe and the Middle East in high resolution and organised by centuries. Also has a video on Europe since Roman times.

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The Library of Congress' collections on Flickr - 8 views

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shared by David Hilton on 05 Dec 09 - Cached

David Hilton on 05 Dec 09

I thought I'd added these already to the group, however the Diigo toolbar tells me I hadn't and he's never to be doubted. Please don't ask how I know the toolbar is male. These collections are well-organised and high-quality. Focus on the US (for obvious reasons).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I thought I'd added these already to the group, however the Diigo toolbar tells me I hadn't and he's never to be doubted. Please don't ask how I know the toolbar is male. These collections are well-organised and high-quality. Focus on the US (for obvious reasons).</div>

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Syllabus Central - 9 views

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shared by David Hilton on 20 Dec 09 - Cached

David Hilton on 20 Dec 09

Has links to some example course documents from universities and a high school in America and Australia. I'm always interested in checking out how other people organise their courses; I'm redoing our Modern History Program at the moment. I prefer the chronological rather than thematic approach, although it seems it's going out of fashion these days.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Has links to some example course documents from universities and a high school in America and Australia. I'm always interested in checking out how other people organise their courses; I'm redoing our Modern History Program at the moment. I prefer the chronological rather than thematic approach, although it seems it's going out of fashion these days.</div>

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H-Net S Mailing List - 3 views

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shared by David Hilton on 22 Jan 10 - Cached

David Hilton on 22 Jan 10

These H-Net mailing lists are a useful way of getting in touch with other humanities educators. Just subscribe & you're in!

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Shmoop - U.S. History - 15 views

www.shmoop.com/history

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Lance Mosier on 25 May 10

Pictorial Study Guides for American History

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applebee on 26 Sep 10

These fellows presented their online study resource - which includes, introductions, lesson plans, timelines, fun facts, summaries and test reviews, and a large image gallery sorted by time period - at a conference I attended in Pasadena last Spring. I think it is better for High School teachers and students. I teach 8th grade and use it mostly for my own edification.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">These fellows presented their online study resource - which includes, introductions, lesson plans, timelines, fun facts, summaries and test reviews, and a large image gallery sorted by time period - at a conference I attended in Pasadena last Spring. I think it is better for High School teachers and students. I teach 8th grade and use it mostly for my own edification.</div>

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New @ EDSITEment - 11 views

EDSITEment http://edsitement.neh.gov the free high quality educational resource from the National Endowment for the Humanties has a new interface. We have over 500 primary source based lessons in...

UShistory BlackHistory PrimarySources lessonplans WorldHistory socialstudies

started by Joseph Phelan on 15 Feb 11 no follow-up yet

Reverse Instruction in the High School US History Classroom - 3 views

www.thethinkingstick.com/everse-instruction-u-s-history

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shared by Evan Graff on 25 Mar 11 - No Cached

Evan Graff on 25 Mar 11

Casey Corning

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History education is crucial for America's future - 10 views

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If understanding the past were considered an educational and civic necessity, we would not just teach it, we would ensure that everyone who graduated from high school was competent in it.
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We marginalize the teaching of history at great peril to America's still-tenuous experiment with representative democracy
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Behold | Search High Quality Flickr Images - 9 views

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shared by Daniel Ballantyne on 21 Aug 11 - Cached

Daniel Ballantyne on 21 Aug 11

Search engine for creative commons images

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The Great Schism: When There Were Three Popes of the Catholic Church - Associated Conte... - 7 views

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Good, quick overview of the Western or Great Schism. Easily understandable for a high school student to read.

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Reading Like a Historian--Stanford History Education Group - YouTube - 20 views

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  Five minute video with a lot of testimonials from SF high school students
  
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Using Twitter With Students - 17 views

List of History Teachers on Twitter http://www.activehistory.co.uk/historyteacherlist/ 255 History Teachers Currently Listed!

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started by David Hilton on 24 Sep 11 2 follow-ups, last by tony fox on 26 Sep 11

History and Technology Club - 8 views

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David Hilton on 31 Oct 09

A class website run by a history class at Hershey High School. Looks like an interesting idea to steal, um, be inspired by...

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Adele L on 04 Nov 09

A blog featuring historical artifacts, documents and Project Gallery.

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Adele L on 04 Nov 09

Check it out!

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Using Sources: MLA - 6 views

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shared by David Hilton on 09 Nov 09 - Cached

David Hilton on 09 Nov 09

Goes through some of the basic errors of high school and university students in historical research and writing.

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Mac OS X Server - Student Blogs - 5 views

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Suzie Nestico on 26 Apr 11

Anthony Armstrong's US History student blogs. Some are very interesting and reflective. Check out student Samuel Abrahams.

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Lincoln at the Crossroads - 15 views

http://constitutioncenter.org/lincoln/ Abraham Lincoln's Crossroads is an educational game based on the traveling exhibition Lincoln: The Constitution & the Civil War, which debuted at the Nat...

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started by Joseph Phelan on 22 Jun 11 no follow-up yet

Eden Valley Enterprises -- Fifty Stars -- The B- Minus American Flag - 4 views

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Bette Lou Higgins on 30 Jun 11

The creation of the 50 star American Flag by Robert Heft

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Bette Lou Higgins on 30 Jun 11

Story of the creation of the 50 star American flag by a high school student, Robert Heft

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