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Three lessons on Korea after the Korean war. Each develops a historical thinking skill

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In which John Green teaches you about the Mexican-American War in the late 1840s, and the expansion of the United States into the western end of North America. In this episode of Crash Course, US territory finally reaches from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific Ocean. After Oregon was secured from the UK and the southwest was ceded by Mexico, that is. Famous Americans abound in this episode, including James K Polk (Young Hickory, Napoleon of the Stump), Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, and Winfield Scott. You'll also learn about the California Gold Rush of 1848, and California's admission as a state, which necessitated the Compromise of 1850. Once more slavery is a crucial issue. Something is going to have to be done about slavery, I think. Maybe it will come to a head next week.

I LOVE HISTORY! But do your students? Chances are some of them might think it's boring - hours of reading and memorizing dates. And, let's face it; history can be a little dry sometimes.

Excellent collection of rubrics and assessments to assess student ability to think historically and interpret primary source documents.  All US history, unfortunately.

To help us think, talk and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy, we invite you to explore 100 milestone documents of American history. These documents reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our commitment as a nation to continue to strive to "form a more perfect union."

Strategic studies have retained the thinking of Karl von Clausewitz at its core. The Prussian General's understanding of war by reference to the political process saw wars as the "continuation of politics by other means" (Clausewitz, 1997). In conflict research, this has become the most widely quoted definition of war. What made Clausewitz's work 'On War' so successful was that he wrote about war by focusing on its general aspects, or more simply, on the spirit of war as he saw it. In this way, war no longer drew on narrow and specific contexts, but rather became understood, as an enduring phenomenon, in general terms.

A fast, fun overview of world history content. Comparable in some ways to The Millennium series by CNN. Some think this would be good for "flipping" the classroom. I happen to disagree - since it is too fast. Better for review imo.

Entertaining and informative series on topics in world history.

My students LOVE LOVE LOVE this series! I use them as unit openers in my honors world history class to previw the big ideas and hook them to that unit. I create higher order thinking type questions they answer after or questions where they predict things about the unit. But the videos are awesome!

A collection of sources related to many aspects of the Presidency of Franklin Delanor Roosevelt. Delanor - what were his parents thinking?

A site with sources related to many aspects of the Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Delano - what were his parents thinking?

Thanks for this excellent link, Daniel. Those Canadians seem to have some pretty good ideas on how to study history.

Two weeks ago I heard a conference by Peter Seixas (the Canadian who is behind these benchmarks) and it was absolutely inspiring... if ever you have the opportunity, go and see and hear him talking about history teaching!

By using TPS Direct PD activities, educators learn how to bring primary sources into the classroom and help students think critically, construct knowledge, and develop the information fluency necessary for success in the 21st century.

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.

Not directly related to history education but a good example of why we need to teach kids to think critically on their own.

Excellent critical thinking anchors for history classes

Some useful tools and strategies for developing critical thinking tasks that use technology in the classroom.

Cool online simulations, though I see them more as "Choose your own adventure" types...still I think students will like them! Even come with short answer questions and quizzes!!!

Cool resource for "choose your own adventure" type simulations online where students can read about history, but feel like they are navigating through it! Comes with short answer and quiz questions to check comprehension