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Great resource from Scootle, comparing the similarities and differences of objects "toys".

Terminology of history, resource to use in my unit plan

UK based site with a range of activities for history - mostly secondary.  Recently mentioned by the UK Education Secretary (i.e. minister) in a way that shows his limited understanding.

Video of kids (13 yo and younger) being shown a walkman for the first time. e.g. when shown Walkman headphones, "My grandpa has these!" Links somewhat to Postmans 5 things, but also to some of the primary folk doing History.

Announcement of 85,000 newsreel films covering events from 1896 through 1976 being released onto YouTube.

Collection of reports from ABC current affairs programs covering the introduction of new technologies into Australian society. Arthur C Clark's 1974 predictions of what computers will be like in 2001 are particularly interesting.

This site has a wealth of resources to support all areas of the curriculum including technologies. The site is currently running a competition for creating a game from scratch.

3000+ educational games, videos and teaching resources for schools and students. Free Primary and Secondary resources covering history, science, English, maths and more

New South Wales based - some teaching ideas about celebration and its purpose; celebrating important days; how celebration are alike and different; how people celebrate; festival study; diversity around us and celebrating diversity.

In this article in The Journal of the Learning Sciences, Chauncey Monte-Sano (University of Michigan) and Christopher Budano (University of Maryland) quote an 1861 petition to the California Superintendent of Public Instruction: "A very learned man may profoundly understand a subject himself, and yet fail egregiously in elucidating it to others."

So I have chosen Yr 9 History for my UoW, History is not something I have had a lot to do with other than the required discipline subjects for my SoSE Minor, so I thought I would test myself. It seems I am quite competent at finding curriculum and syllabus information and being able to...

Timetoast is a place to create timelines that you can add to your blog or website. Or you can type in a topic and it locates an interactive timeline on the subject. Fantastic resource to have.

Interactive Timeline Building and Sharing.