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Discussion Topic: Dialogue and Historical Fiction When writing historical fiction, how much should your dialogue reflect the actual historical period you are writing about? Is it a good idea to write - as say - a knight during the medieval period might actually speak, or write in more contemporary language for the reader?

So you want to study history?! OK, here's how! Writing, Research, Resources, Links, etc.

So you want to study history?! OK, here's how! Writing, Research, Resources, Links, etc.

How to use ? You can easily draw line, write text, and fill the nation.

Some general comments on the "Twitter Experiment" by Monica Rankin (UT Dallas) There has been a lot of interest in the "Twitter Experiment" video posted by Kim Smith chronicling my U.S. History class at U.T. Dallas and our use of twitter in the classroom. I have fielded a number of inquiries from educators across the United States and even overseas who are interested in finding ways to use social networking in an educational setting. This write-up is intended as an informal summary of my use of twitter in the classroom. I hope it will help to clarify my experience and I welcome additional questions and commentary, particularly suggestions for how to improve this type of classroom interaction.

The History Engine is an educational tool that gives students the opportunity to learn history by doing the work-researching, writing, and publishing-of a historian. The result is an ever-growing collection of historical articles or "episodes" that paints a wide-ranging portrait of life in the United States throughout its history and that is available to scholars, teachers, and the general public in our online database.

An extensive list of "cool" web tools for education. Categories include: Presentation Tools Collaborative Tools Research Tools Video Tools Slideshow Tools Audio Tools Image Tools Drawing Tools Writing Tools Music Tools Organising Tools Converting Tools Mapping Tools Quiz and Poll Tools Graphing Tools Creativity Tools Widgets File Storage & Web Pages Teacher Resources

What do our textbooks omit? A sort of homage to James Loewen's "Lies My Teacher Told Me."

D.C. Everest Social Studies Department actively promotes reading by teaching content reading strategies, using historical fiction and non-fiction in the classroom, and teaching historical research skills. Included are helpful Social Studies Reading links.