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Joellen Kriss

Explorers - A - EnchantedLearning.com - 0 views

www.enchantedlearning.com/...indexa.shtml

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shared by Joellen Kriss on 31 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Joellen Kriss on 31 Oct 09
     
    Part of Enchantedlearning.com, this site has easily accessible and fairly comprehensive information about different topics. This page specifically is about explorers (clearly) and could be very useful as either a place to direct your students to for their own research OR a personal crash course.
Maria Mahon

Obama Puts Spotlight on Education Grants - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com - 1 views

thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/...-spotlight-on-education-grants

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shared by Maria Mahon on 09 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Under the draft criteria for the competition, states must not prohibit the use of student achievement data in evaluating teacher performance.
    • Maria Mahon
      Maria Mahon on 09 Nov 09
       
      With such huge amounts of money at stake, schools will be forced to use student achievement data in evaluating teacher performance.... how much more will this lead to "teaching to the tests"?
  • Maria Mahon on 09 Nov 09
     
    Obama gave a speach on Wednesday to talk about the Race to the Top competition - a competition in which states compete for $4.35 billion in education grant money.
Alan Edwards

Op-Ed Columnist - More Schools, Not Troops - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...29kristof.html

Afghanistan education schools

shared by Alan Edwards on 07 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Dispatching more troops to Afghanistan would be a monumental bet and probably a bad one, most likely a waste of lives and resources that might simply empower the Taliban. In particular, one of the most compelling ar
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 07 Nov 09
       
      I botched this quote up with the highlighter, but the jist is that instead of considering deploying 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan, Obama should consider building 40,000 more schools in Afghanistan.
  • a single additional soldier stationed in Afghanistan for one year, we could build roughly 20 schools there.
  • guments against more troops rests on this stunning trade-off: For the cost o
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  • Matthew P. Hoh, an American military veteran who was the top civilian officer in Zabul Province, resigned over Afghan policy, as The Washington Post reported this week. Mr. Hoh argues that our military presence is feeding the insurgency, not quelling it.
  • Education isn’t a panacea, and no policy in Afghanistan is a sure bet. But all in all, the evidence suggests that education can help foster a virtuous cycle that promotes stability and moderation.
  • Lindsay Andreas on 07 Nov 09
     
    The author mentions the book "Three Cups of Tea." It is a really awesome book. I own it, if anyone wants to borrow it.
jbdrury

EuroDocs - 2 views

eudocs.lib.byu.edu/...Main_Page

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shared by jbdrury on 06 Nov 09 - Cached
    • jbdrury
      jbdrury on 06 Nov 09
       
      These are the links for seperating the resource pages by time period, below they are broken down by country.
    • jbdrury
      jbdrury on 06 Nov 09
       
      I am particularly favorable to this page: The European Digital Library, because of its rich collection of digitized documents.
    • jbdrury
      jbdrury on 06 Nov 09
       
      Each of the links here are very useful and technically more user-friendly; however I continue to bookmark this page because it has provided such a simple, straight-forward and extensive collection of links.
  • jbdrury on 06 Nov 09
     
    In looking for primary sources and documents for lesson plans, I have noticed that most of the search results center on U.S. history and its related documents. I wanted to find a website that might provide links to a broader collection of documents on world history. This website has links to European historical documents, broken down by country as well as time period. Each link leads to a collection of other links where one can search for primary documents. It's admittedly a bit curious that this website is the product of an employee of Brigham Young University; I cannot tell if this bears any reflection on websites that are linked here, but the collection is extensive.
Laura Wood

Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools - 1 views

www.civicmissionofschools.org

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shared by Laura Wood on 06 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Civic Education on the Daily Show!
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 06 Nov 09
       
      "In early March, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart featured former Supreme Court Justice (and current CMS co-chair) Sandra Day O'Connor discussing the importance of the civic mission of schools. Click to watch the video."
  • Civic Mission of Schools Report
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 06 Nov 09
       
      My thesis draws heavily from this report. It's fantastic. "Written and endorsed by more than 50 scholars and education practitioners, The Civic Mission of Schools report summarizes the status of and need for civic learning in schools, kindergarten through 12th grade. It analyzes trends in American political and civic engagement; identifies promising approaches to educating students for democracy; and offers recommendations to educators, policymakers, government officials and funders."
  • Laura Wood on 06 Nov 09
     
    From the website: "The Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools is a coalition of over forty partner organizations working to improve civic education in America's schools. The Campaign's goal is to increase and improve civic learning in grades K-12 by working for policies that implement the recommendations of the Civic Mission of Schools report. This includes efforts to bring about changes in national, state, and local education policy."
  • Laura Wood on 06 Nov 09
     
    They also have civic lesson plans under resources and a toolkit for advocating for the civic mission of schools which I, personally, think is critically important in this age of education for economy, and such.
Joellen Kriss

Lin-Manuel Raps for the President is Today's BIG Thing in Music - NOV 10, 2009 - 5 views

music.todaysbigthing.com/...10

American History Alexander Hamilton Raps making learning fun resources Teaching

shared by Joellen Kriss on 11 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Joellen Kriss on 11 Nov 09
     
    Ok so this is not as ridiculous as the last video I posted I swear (but it's still a little ridiculous). This guy performs a rap about Alexander Hamilton in the character of Aaron Burr. Definitely a way to make learning about an important man a little more fun. Probably only for high school students though as there's some minor language in it.
  • Laura Wood on 12 Nov 09
     
    This is the awesomest thing I've ever seen. Ever. I s just too good.
Nate Merrill

Immigration Reform - 0 views

www.pbs.org/...-from-different-points-of-view

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  • Nate Merrill on 04 Dec 14
     
    Understanding the Issue From Different Points of View | Lesson Plan | PBS NewsHour Extra
Nate Merrill

SmithsonianTweenTribune - 0 views

tweentribune.com/teen

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  • Nate Merrill on 18 Oct 14
     
    Articles for kids, middle school, teens from Smithsonian | tweentribune.com | Current events, lesson plans, quizzes, assessments
Nate Merrill

Newsela - 0 views

newsela.com

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  • Nate Merrill on 18 Oct 14
     
    Nonfiction Literacy and Current Events
tcornett

Abraham Lincoln | 60-Second Presidents | Social Studies | Video | PBS LearningMedia - 0 views

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Social Studies History TEKS TEKS 8.1A TEKS 8.8B TEKS 8.16B Civil War Reconstruction Abraham Lincoln President Presidents PBS Teaching

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  • tcornett on 05 Apr 16
     
    PBS LearningMedia Video for Social Studies for 4-12
tcornett

Andrew Johnson | 60-Second Presidents | Social Studies | Video | PBS LearningMedia - 0 views

klru.pbslearningmedia.org/...w-johnson-60-second-presidents

History Social Studies TEKS TEKS 8.1A TEKS 8.8B TEKS 8.9C Andrew Johnson Civil War Reconstruction Tennessee Impeachment PBS President Presidents Teaching

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  • tcornett on 05 Apr 16
     
    PBS LearningMedia Video for Social Studies for 4-12
Margit Nahra

Picturing U.S. History, Lessons in Looking - 25 views

picturinghistory.gc.cuny.edu/mtr.php

visual media American Social History Project interactive slavery antebellum African American American identity colonial U.S. History American History US history cuny

shared by Margit Nahra on 01 Sep 10 - Cached
    • Margit Nahra
      Margit Nahra on 01 Sep 10
       
      These lessons are very detailed and flexible. Can be used for a single class period or over several periods. Helpful explanation of historical and visual culture background of images used. Links to high quality additional resources.
    • Margit Nahra
      Margit Nahra on 01 Sep 10
       
      Primary source visual media depicted include photographs, drawings, paintings, political cartoons, print media, statuary, furniture, collectibles. Supplemented with written explanations for context and quotes from primary source written documents.
  • Adrea Lawrence on 04 Oct 10
     
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Scott Hambrick

American Memory from the Library of Congress - Home Page - 7 views

memory.loc.gov/index.html

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shared by Scott Hambrick on 20 Sep 12 - Cached
  • Scott Hambrick on 20 Sep 12
     
    Contains histories from the Library of Congress by topic
Nate Merrill

The map as history : a multimedia atlas of world history with animated historical maps - 19 views

www.the-map-as-history.com

history media reference maps resources education teaching research interactive animated Map atlas culture

shared by Nate Merrill on 03 Oct 10 - Cached
    • Lauren Olson
      Lauren Olson on 03 Oct 10
       
      This is a great site for visual learners. Being able to see political and culutral transformations of continents is an incredible tool for students of all ages. Unfortunately, not all maps on this site are free. There is a nominal fee that charges for acess to more obscure maps.
  • Adrea Lawrence on 04 Oct 10
     
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  • Nate Merrill on 31 Aug 13
     
    "The largest on-line collection of animated historical maps"
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