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David Loudon

TeachNet: Lesson Plans for High School: History / Social Studies - 1 views

www.teachersnetwork.org/...high_history_american.cfm

shared by David Loudon on 04 Oct 10 - No Cached
    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 04 Oct 10
       
      The sources for this site are other teachers around the world who post their lesson plans. This is good, because it has plans from real teachers and real classrooms so they are very knowlegable in what they are doing.
    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 04 Oct 10
       
      However, one bad thing about the site sources is that primary sources are generally not included in the lesson plan, so you would have to find those on your own.
    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 04 Oct 10
       
      The problem with the lesson plans is that they are not listed in any particular order and are all large plans that take a long time to complete. As such, this site could be used to find a project that you want your class to do, but it could not be used on a regular basis because you won't always have time to do the long projects as listed here.
    • David Loudon
      David Loudon on 04 Oct 10
       
      This site could be valuable for social studies teachers because it offers lesson plans written by teachers, covering a wide range of topics and suited for different couuntries. However, this diversity also means that not everything important is covered, and as such the site should only be used as an occasional supplement, not a basic source for your lesson plans.
Farren Maillie

The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II: A Collection of Primary Sources - 0 views

www.gwu.edu/...index.htm

WWII primary history

shared by Farren Maillie on 12 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Farren Maillie on 12 Feb 09
     
    Interesting and extensive lists of primary sources dealing with the Atomic Bomb. Includes various diary entries. Shows mostly a US side.
Alan Edwards

Eager Students Fall Prey to Apartheid's Legacy - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...20safrica.html

international education South Africa apartheid inequality

shared by Alan Edwards on 21 Sep 09 - Cached
  • KHAYELITSHA, South Africa — Seniors here at Kwamfundo high school sang freedom songs and protested outside the staff room last year because their accounting teacher chronically failed to show up for class. With looming national examinations that would determine whether they were bound for a university or joblessness, they demanded a replacement.
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 21 Sep 09
       
      In the black townships of South Africa, many public schools do not meet the students' high expectations of career or college preparation. This article describes how students have worked for justice: protesting (at times violently) and teaching themselves lessons when teachers fail to show for work.
  • Here in the Western Cape, only 2 out of 1,000 sixth graders in predominantly black schools passed a mathematics test at grade level in 2005, compared with almost 2 out of 3 children in schools once reserved for whites that are now integrated, but generally in more affluent neighborhoods.
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 21 Sep 09
       
      Apartheid is alive and well in South Africa's education system.
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 21 Sep 09
       
      The author relies on interviews with current teachers, students, and administrators in South Africa. She also cites data and perspectives from the Development Bank of South Africa. In her piece she examines the current situation in a single township, then ties the issue to the entire nation.
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      Alan Edwards on 21 Sep 09
       
      The author works to briefly explain how the schools were intentionally segregated in order to continue the subjugation of blacks and colored people. In the wake of N. Mandela's election, she explores how corruption and unequal distribution of resources has contributed to the education system's condition today.
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 21 Sep 09
       
      The crisis in South Africa is a reminder of the horrible education inequalities between the rich and poor, the white and the black. The student responses to their situation is at times inspirational as well as disheartening. For older students, this article could be used to encourage student involvement in dialogue with decision-makers of the school. Schools need to be responsive to the positive needs of its student body.
  • KHAYELITSHA, South Africa — Seniors here at Kwamfundo high school sang freedom songs and protested outside the staff room last year because their accounting teacher chronically failed to show up for class. With looming national examinations that would determine whether they were bound for a university or joblessness, they demanded a replacement.
  • Post-apartheid South Africa is at grave risk of producing what one veteran commentator has called another lost generation, entrenching the racial and class divide rather than bridging it. Half the students never make it to 12th grade.
  • But South Africa’s schools also have problems for which history cannot be blamed, including teacher absenteeism, researchers say. And then when teachers are in school, they spend too little time on instruction. A survey found that they taught for a little over three hours a day, rather than the five expected
  • Alan Edwards on 21 Sep 09
     
    NYT's Celia Dugger examines the quality of education for South Africa's majority black population. 15 years after the election of Nelson Mandela and the official end to apartheid, the nation's school system remains a bastion of inequality.
tcornett

Compare Two Worlds: North vs South | Underground Railroad Student Activity | Scholastic.com - 0 views

teacher.scholastic.com/...map.htm

Civil War Social Studies History TEKS TEKS 8.1A TEKS 8.7C TEKS 8.12D TEKS 8.12B Underground Railroad Slavery Scholastic

shared by tcornett on 05 Apr 16 - Cached
  • tcornett on 05 Apr 16
     
    Compare North and South states on interactive maps to identify the differences between free and slave populations before the Civil War. Also includes discussion questions.
kimhoss

Democracy Dies in the Blinding Light of Day - 0 views

theintercept.com/...acy-ends-david-runciman-review

shared by kimhoss on 13 Jul 18 - No Cached
  • outcome of the election may not have been a product of sober public reason — a necessary element of a fully functioning democracy
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      kimhoss on 13 Jul 18
       
      To what means will one go to obtain power? (loaded question which can be answered in many ways based on varying events, conflicts, and histories which define our past... But what does it mean for leaders to run with honor, truth, and integrity? Are these basic characteristics no longer most important to Americans, to the individual? But instead does it come down to popularity, immorality, and intimidation as the characteristics that define our "leaders" and are supported by Americans? Has there always been a lack of empathy and lack of morals?
  • George Orwell in “1984,” democracy is bludgeoned into submission by totalitarian brutality. In many ways, it was the competing post-democratic vision of Aldous Huxley, articulated in his famous novel “Brave New World,” that seems to be closer to fruition. Huxley argued that freedom would be slowly eaten alive by technological change and an insatiable public appetite for entertainment. Reflecting on that possibility in his 1985 book, “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business,” cultural critic Neil Postman wrote, “As he” — Huxley — “saw it, people will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think.”
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      kimhoss on 13 Jul 18
       
      Orwell and Huxley - it is interesting how stories written in the past about the future become the ideas, perspectives, and truths of our reality today... Individuals have become oppressed bystanders in our society today, due to the love and satisfaction they gain from the use and presence of today's technologies (not the only reason but a big contributor) People cannot or rather don't think for themselves. Their brains cannot process ideas, perspectives, scenarios as it is meant to, imaginatively because it is blocked by the bombardment of news, tweets, statuses, and fomo which comes from the over presence of technology use.
  • But it seems ridiculous that in this time of incredible change that the future of politics has only one possible path or set of options. Coming out of the 1990s and the end of the Cold War, political choice seemed very limited. But now the future is wide open. And there is some hope in that.”
    • kimhoss
      kimhoss on 13 Jul 18
       
      Enjoyed the article. I feel the need to share with others as it makes you think about the past, present and obviously the future. Pretty powerful points made which I have highlighted and comment on throughout. Although I am not very argumentative, I can say that democracy has withstood for much longer than many in the past had prescribed and I think as a society we are changing and will continue to change and that is necessary - what was defined and meant in one way in the past is not exactly best defined in that way today. I will be honest to say I don't like change but it is necessary and important for those who are a part of change to be knowledgeable and aware of the process. Democracy is not dead. One cannot return from the dead, but instead it is and has changed and needs to be challenged and needs to be altered to fit the advancing society of today.
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