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Geography Action! 2009 -- National Geographic - 6 views

www.nationalgeographic.com/...index.html geography maps conservation cultures National Geographic
shared by Sarah Franquemont on 20 Sep 10 - Cached
    • Sarah Franquemont
      Sarah Franquemont on 20 Sep 10
       
      Choose a "Geography Action!" theme at right and be directed to a variety of primary and secondary sources (maps, lesson plans, video and audio resources, and pictures) relating to that theme.
    • Sarah Franquemont
      Sarah Franquemont on 20 Sep 10
       
      The site contains information on conservation, topography, human migration, and other relevant topics for geography teachers.  A variety of supplemental maps also illustrate these concepts.
    • Sarah Franquemont
      Sarah Franquemont on 20 Sep 10
       
      Cultural and region specific information is broad, so while this site is valuable for geography teachers, it may not provide detailed enough information for history teachers.
  • Adrea Lawrence on 04 Oct 10
     
    How might teachers use this site?
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Watergate and the Constitution - 2 views

teachinghistory.org/...23952 lessons Watergate constitution Nixon
shared by Jonathon Gordon on 15 Sep 10 - No Cached
  • a memo to the Watergate Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, was written by Jaworski's staff as he was considering whether or not to indict Nixon.
    • Jonathon Gordon
      Jonathon Gordon on 15 Sep 10
       
      The lesson plan gets its direct information from a document that was used in the Nixon hearings
  • This lesson would likely work best after an introductory lesson on Watergate.
    • Jonathon Gordon
      Jonathon Gordon on 15 Sep 10
       
      Important that the writer of this lesson suggests that students will need prior knowledge on Watergate
  • The lesson is centered around a primary document from the Watergate scandal, and requires students to read the Constitution.
    • Jonathon Gordon
      Jonathon Gordon on 15 Sep 10
       
      The lesson uses primary source documents which help students learn to read with a historical eye. 
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  • Historical background is detailed and accurate. The document is from The National Archives.
    • Jonathon Gordon
      Jonathon Gordon on 15 Sep 10
       
      All historical documents come from the National Archive making them historically accurate 
  • Yes The lesson is clearly presented and is easily adapted to emphasize either History or Civic standards.
    • Jonathon Gordon
      Jonathon Gordon on 15 Sep 10
       
      This website is very useful for social studies teachers, especially those teaching history, because it helps teachers design valuable lesson plans with accurate information. 
  • One of the suggested activities asks students to identify the specific role each branch of government played in the Watergate affair. Another activity asks students to apply specific sections of the Constitution and determine the role particular constitutional powers and rights played in the Watergate affair.
  • Jonathon Gordon on 15 Sep 10
     
    This site provides history teachers with information for helping with their classes. This part of the site includes lesson plans with this one specifically on "Watergate and the Constitution." 
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ThisNation.com--Rights of the Accused - 1 views

www.thisnation.com/...billofrights-accused.html this nation thisnation online textbook american government politics
shared by Margit Nahra on 03 Oct 10 - No Cached
  • Margit Nahra on 03 Oct 10
     
    This site features an online textbook of Amercian Government and Politics. It was created by a single individual who works for a university, but in a business and not an academic background. Despite its origins, site has a lot of information and links to primary sources.
  • Margit Nahra on 03 Oct 10
     
    Given that the author of the site is an individual, materials should be scrutinized for accuracy and bias. No obvious weaknesses in this regard on surface review.
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James Madison - 4 views

en.wikipedia.org/...James_Madison polititian political philosopher Father of the Constitution 4th President
shared by Richard Kirschner on 29 Sep 10 - Cached
  • Richard Kirschner on 29 Sep 10
     
    Interesting recitation of his role as Father of the Bill of Rights". Equally interesting: Dolley Madison was expelled from the Society of Friends for marrying James.
  • Adrea Lawrence on 04 Oct 10
     
    What does the site offer? How might teachers use it?
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That's Not Fair! Examining Civil Liberties With the U.S. Supreme Court - ReadWriteThink - 4 views

www.readwritethink.org/...-fair-examining-civil-294.html
shared by Margit Nahra on 05 Oct 10 - No Cached
    • Margit Nahra
      Margit Nahra on 05 Oct 10
       
      I like the emphasis on choosing a topic that students know little about -- good for stretching students out of their comfort zones.
  • encourage students to pick one they know little about or that is particularly relevant to current events (e.g., racial justice, immigrants' rights, or free speech)
    • Margit Nahra
      Margit Nahra on 05 Oct 10
       
      These cases would be good to use in modeling the activity for students.
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The Civil War | PBS - 2 views

www.pbs.org/civilwar history PBS civil war south north Lee Grant Lincoln Burns
shared by Jonathon Gordon on 03 Oct 10 - Cached
  • The Civil War is now available on DVD. Visit Shop PBS for more information.Support outstanding programs like The Civil War</em
  • Jonathon Gordon on 03 Oct 10
     
    This site provides accurate information on the American Civil War. Using sources from the award winning Ken Burns documentary "The Civil War" which provide any social studies teacher with accurate information yo use in designing lesson plans. 
  • Adrea Lawrence on 04 Oct 10
     
    How might teachers use this site?
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Water - Water Resources Management - 0 views

web.worldbank.org/...6618~theSitePK:4602123,00.html
shared by Megan Jaquette on 07 Mar 09 - Cached
  • By 2035, it is projected that 3 billion people will be living in conditions of severe water stress
  • increasing the risk of conflict over these scarce resources.&nbsp;
  • &nbsp;Water quality&nbsp;is deteriorating. Water sources – such as rivers, lakes, aquifers, and, and wetlands - are encroached upon.&nbsp; Tensions over water rights are increasing at the level of the village, city, and&nbsp;basin. Increasingly, many rivers and lakes are being affected by&nbsp;invasive species.
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  • Most industrialized countries have invested in major&nbsp;hydraulic infrastructure. Many developing countries have as little as 1/100th as much hydraulic infrastructure as do developed countries with comparable climatic variability.
  • Megan Jaquette on 07 Mar 09
     
    GREAT introduction to water as a scarce resource.
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America's Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War - 0 views

www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/...introduction.html Reconstruction African-American Civil War Images Pictures Pictorial History Slavery Sharecropper
shared by jbdrury on 25 Sep 09 - Cached
    • jbdrury
      jbdrury on 25 Sep 09
       
      The home page to Digital History contains links to resources for a variety of other curricular units
    • jbdrury
      jbdrury on 25 Sep 09
       
      "Eric Foner, the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, and Olivia Mahoney, Director of Historical Documentation at the Chicago Historical Society" are cited as the authors of the page.
  • Reconstruction, one of the most turbulent and controversial eras in American history, began during the Civil War and ended in 1877.
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    • jbdrury
      jbdrury on 25 Sep 09
       
      Its difficult to sticky note everything you find interesting on an .html site such as this one, but each of these sections has images (many culled from the Library of Congress, which is also an excellent source for images such as these) pertaining to reconstruction, which a teacher could print or make part of a powerpoint presentation to enable students to analyze them.
    • jbdrury
      jbdrury on 25 Sep 09
       
      In the "additional resources" section there is also a visual timeline of the Reconstruction period, including many of the images found throughout the rest of this website, but organized chronologically, which may be of use to those students who need to look at history in this way.
  • In time, the North abandoned its commitment to protect the rights of the former slaves, Reconstruction came to an end, and white supremacy was restored throughout the South.
  • Today, as a result of extensive new research and profound changes in American race relations, historians view Reconstruction far more favorably, as a time of genuine progress for former slaves and the South as a whole.
  • jbdrury on 25 Sep 09
     
    This website, while providing a fairly detailed summary of The Reconstruction, I have bookmarked because of the images it contains. I think pictures and images are a useful tool in shaping students perceptions of history; as Erin evidenced in her last lesson plan, providing students with a model for critically examining images could prove very beneficial to building on their critical thinking abilities.
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Social Studies - Group | Diigo - 0 views

groups.diigo.com/...social-studies
shared by Debbie Moore on 05 Sep 09 - Cached
    • Debbie Moore
      Debbie Moore on 05 Sep 09
       
      Today's conversation starter is about the controversy developing over President Obama's plan to deliver a speach to public school students on Tuesday. This would be a great opportunity to for students to explore a variety of related topics such as (but not limited to) conservatism versus liberalism, rights of parents and families, and President's use of power.
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 24 Sep 09
       
      Is this supposed to be here? If not, where is it supposed to be?
    • Debbie Moore
      Debbie Moore on 25 Sep 09
       
      I observed my cooperating teacher using this site (Census in Schools) for a 6th grade geography class. The students responded positively and were actively engaged in the lesson. The students were able to work with their own individual maps while exploring and answering essential questions. The site also has information and materials appropriate for all other grades. I think that this site could also be used for U.S. History since the first census orginiated for the purpose of creating a representative government.
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Television News Archive - 0 views

tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/?SID=20090920672576904 news media television
shared by Alan Edwards on 20 Sep 09 - Cached
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 20 Sep 09
       
      The Television News Archive was created and is maintained by Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. AU subscribes to the archive, which allows us to view many of the streaming videos online.
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 20 Sep 09
       
      You can search for a specific news broadcast by topic or date. Often you can find specific segments during a news program or you can watch the entire news program. If you are looking for a specific date in history you can go right the the day, week, or month that the event occurred or was being covered.
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 20 Sep 09
       
      In the classroom, I think this would be a great medium for independent research. Students could focus on a topic or event in recent history and report/analyze the news coverage of the topic/event. In general, the media could help students understand how Americans understood or misunderstood an event.
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  • The Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world's most extensive and complete archive of television news. We have been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since August 5, 1968.
  • Alan Edwards on 20 Sep 09
     
    The Television News Archive is a database of nightly news broadcasts in the US from 1968. American University subscribes to the database, and it can be accessed through the library's website. At the news archive, you can search the database of nightly news programs for a specific date or topic. Then, you can watch many of these streaming videos online.
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FBI Youth - Home - 0 views

www.fbi.gov/...6th12th.htm Middle school High School internet safety primary documents Kansas City Massacre FBI Youth crime bureau Roosevelt Hoover detective investigate files SNCC KKK antrax
shared by Laura Wood on 24 Sep 09 - Cached
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 24 Sep 09
       
      So clearly the coolest link on this webpage is the "History" link. This will link you to the history of the FBI which is interesting in and of itself BUT also contains some links to primary documents. For example there is a link in 1966 called "six civil rights activists murdered" that takes you to the FBI file of the murder investigation. It might be really neat to have students look at this file and look at other accounts of this incident to understand how police/FBI officers interact with communities and crime. There's another neat account under June 1933 of the Kansas City Massacre!
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 24 Sep 09
       
      The "FBI Investigates" tab is a little like the spy museum. It takes you through two cases, what happened and how investigators solved the crime. For any CSI - philes this might be some great info.
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 24 Sep 09
       
      "FBI Adventures" is a little not as cool as I'd hoped. While they do give brief snapshots of country profiles, students don't get to actually investigate anything on their own. What they Could do is begin to see how even crime is globalized and how countries now have to work together to protect citizens - an interesting angle on globalization/global studies.
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    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 24 Sep 09
       
      The "SA Challenge" is tragically lame. It's basically a cyber scavenger hunt to find the answers to questions about the website. Then you self check. If you find all the answers you get to be the director of the FBI - at least that's what the website says. Lame.
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 24 Sep 09
       
      Again, "Games" are tragically low tech and pretty lame. Word hunt, etc.
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 24 Sep 09
       
      "A day in the life" would be good for any students who were thinking about becoming FBI agents. Always good to give students career choices.
  • Laura Wood on 24 Sep 09
     
    FBI's youth website. Probably designed to entice kids to want to be in, support and trust the FBI. Some very cool stuff (no lesson plans). Check out the super rad "History" link!
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'Race to the Top' - we expected better - 0 views

www.sfgate.com/...article.cgi Reforms Race to the Top Obama Policy
shared by Joellen Kriss on 18 Sep 09 - Cached
    • Joellen Kriss
      Joellen Kriss on 18 Sep 09
       
      Strong start, right out of the gate!
  • From the perspective of a classroom teacher, reform must be rooted in classroom practice and supported by research.
  • Public education faces complex problems and won't be fixed by simplistic solutions. Standardized tests can be a useful tool among others to assess student learning. But it is too narrow of a measure on which to base a student's grade, let alone gauge a teacher's performance.
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  • States must enact a laundry list of federally mandated "reforms" to qualify for the competition. Duncan and Obama call this initiative "Race to the Top."
    • Joellen Kriss
      Joellen Kriss on 18 Sep 09
       
      Hittleman talks about how they'd looked forward to education law that helped, and race to the top doesn't look that much different from NCLB
  • funding mandates are controversial because they have never been shown to improve student learning.
    • Joellen Kriss
      Joellen Kriss on 18 Sep 09
       
      Totally on target with the fact that there's so much more to education than tests and standards.
  • No Child Left Behind, an education law that focused on one-size-fits-all standardized testing.
  • A portfolio that includes multiple-choice tests but also essays, research projects, homework and classroom presentations gives a much more complete picture of student achievement.
    • Joellen Kriss
      Joellen Kriss on 18 Sep 09
       
      A very well rounded argument, bringing in all of the factors outside of the classroom that affect learning.
  • Likewise, to judge teacher effectiveness solely on student test scores ignores a range of factors outside a teacher's control, including support (or lack of it) in the home, changes in the student's situation from year to year, or even whether the student happened to be sick on the day of the test.
    • Joellen Kriss
      Joellen Kriss on 18 Sep 09
       
      At the end of the day, teachers want reforms that WORK, made by people who know about teaching from first hand experience.
  • We are for reforms that work, which include standards-based and common curricula that have multiple source assessments; student data available for classroom teacher use based on a comprehensive approach; smaller class sizes; new teacher mentoring; and peer assistance and review. What we oppose are reforms based on the latest bright idea that has caught the eye of a politician or pundit with no experience teaching.
  • Joellen Kriss on 18 Sep 09
     
    Marty Hittelman offers one of the most comprehensive, well rounded opinions on the current policy reforms being enacted. It covers everything, which might be something I think because I agree with it all, but just read it. It's pretty good.
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Reauthorization of ESEA: Why We Can't Wait -- Secretary Arne Duncan's Remarks at the Mo... - 1 views

www.ed.gov/...09242009.html Education Policy Duncan
shared by Erin Power on 27 Sep 09 - Cached
    • Joellen Kriss
      Joellen Kriss on 27 Sep 09
       
      What a conundrum this is...
  • People want support from Washington but not interference. They want accountability but not oversight. They want national leadership but not at the expense of local control.
  • And now that I'm here I'm even more convinced that the best solutions begin with parents and teachers working together in the home and the classroom.
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  • Many teachers complain bitterly about NCLB's emphasis on testing. Principals hate being labeled as failures. Superintendents say it wasn't adequately funded.
  • And many parents just view it as a toxic brand that isn't helping children learn.
    • Joellen Kriss
      Joellen Kriss on 27 Sep 09
       
      I like how he/his speech writers recognize here that schooling is something that belongs to the states. It seems like he's saying that the federal government is just stepping in for a moment, until things start going well.
  • Until states develop better assessments—which we will support and fund through Race to the Top—we must rely on standardized tests to monitor progress—but this is an important area for reform and an important conversation to have.
  • it places too much emphasis on absolute test scores rather than student growth—and it is overly prescriptive in some ways while it is too blunt an instrument of reform in others.
    • Joellen Kriss
      Joellen Kriss on 27 Sep 09
       
      SUPER DUPER BINGO! NCLB encourages hig TESTING standards, but not LEARNING standards!! Good for you Arne (that's what he wants his staff to call him...in case you didn't know.)
  • NCLB is that it doesn't encourage high learning standards. In fact, it inadvertently encourages states to lower them. The net effect is that we are lying to children and parents by telling kids they are succeeding when, in fact, they are not.
    • Joellen Kriss
      Joellen Kriss on 27 Sep 09
       
      This is one of the issues in my practicum schools and one of the big debates there right now.
  • We don't believe that local educators need a prescription for success. But they do need a common definition of success—focused on student achievement, high school graduation and success and attainment in college.
    • Joellen Kriss
      Joellen Kriss on 27 Sep 09
       
      ...because the goals are and always have been, decent, but the means, are and always have been, bad (to keep it clean.)
  • In my view, we should be tight on the goals—with clear standards set by states that truly prepare young people for college and careers—but we should be loose on the means for meeting those goals.
  • They are simply not ready for college-level work when they leave high school.
    • Joellen Kriss
      Joellen Kriss on 27 Sep 09
       
      But do they really?
  • Before we do, however, we want to hear from you. We want your input.
  • We don't need another study. We must stop simply admiring the problem. We need action.
  • And so the work of reauthorizing ESEA begins in states and districts across America—among educators and policy makers, parents and community leaders. This work is as urgent as it is important.
  • And yet we are still waiting for the day when every child in America has a high quality education that prepares him or her for the future.
  • Our shared goals are clear: higher quality schools; improved student achievement; more students going to college; closing the achievement gap; and more opportunities for children to learn and succeed.
  • Let's build a law that respects the honored, noble status of educators—who should be valued as skilled professionals rather than mere practitioners and compensated accordingly.
  • Joellen Kriss on 27 Sep 09
     
    Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's speech at the Monthly Stakeholders meeting this past week. It's a part of a series of town hall style meetings that the secretary is holding with those who have a stake in the policy they will be shaping: teachers, parents and others. The speech is interesting mostly because, what he's calling for sounds great to me, but I wonder if there's any possibility of anything this reasonable ever happening. Secretary Duncan seems like an ok guy (didn't know he is a former superintendent) but I still wonder what the next big thing is going to turn out to be and how/if it's going to help.
  • Erin Power on 05 Oct 09
     
    The Duncan speech we were talking about in class
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Discovery Education Classroom Resources - 0 views

school.discoveryeducation.com resources education lessonplans teaching resource school
shared by Joellen Kriss on 17 Sep 09 - Cached
    • Joellen Kriss
      Joellen Kriss on 17 Sep 09
       
      Featured content can provide other interesting activites. One in there now has a "discover africa" feature.
    • Joellen Kriss
      Joellen Kriss on 17 Sep 09
       
      The lesson plan portion of the site provides free lesson plans for teachers to use. They're not always spectacular, BUT they can be helpful in gathering ideas.
    • Joellen Kriss
      Joellen Kriss on 17 Sep 09
       
      Puzzlemaker provides resources/programs that can be used to enrich the learning experience of students.
  • Joellen Kriss on 17 Sep 09
     
    The Discovery Education website provides some really great resources for students and teachers. It can provide a nice jumping off point for one's own lessons and activities.
  • Alan Edwards on 18 Sep 09
     
    I love all the lesson plans. You're totally right that the plans may need some tweaking, but it's a great place to get ideas.
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www.globalpeacestudies.org - Global Peace Studies - 0 views

www.globalpeacestudies.org/home peace education peace education global conflict violence non-violence war civil disobedience civil rights activities curriculum resources
shared by Laura Wood on 01 Sep 09 - No Cached
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 01 Sep 09
       
      This site was a research project by Daryn Cambridge while he was in the International Training and Education Program at American University. It's a great Peace Education Resource
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 01 Sep 09
       
      The "Reading Guides" section has many suggestions for various peace education theorists and resources as well as some links to these sources and even some guides to teaching on these resources.
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 01 Sep 09
       
      Daryn was a teacher trainer for years and all of his "Activities" are student centered, multi-sensory and action-based.
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 01 Sep 09
       
      These Activities are appropriate or can be adapted to all ages.
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    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 01 Sep 09
       
      Links to MORE peace education websites, teachers guides, resources, etc.
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 01 Sep 09
       
      The coolest part: A Global Peace Ed teacher FORUM! and blog site.
  • Laura Wood on 01 Sep 09
     
    A Global Peace Studies Online Curriculum created by AU alum and adjunct Daryn Cambridge. Contains links to documents, lesson plan ideas, activities and resources. A great beginner's guide to peace education
  • Laura Wood on 01 Sep 09
     
    A Global Peace Studies Online Curriculum created by AU alum and adjunct Daryn Cambridge. Contains links to documents, lesson plan ideas, activities and resources. A great beginner's guide to peace education AND offers links to news articles and a Peace Educators discussion site!
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United Nations Cyberschoolbus - 0 views

cyberschoolbus.un.org/index.shtml United Nations human rights lesson plans Model UN Global Globalization resources Peace poverty Hunger indigenous international news statistics facts countries
shared by Laura Wood on 18 Sep 09 - Cached
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 18 Sep 09
       
      Curricula with information for teachers and lesson plan ideas. For example the "Peace Education" section has 5 units which each contain suggested activities for class, suggested reading, links to more resources, and projects and activities. I like that there are both background readings for teachers AND activities and lesson plans for classrooms.
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 18 Sep 09
       
      The Community page has lots of projects that youth around the world have completed - art, video, writing, etc. This may be inspiring for students or may help to give faces to kids in other countries and places.
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 18 Sep 09
       
      Sweet! Games! Definitely play any of these before you pass them on to your students, the Flag Tag game would be great for Global Studies and the Water Quiz might be an interesting introduction to a lesson on world problems. The "Against All Odds" game is SO intense, why does everyone put it up? Anyway lots of games . . .
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    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 18 Sep 09
       
      Each of these boxes contains information on different global conflicts and issues. You could have your students explore this website and pick an issue to learn more about. Students could, for example, use the "web quest" in the box below to learn about child soldiers and then give a presentation for the class about the various issues affecting child soldiers and their opinion of what should be done to help these youth and their communities. Each student could select a different global challenge . . .
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 18 Sep 09
       
      The "Resources" page is the UN trying to be kid friendly. They have "student" versions of various treaties (and things) and UN Publications for download or order. If you were studying a specific international treaty or event the student versions contained here might be helpful (or you could go to the primary documents). I think it'd be better to have your students CREATE student versions of these documents than to use these, but there are some videos and some links that are helpful. The global map is outdated and slow. There are better maps elsewhere.
  • Laura Wood on 18 Sep 09
     
    "The United Nations Cyberschoolbus was created in 1996 as the online education component of the Global Teaching and Learning Project, whose mission is to promote education about international issues and the United Nations. The Global Teaching and Learning Project produces high quality teaching materials and activities designed for educational use (at primary, intermediate and secondary school levels) and for training teachers. The vision of this Project is to provide exceptional educational resources (both online and in print) to students growing up in a world undergoing increased globalization." \n\n "Within the Cyberschoolbus site there are a number of activities and projects that teach students about global issues in an interactive, engaging and fun way."
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&quot;The Public Be Damned&quot; A Thematic and Multiple Intelligences Approach to Teaching the G... - 3 views

www.oah.org/...cantuarticle.htm lesson plan American history 19th century multiple intelligence
shared by Alan Edwards on 11 Oct 09 - Cached
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 11 Oct 09
       
      This article and lesson plan was created by two professors (a secondary social studies prof and a history prof) at Ball State University. It was published in The Magazine of History, a publication of the Organization of American Historians. Each edition of the magazine includes a section on educational materials. Often they include websites that are helpful for teachers and students.
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 11 Oct 09
       
      The first part of this website is a brief summary of important themes of American history between the end of the Civil War and the beginning of the 20th century. The second half of the page is a 5 lesson plans on the time period. Each of the lesson plans is designed for a different multiple intelligence.
    • Alan Edwards
      Alan Edwards on 11 Oct 09
       
      The mathematical intelligence lesson asks students to compare rents charged to white and black tenants in the late 20th century. This reflects the move to the cities as well as racial discrimination. The information on rents comes from Jacob Riis' How the Other Half Live. Like all the other lesson plans offered, they include procedures, handouts, and possible assessment questions. This is a great resource for teachers who are looking for fresh ideas and methods of incorporating MI into their classrooms.
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  • Urbanization--Logical/Mathematical Intelligence. The first activity allows students to compare the rents charged to white and black tenants during the Gilded Age.
  • Rise of Jim Crow--Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence. Paul Laurence Dunbar's poetry provides an ideal vehicle for students to analyze the various perspectives taken by African Americans toward Jim Crow laws and civil rights. Lyrics of Lowly Life (1895) illustrates one perspective, the accomodationist paradigm adopted by Dunbar and others during this period.
  • V. Immigration--Body/Kinesthetic Intelligence. In his 1890 landmark book, How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis discussed the dismal conditions in which thousands of New York immigrants lived. Most of the residential tenements were "unventilated, fever-breeding structures" that housed multiple families. Riis's floor plan of a twelve-family tenement provides an ideal prompt for an activity that illustrates the dark, cramped living quarters germane to these Gilded-Age dwellings.
  • VI. Westward Expansion--Naturalist. Like many Americans during this period, John Wesley Powell was lured by the majestic beauty of the West. Following his service as a Union army soldier (in which he lost his arm at the Battle of Shiloh), Powell ventured westward. In 1869, he initiated the Powell Geographic Expedition, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. Powell recorded his experiences in a diary, which today serves as an outstanding resource for students to better understand the transformation the West went through during the Gilded Age.
  • VII. Industrialization--Interpersonal. During the Gilded Age, technological innovations provided an impetus for unprecedented industrial growth and urbanization. While laborers fueled this growth, they certainly did not reap the rewards. Instead, they found themselves economic victims of industrialization and urbanization. In an 1884 study, the Illinois Bureau of Labor Statistics detailed the economic status and living environment of numerous laborers in Chicago, Illinois.
  • VIII. Imperialism--Intrapersonal. Numerous Americans witnessed firsthand the impact of imperialism on indigenous people, through their military service during the Spanish-American War. One particular American soldier, James Miller, discussed what he witnessed during his exposure to the war in Puerto Rico.
  • IV. Politics--Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence. One of the most effective instruments at the disposal of politicians has always been the campaign song. The Populists, perhaps more than any other political party or movement in the late nineteenth century, were prolific songwriters. The Populists were often quite critical of monopolies, railroads, and old party bosses in their songs. The 1890s campaign song My Party Led Me, by S. T. Johnson, provided voters with a rationale for leaving their old political party and joining the Populist cause.
  • III. Populism--Visual/Spatial Intelligence. Political cartoons have always been a popular and powerful means for critiquing society's ills.
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First In the Family - 2 views

www.firstinthefamily.org/highschool.html high school college admissions advice counsel
shared by Laura Wood on 14 Oct 09 - Cached
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 14 Oct 09
       
      There are videos to watch so that students can know that they are not alone and learn from the experiences of others.
    • Laura Wood
      Laura Wood on 14 Oct 09
       
      There are many resources collected on this site, from financial aid and scholarship options to programs that might give students an admissions boost to checklists on what to do before you go.
  • Laura Wood on 14 Oct 09
     
    A spin off cite of the What Kids Can Do site, this site offers advice for teens through college age students who are the first in their families to go to college. There is also a publication that you can print. There is also a portion of the site for college aged students.
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  • Laura Wood on 14 Oct 09
     
    Again, the Diigo isn't working so . . . There is a "planning checklist" on the site that has printable checklists of things students can do every year starting in 9th grade to prepared themselves for college. Teachers should explain to students that these are not absolutely necessary so that kids don't hyperventilate, but for kids needing to see progress towards a goal, these might be useful
  • Laura Wood on 14 Oct 09
     
    There is a "hard facts" tab that has some of the facts about parental income, race, and expected income. If students don't think it's important to go to college, some of these facts might shake them up and make them realize how important and how difficult it may be for them to go. This might inspire a school project where students determine how many of their classmates plan to go to college and where they want to go and why or some such thing.
  • Laura Wood on 14 Oct 09
     
    The "inspiration" tab has great quotes that teachers might consider putting up around the room and great books that teachers might consider assigning to their students.
  • Lindsay Andreas on 15 Oct 09
     
    Thanks for posting this article, it came at just the right time for me because my students need so much help and now that their counselors were fired, they are screwed. I've been thinking of ways I can help with guiding them through the college acceptance process and this website looks like a great start.
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U.S. Standards Initiative Seeks to Equalize Benchmarks - washingtonpost.com - 1 views

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  • can be accepted nationwide without leaving the impression that states and school boards have ceded control of what is taught.
    • Lindsay Andreas
      Lindsay Andreas on 12 Oct 09
       
      This sounds really great but I think we all know the reality. Local districts always freak out when they are asked to give up their discretion. Right or wrong, I really don't see things changing on that front.
  • His administration might provide money to help states develop tests aligned with the standards, if they are adopted. But the U.S. Education Department is not drafting the standards, and Congress will have no vote on approval.
    • Lindsay Andreas
      Lindsay Andreas on 12 Oct 09
       
      This seems like a reasonable compromise to me.
  • work backward through secondary and elementary grades to develop more detailed benchmarks for content knowledge and skills.
    • Lindsay Andreas
      Lindsay Andreas on 12 Oct 09
       
      Backwards planning, that seems logical, know where you want to end up so you can better understand what it takes to get there, very logical.
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  • on the proposal posted at www.corestandards.org. On Thursday, the Washington-based Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a prominent advocate of more rigorous standards, graded the effort with a B in both subjects.
    • Lindsay Andreas
      Lindsay Andreas on 12 Oct 09
       
      I'm always curious what these expert firms deem as good and bad, it all just seems so arbitrary. What does that firm even do? I feel like there are way too many hands in the cookie jar at this point, but that's policy making, oh well.
  • The math proposal spans equations, expressions, functions, statistics and several other topics. For instance, it says students should understand four core concepts about equations and be able to exercise six core skills.
    • Lindsay Andreas
      Lindsay Andreas on 12 Oct 09
       
      I'm obviously not a math person but I would think math standards are pretty straightforward, there really aren't the same kinds of debates over content like Social Studies and English. I'm sure there is more to it, but that seems to be the impression I get.
  • . "They would have gotten into a century-long battle over reading lists, multiculturalism, which authors to read and so on. They decided to duck that."
    • Lindsay Andreas
      Lindsay Andreas on 12 Oct 09
       
      This is what I see as the main problem with standardizing content in English and Social Studies.....bottom line we will never agree, so get over it. I realize that is cynical but seriously, especially, with the whole multiculturalism, it just seems never ending. I plan on taking on a multicultural approach but I'm sure there would still be some multiculturalists that would criticize that I didn't go far enough.
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30,000 Teachers May Not Be &quot;Highly Qualified&quot; | NBC Dallas-Fort Worth - 2 views

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  • Updated 1:15 PM CDT, Thu, Oct 22, 2009 var partnerID=522927; var _hb=1; window.onerror=function(){clickURL=document.location.href;return true;} if(!self.clickURL) clickURL=parent.location.href; Print var partnerID=522927; var _hb=1; window.onerror=function(){clickURL=document.location.href;return true;} if(!self.clickURL) clickURL=parent.location.href; Email function position(o) { var pos = Position.get(o); Position.set('share_box',pos); } Share yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = "30,000 Teachers May Not Be &quot;Highly Qualified&quot;"; nbc_dallasfor814:http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/30000-Teachers-May-Not-Be-Highly-Qualified-65580922.htmlBuzz up! TWITTER .postToFBArticlePage { background:transparent url(http://media.nbclocalmedia.com/designimages/facebook.gif) no-repeat scroll 0 0; display:block; float:left; height:14px; padding-right:5px; width:70px; text-align:right; } .postToFBArticlePage span { padding-top:0px; margin-top:3px; display:block; } #slideshow .showcase #slideCount { /* THIS DOES NOT BELONG HERE */ padding-left:140px; } #slideshow .yahoo_buzz .postToTwitterArticlePage span, #slideshow .yahoo_buzz .postToFBArticlePage span { margin-top: 0px; } #slideshow .yahoo_buzz .postToTwitterArticlePage a, #slideshow .yahoo_buzz .postToTwitterArticlePage a:link, #slideshow .yahoo_buzz .postToTwitterArticlePage a:visited, #slideshow .yahoo_buzz .postToFBArticlePage a, #slideshow .yahoo_buzz .postToFBArticlePage a:link, #slideshow .yahoo_buzz .postToFBArticlePage a:visited { color:#C3C7C7; } // also publish comment to Facebook nbc.fbparamshare = { contentTitle: "30,000 Teachers May Not Be &quot;Highly Qualified&quot;", contentUrl: "http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/30000-Teachers-May-Not-Be-Highly-Qualified-65580922.html?__source=Facebook", contentThumbUrl: "http://media.nbcdfw.com/images/100*75/090209+classroom.jpg", bundleId: "104938618682", contentType: "article", summary: "Tens of thousands of Texas teachers could be in jeopardy of losing their jobs if they aren't certified as &quot;highly qualified.&quot;" }; FACEBOOK $(document).ready(function(){ $('#jqm_wrp_1') .jqDrag('.jqDrag') .jqm({ trigger: '#jqm_trg_1', ajax: 'http://www.nbcdfw.com/i/dispatcher/?command=LoadImage&id=22644077&caption=Gay+slurs+don%27t+%3D+firing.', target: '#jqm_cont_1', overlay: 0, onShow: function(h) { h.w.css('opacity',1).fadeIn("fast"); G.doPixelTracking(83); }, onHide: function(h) { h.w.fadeOut("fast",function() { if(h.o) h.o.remove(); }); } }); });
  • According to those requirements, teachers must be "highly qualified" in reading, math, writing, education and social studies.&nbsp;&nbsp;Most new teachers hired this year passed only a certification exam in a specific subject, according to the Dallas Morning News.&nbsp;
  • The Morning News reports that as many as 30,000 new teachers may now have to take a competency test in order to keep their jobs under the new interpretation of the No Child Left Behind law.
  • James Leslie on 23 Oct 09
     
    Knowing your subject may not be enough for long. New "No Child Left Behind" law may make teaching more difficult.
  • James Leslie on 23 Oct 09
     
    Knowing your subject may not be enough for long. New "No Child Left Behind" law may make teaching more difficult.
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