In the first breakout session at the DEN Pre-con in Hershey, presenter Elizabeth Shotwell readily admitted hating social studies in high school because it was just memorizing facts. It was a History of Civilization class in college and a professor who said that history was just the “juiciest gossip” that got passed down through the
Invention Convention: A Look into African American History
Black History Month is important for all students no matter their race. African American history is in fact American history. Help your students understand the importance of some of the extraordinary individuals of African American History by putting a fun spin on the lesson. Lesson Title: Invention Convention: A Look into African American History Ask
Five Ways to Introduce Students to the Georgia Legislature ~ by Patrice Weaver
This article is from the Georgia Public Broadcasting website and contains information applicable to all U.S. students. Click here to view the article in its entirety. The Georgia Legislative Session kicks off Monday January 9, 2012 Are you looking for ways to introduce your students to the work of the Georgia legislature? Do you want
On This Day: The Attack on Pearl Harbor
On this day in 1941, the United States was suddenly thrust into World War II, a war that would ravage much of Europe and the Pacific theater. Every December 7th is set aside to remember those killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. More than 2,300 people died and a good portion of
Fun Tech Tools For the History Classroom
There are several great Web 2.0 tools that I just have to share with history teachers. I have used www.classtools.net for several years, and have created blog posts about this resource before. These tools have many great features to enhance learning in all subjects. Some of my favorite tools are the flash game generators,
Museum Box
Museum Box is an interesting Web 2.0 tool. It allows users to create virtual boxes that displays various types of media on the faces of the box. You can design the boxes to have layers, which affords viewers an opportunity to follow the research as well as develop a response to an argument presented on