Browse Ask a Digital Historian - multimedia. The state of U.S. immigration. Mr. Bruce's History - home. Insightful Social Studies. Feature Article - Primary Sources and the Common Core State Standards, Fall 2012- Teaching with Primary Sources. By Rich Cairn What are the Common Core State Standards?
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) outline grade-by-grade goals for all K-12 students—goals that are attuned to the advanced literacy skills needed for college, career and citizenship. Web 2.0 Tools for Social Studies Classrooms. Timelines.tv - History, documentary and television on the web. We're Teaching History Wrong. Published Online: January 29, 2013 Published in Print: January 30, 2013, as Let's Overhaul How We Teach History.
The Best Geography Sites For Beginning & Intermediate English Language Learners. As I mentioned earlier this week, because of an unexpected substantial increase in our student enrollment and the resulting scheduling challenges, I volunteered to convert one period of my Beginning and Intermediate English Language Learner class into a Geography class.
I think Geography is a great tool for language acquisition. I have a more expansive The Best Websites For Learning & Teaching Geographylist, but I thought readers might find it useful to see the sites I plan to primarily use in this class. History Tech. National Archives and Records Administration. Everything You Need to Know About 'Mint the Coin' If you follow anybody remotely interested in politics on Twitter, you've probably seen a reference to "mint the coin" fly across your stream at some point this month.
And if you've seen that reference, you might have some questions: What coin? Who's minting it? What's it for? Here's the skinny: According to the Treasury, the government hit its Congressionally-approved spending limit on Dec. 31 of 2012. While raising the debt ceiling has traditionally been a mostly uncontroversial practice, many congressional Republicans are now refusing to raise the debt ceiling unless Democrats agree to spending cuts. Raising the debt ceiling allows the federal government to pay back loans it already owes.
If you're feeling at this point a bit of deja vu, that's perfectly normal: The situation is very much a repeat of a 2011 crisis. Notable 2012 Front Pages From The New York Times - Interactive Feature. Pages can be sorted by theme or reader-submitted keywords.
Submit your own reaction to the news and share your favorites after selecting a page. The iEconomy Series Debuts Jan. 22State of the Union Jan. 25A Tableau of Sorrow Feb. 9Middle-Class Entitlements Feb. 12A Chain of Kidney Transplants Feb. 19Deadly Tornadoes in the U.S. March 3U.S. Soldier Kills Villagers March 12Shooting of Trayvon Martin April 12Mexican Wal-Mart Bribery Scandal April 22Airstrikes in Sudan April 24Apple's Profit Protection Strategies April 29A New Page in the Afghan War May 2A Diverse Mix of Coverage May 5The Vanishing Mind May 6Senator Richard G.
Lugar Concedes May 9Same-Sex Marriage Endorsement May 10Uprising in Syria June 13Elections in Egypt and Greece June 18Health Care Upheld June 29Shootings in Aurora, Colo. Activities: Create. Manifest Destiny - The Story of The US Told In 141 Maps. The United States Constitution came into effect, forming the new nation.
Note that the states ratified at different times, but to simplify the map, the final result is shown here. The United States achieved independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain with the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783, which established that the thirteen colonies were sovereign and independent states. Social Studies Rap Songs and Worksheet: Teaching US History, Government, and Geography. 21 Map Creation Tools for Students and Teachers. Yesterday, I published a review of MapFab which is a fabulous, free, and simple tool for creating maps online.
Writing that post got me thinking about all of the other free map creation tools that I've reviewed over the years. Google Maps and Google Earth are my favorite tools for creating maps, but not every school allows teachers and students to download it. And creating Google Maps does require you to have a Google account which is an obstacle to use in some schools too. In the list below you will find some map creation tools that don't require registration. And, of course, all of the tools on this list are free for teachers and students to use. Animaps is a service that was built for the purpose of allowing users to create animated Google Maps.
Geography, class, and fate: Passengers on the Titanic. More than 2,200 people were on board the Titanic when it struck an iceberg the night of April 14, 1912.
The Titanic’s crew of nearly 900 is not included here. First class passengers hailed mainly from U.S. and European cities. Despite orders to put women and children in lifeboats first, survival rates were highest in first class. The Best Resources For Learning About The Maya. Interactives - Exploring the Early Americas - Exhibitions Powerpoint Palooza. History Engine: Tools for Collaborative Education and Research.
Urban Survivors - Médecins Sans Frontières. Let's Play 'History As A List' : Krulwich Wonders... A bunch of you have sent me this list.
It comes from Drew Breunig, a New Yorker who apparently works in the computer business, in advertising. Educators. Free Lesson Plans and Games for Learning Civics.