The Histomap: Four Thousand Years of World History. Did You Say that Voting is Ridiculous?: Using South Park to Teach Public Choice by Adam J. Hoffer, George R. Crowley. Adam J.
Hoffer University of Wisconsin - La Crosse George R. Crowley Troy University - Manuel H. Abstract: This note describes an approach to teaching the public choice perspectives on voting using an episode from Comedy Central’s animated television show, South Park. Number of Pages in PDF File: 8 Keywords: south park, voting, elections, teaching public choice JEL Classification: A22, D72 working papers series. The American Revolution Reborn: New Perspectives for the 21st Century. Conference Overview The conference aims to identify new directions and new trends in scholarship on the American Revolution.
The conference organizers expect that it will be the first in a series of conferences exploring important themes on the era of the American Revolution. The four themes that will guide the first conference are Global Perspectives, Power, Violence, and Civil War. The format of the conference will differ from most academic conferences. Great Peoples of the Past on maps from around the world. National Geographic put out six maps in a series titled Great Peoples of the Past between 1996 and 2002.
These maps described six great early civilizations that existed in our past around the world. This included the Mongols, the Romans, the Mesoamericans, the Greeks, the Egyptians and the Inca. These maps are filled on both sides with beautiful physical maps, illustrations and notes and write-ups on these great civilizations.
I have listed these maps from the first one down to the last one put out. Click on Map Titles that are Links to see a Picture of that map. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. MapMaker Interactive. Timeline Index : Choose Your Favorite Timelines Widget. Mapped historical photos, film, and audio. Secrets of the Colosseum. Center for Digital Storytelling - Home. Historical Adventures: Newcomer Teacher Invents Educational Role-Playing Game. Taylor Nix may be a newcomer to teaching—he introduced himself as a n00b in my interview with him—but his approach of using gaming in the classroom is something many veteran teachers trying to reach apathetic students should take note of.
Nix has taught for one year in the low-income area of Poplar, Montana on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. On his blog, Nix wrote of a sophomore world history class he taught that was “plagued with utter apathy.” An experienced gamer in his spare time, he decided to liven up the class by inventing an adventure role-playing game. “It worked a lot like a combination of D&D and Magic: The Gathering,” Nix said. Students would create their own characters, pick their names and class (think mage, warrior, healer, etc.) and even write their own backgrounds for their characters in fantastical lore.
Nix posted history assignments on a bulletin board on the back of his classroom every Tuesday which served as the game’s “quests.” The Music and History of Our Times. EyeWitness to History - history through the eyes of those who lived it. A Reference Resource. ORBIS. World History : HyperHistory. The 10 political games everyone should play. My Gamesblog column in this week's Technology section deals with the simmering genre of political games.
Usually distributed via the internet or virally through emails, these typically short, sharp titles present real-world situations in interactive form, providing users with a unique means of engaging with contemporary issues. Some of them are pretty good fun, too. As an accompaniment to the piece, I got together with serious games specialists Ian Bogost and Gonzalo Frasca to gather 10 of the most important and/or influential titles for you to check out. There's a real diversity here taking in hawkish shooters, cynical anti-corporate jokes and heart-rending charity sims. Importantly, two strands seem to be developing: titles that seek to objectively inform players about a specific situation, and titles with a definite agenda. Anyway, have a look through and give one or two a go... JFK Reloaded Interesting but perhaps insensitively handled attempt to examine the Kennedy assassination. Smarthistory: a multimedia web-book about art and art history.
History Engine: Tools for Collaborative Education and Research. Internet History Sourcebooks. Internet Modern History Sourcebook The Internet Modern History Sourcebook now contains thousands of sources and the previous index pages were so large that they were crashing many browsers.
See Introduction for an explanation of the Sourcebook's goals. Explanation of Sources of Material Here. See the Help! Page for all the help on research I can offer. The Modern History Sourcebook now works as follows: This Main Index page has been much extended to show all sections and sub sections. Additional Study/Research Aids In addition to the above structure, there are a series of pages to help teacher and students. Modern History in the Movies Older Style Big Indices Still Available Since some faculty members had built into their course pages direct links to the Sourcebook's old indexes, these remain available, but will not be updated with materials added after 12/31/1998.
Subjects covered by the source texts in each Section. Digital teaching resources. iCivics Games.