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Freerice.com. Internet Safety Expert & Speaker - Brett Lee - INESS. Russia & The USSR. Tip: Press ctrl and F (or Command and F on a Mac) to perform a keyword search of this page. To keyword search all Best of History Web Sites pages use the search engine located on the home page. General Russia/USSR Resources CIA Factbook page: Russian Federation "The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

Our Reference tab includes: maps of the major world regions, as well as Flags of the World, a Physical Map of the World, a Political Map of the World, and a Standard Time Zones of the World map. " Russian and Soviet History - Internet Resources A comprehensive and well organized list of resources Russian History (Bucknell) One of the better American sites on Russian history The Russo-Japanese War Society The Russo-Japanese War Research Society has dedicated this site to the research and documentation of The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905.

Soviet Era. Worksheets - Twentieth Century. Figuring Grades. A new teacher at my school had a lot of trouble because she flunked an unusual number of middle school students. However, these weren't "bad" kids—in fact, her class was usually the only class in which these students received a poor grade. When I sat with her, she showed me a typical student's test grades: 25, 80, 40, 95, 90. She then did a straight average of these grades to determine a final grade. Now, even though this student had received 2 A's, 1 B, and 2 F's, the final grade given by the teacher was a 66%, "D. " One of the skills that are usually not taught in teacher education programs is "how to grade. " A teacher should always "role-play" as he/she formulates the grades.

I know that this sounds very basic, but a calculator helps make your grading much more objective, more "defendable" (see the section directly above), and easier to figure. USE A SYSTEM OF 100 (a percentage system) Always convert all grades and numbers to a system of 100. You gave a quiz worth 30 points. Glogster - join the visual communication network. Internet Safety Expert & Speaker - Brett Lee - INESS.