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Dr. Booker’s Simple Rules of History Dr. Matthew Booker is the first presenter in our Century of Progress summer session. He’s sharing today about how the US was able to sustain its Revolution. We always assume that once we won the war against England and signed the Treaty of Paris, that the process of nationhood was a given. But it wasn’t. (An interesting tidbit he just shared. But before he jumped into historical content, he shared three ideas about the process of historical thinking. So here they are – Dr. 1. Why was slavery so successful? Students have trouble with this – they come to our classes with their own world view and questions and problems make them uncomfortable. 2. And there are many resources available to help with this. 3. He said something to the effect of “we must refuse to believe something merely because we want it to be true.” Sam Wineburg said this as well: Booker also shared what he called two “absolute rules for historians.” 1. Implications? 2. Like this: Like Loading...
speed dial to favorite web site and make it your start page Map: Vaccine-Preventable Outbreaks | Map This interactive map visually plots global outbreaks of measles, mumps, whooping cough, polio, rubella, and other diseases that are easily preventable by inexpensive and effective vaccines. Red triangles indicate attacks on vaccinators and healthcare workers, as well as announcements from both governments and non-state actors that have had an impact—either positive or negative—on the successful implementation of vaccination programs. The Global Health Program at the Council on Foreign Relations has been tracking reports by news media, governments, and the global health community on these outbreaks since the fall of 2008. On to the Vaccine-Preventable Outbreaks map
Common Curriculum Historic Sites | Historic Holidays | Historical Places | Historvius DESCRIBE Primary Source Strategy There’s nothing like a great document. But it’s tough finding ways to use them with kids, especially those kids who always seem to struggle. The following strategy called DESCRIBE is based on work done by the Library of Congress. And an added benefit? The strategy is based on seven research-based instructional principles: actively involving students in the learning processpresenting abstract information in concrete formsorganizing information for studentstying new information to previously learned informationdistinguishing important information from unimportant informationmaking relationships among pieces of information explicitexplicitly showing students how to learn specific types of content The steps in the strategy are represented by the mnemonic device DESCRIBE and the graphic organizer are presented in the boxes below. (Download the blank template here.) The process To start, you should: The teacher guides students through the strategy steps while completing the graphic organizer.
Enduring Voices Project, Endangered Languages, Map, Facts, Photos, Videos Explore Talking Dictionaries The Enduring Voices team is pleased to present these Talking Dictionaries, giving listeners around the world a chance to hear some of the most little-known sounds of human speech. Several communities are now offering the online record of their language to be shared by any interested person around the world. While you probably won't walk away from these Talking Dictionaries knowing how to speak a new language, you will encounter fascinating and beautiful sounds--forms of human speech you've never heard before--and through them, get a further glimpse into the rich diversity of culture and experience that humans have created in every part of the globe. Explore the Talking Dictionaries for yourself. Losing Our World's Languages By 2100, more than half of the more than 7,000 languages spoken on Earth—many of them not yet recorded—may disappear, taking with them a wealth of knowledge about history, culture, the natural environment, and the human brain.
NOS Special Projects - NOAA Historical Shoreline Survey Viewer What is a Shoreline Survey? Shoreline surveys (also called coastal surveys, T-Sheets or TP-Sheets, and shoreline manuscripts) refer to topographic sheets compiled from maps derived in the field with a plane table, in the office from aerial photos, or a combination of the two methods. These shoreline surveys are the authoritative definition of the U.S. high-water line and may also include details such as roads, prominent buildings, and other features along the coast. The surveys were used as base maps to construct nautical charts primarily used for navigation. The NOAA Historical Shoreline Survey Viewer Survey from 1885 for Dana Point, CA The NOAA Historical Shoreline Survey Viewer provides access to a large number of historical shoreline surveys conducted by NOAA and its predecessor organizations. Note, many of the scanned surveys have large file sizes, which have been reduced to more manageable preview sizes for Google Earth. Using the Shoreline Survey Google Earth Tool
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