World History Matters: A Portal to World History Sites

GCC Library History Databases America: History and Life Coverage Range: 1863 - date Includes: Citations & Abstracts · Full Text · Image Resource · MAGAZINE & JOURNAL ARTICLES: Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. Publisher: EBSCOhost U.S. Includes: Full Text · Primary Sources · MAGAZINE, JOURNAL & ENCYCLOPEDIC ARTICLES: Covers US topics ranging from the arrival of the Vikings in North America to today's war on terror. World History in Context Includes: Full Text · Encyclopedia & Dictionaries · Primary Sources · MAGAZINE, JOURNAL & ENCYCLOPEDIC ARTICLES: Covers world history ranging from the ancient world to today's headlines. Historical Index to the New York Times Coverage Range: 1851 - 2007 Includes: Citations & Abstracts · Full Text · Primary Sources · HISTORIC PUBLICATION: New York Times from 1851 through 2007. Gale NewsVault American Periodicals Series Daily Life Through History Salem History Gale Reference - History Films on Demand: History Project Muse

HistoryNet | World & US History Online World History for Us All: Teaching Units Home > This model curriculum groups instructional units into three categories. The criterion for these categories is the scale in time, geographical space, and subject matter of the topics to be explored. This system has been designed to guide teachers and students in study of the past on a variety of scales, from broad, global changes to developments that occurred within regions, civilizations, or nations. Teachers may choose to introduce students to an entire Big Era in a few class periods by focusing on the sweeping changes of the era. Or, they may devote a greater number of class days to an era, using several teaching units in all three categories of scale to examine the era in finer detail. All teaching units follow standard specifications for organization and design. The table below provides links to teaching units on the site or under development.

World History for Us All Circus Physics | Classroom | Circus The Big Apple Circus' jugglers, clowns and high-flying acrobats provide an entertaining and engaging way to introduce basic physics concepts to high school students. Eight videos feature footage from the series and interviews with the performers to illustrate the laws of physics at work. For deeper exploration, each video has a corresponding Study Guide for students and an Activity Guide for teachers, as well as raw video clips of performances which can be used for analysis in the classroom. Circus Physics Videos and Study Guides These eight short videos use circus performers and footage to introduce basic physics concepts to anyone interested in physics, as well as high school students. Information Education ABOUT | Voice of Witness Our education team offers year-round site visits and workshops for schools and community organizations, a summer intensive oral history training called Amplifying Unheard Voices, and Common Core aligned curriculum through our website and publication The Power of the Story: The Voice of Witness Teacher’s Guide to Oral History. Over the past year, we reached over 12,000 high school to graduate level students. Curricula and Lesson Plans Book Pairings for Educators Three Tiered Curriculum for Educators Samples of Student Work Sliding Scale Fee for Service Voice of Witness and Common Core The Sharing History Initiative What Do We Offer? Who Do We Work With? How Do I Conduct My Own Oral History Project? Amplifying Unheard Voices, 2015 Cohort This unique four-day training highlights the power of personal narrative and provide educators with the tools to conduct oral history projects in their classrooms and communities. Education Partners Advisory Board Members

2,500,000 BCE to 8,000 BCE Timeline : From Cave Paintings to the Internet 4339 entries. 93 themes. Last updated April 13, 2014. Circa 2,500,000 BCE – 500,000 BCE The First Industrial ComplexCirca 2,400,000 BCE – 1,400,000 BCE Homo habilisCirca 1,950,000 BCE – 1,780,000 BCE A New Hominid Species is Discovered with the Help of Satellite ImageryCirca 1,800,000 BCE The Oldest Hominin Fossils Found Outside of AfricaCirca 1,800,000 BCE – 141,000 BCE Pithecanthropus erectus, the First Known Specimen of Homo erectusCirca 1,800,000 BCEThe Earliest Completely Preserved Adult Hominid SkullCirca 1,650,000 BCE – 100,000 BCE Acheulean or Mode 2 IndustriesCirca 1,530,000 BCE – 1,510,000 BCE The Earliest Preserved Footprints of Our AncestorsCirca 1,500,000 BCE Early Humans Make Bone ToolsCirca 1,500,000 BCE – 790,000 BCE The Earliest HearthsCirca 1,500,000 BCE The Most Complete Early Human Skeleton Circa 1,400,000 BCE The Earliest Flint Tool Found in EuropeCirca 1,200,000 BCE The Earliest Human Remains from Western EuropeCirca 950,000 BCE – 780,000 BCE Evidence of Early Trade Routes?

Teaching World History & Geography - Conceptual Frameworks What to teach: conceptual frameworks This is the second component of a world history and geography body of knowledge to be taught in school: ....... chronological narrative ....... conceptual frameworks ....... thinking strategies What are conceptual frameworks? It is the job of conceptual frameworks to connect and organize knowledge to make it more meaningful. The alphabet, for example, is an artificial structure imposed on spoken language that enables us to read and write. A review of literature from history education and cognitive research strongly suggests that conceptual frameworks, by whatever name, contribute to meaningful understanding and should be a major component of history education. Themes History and geography educators often speak in terms of "themes" that represent an interest in phenomena that are manifested across several historical periods and/or geographic locations, and thus may offer useful insights into how humans generally behave and how the world generally works.