Archiving Early America: Primary Source Material from 18th Century America Twitter in the Classroom: Watch This Teacher Engage Shy Students in Learning History - Education Still skeptical about the value of using Twitter as a tool to engage introverted students in classroom lessons? You're not alone. A recent survey of almost 2,000 teachers found that half think that using Twitter (and Facebook) in the classroom "is harmful to the learning experience." But, Los Angeles history teacher Enrique Legaspi disagrees with the naysayers. Last year he went to a workshop that discussed ways to use Twitter in teaching and now his students—even the shy ones—at Hollenbeck Middle School in East L.A. are speaking up more. In the video above, you can watch Legaspi teach a World War I lesson, and hear him explain how Twitter has revolutionized discussions, helped him know more about his shy students, and modify his instruction to meet their needs.
full notes Death and Taxes 2012. It's the government, in six square feet. Problem-Attic 6 Historical Wartime Propaganda Films [Stuff To Watch] A while ago we featured a couple of historically important Disney animations commissioned during the Second World War in the form of propaganda. Today we’re losing the cutesy animation and diving in with real footage of some of the most politically motivated films ever made. Propaganda is a by-product of nearly every war or major conflict, and acts as a concentrated effort by the government to influence, calm and control. The Second World War saw propaganda make the jump from posters and radio broadcasts to the moving image, in film form. Let’s take a look at some of those films. Why We Fight: Prelude to War (1943) Directed by Frank Capra and produced by the US Army’s own Special Services Division, Why We Fight: A Prelude to War tells the story (as of 1943) of the Second World War in 7 documentary-style films beginning with the 1931 invasion of China by Japanese forces. Battleship Potemkin (1925) Bon Voyage (1944) Churchill’s Island (1941) The True Glory (1945)
Ten Good Video Sources for Social Studies Students and Teachers Yesterday, I published a post about Ten Good Video Sources for Science Students and Teachers. Part two in this series of posts is Ten Good Video Sources for Social Studies Students and Teachers. As a Social Studies teacher, I have used all but one of these sources in my classroom at least once and most of them I've used multiple times. The first source that came to mind when I started to think about this list is Keith Hughes's Hip Hughes History videos. Because of his quality work Keith was recognized as a YouTube EDU Guru last fall. Hip Hughes History is a series of short, upbeat lectures on topics in US History and World History. Dan Izzo has uploaded more than 3,000 videos to his YouTube channel. PBS Video is my favorite place to find high quality documentaries. Crash Course, which I mentioned as a source of science videos, also offers excellent videos on U.S. On Timelines.tv you can find six timelines of important eras in U.S. and European history. C.G.P. The U.S.
Marcus Tullius Cicero: A Life in Letters Novus Homo Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 – 43 B.C.E) was a novus homo (new man i.e someone with no notable ancestors) born at Arpinium, south of Rome, to a reasonably well off family. He studied as a lawyer and, as was the done thing for a Roman barrister, began a political career. Cicero’s time in office would span the crucial years of the end of Roman Republican rule and his own part in these affairs was significant, though in the end not decisive. Throughout his life he kept in correspondence with his good friend Titus Pomponius Atticus, a wealthy individual who lived variously in Greece and Rome and was well connected with the political elite at the time despite his own refusal to participate in such a career. The Catiline Letter In July 65 B.C.E, Cicero wrote Atticus with news that his wife had given birth to a son. Cicero was later to withdraw from the defence team. Exile The Mind of a Man John B.
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