World War II: My teachers' toolkit of the best online resources (Part One)

World War II: My teachers' toolkit of the best online resources (Part One)

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I'm concentrating on two topics with my students during my unit on World War Two: how technology impacted the war, and how the war impacted four social groups.  This post will concentrate on the technology; I'll write...

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My First Storify Assignment

Storify

My First Storify Assignment

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I just completed my first Storify assignment.Storify creates online presentations.  It's great because it is free, easy to use, and the presentations you make look terrific.  To make your Storify you simplyWrite...

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Rosa Parks: A new terrific (and timely!) resource

Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks: A new terrific (and timely!) resource

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Rosa Parks's arrest on 1 December 1955 in Montgomery, AL, for refusing to move to the back of a city transit bus was a seminal event in the Civil Rights Revolution.  Of course we devote time to her story in our classes.Good...

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How fast is fast?

How fast is fast?

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Fast is a relative term.  In our U.S. History classes, one theme we trace is the development of new transportation technologies, from the National Road (then through the Erie Canal, Transcontinental Railroad, urban...

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BrainRush is back online!

BrainRush

BrainRush is back online!

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It's okay, we can exhale.  BrainRush, the adaptive learning site, is back online.  I've blogged about BrainRush previously, and why it's my favorite online study and review platform.   BrainRush lets you create...

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Teacher's Toolkit for Great Depression and the New Deal

Teacher's Toolkit for Great Depression and the New Deal

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I just finished blogging about the best videos (the Teachable Moments series from the FDR Presidential Library) to use when teaching the Great Depression and the New Deal.  Here are the other resources I will be using...

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The best videos on the Great Depression

Great Depression

The best videos on the Great Depression

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The FDR Presidential Library has a set of 14 short videos (shortest: 2:19; longest: 3:29) discussing different aspects of the Great Depression.  The playlist is called Teachable Moments: The New Deal, and it is the...

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A powerful primary source from a former slave

A powerful primary source from a former slave

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Just four months after Lee's surrender at Appomattox,  and during the time between Congressional passage and ratification of the 13th Amendment, a Tennessee Confederate general wrote to Jourdan, his emancipated slave...

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My first FlipQuiz

FlipQuiz

My first FlipQuiz

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I just built my first FlipQuiz!  I like it a lot and am eager to share it with my students on Monday.FlipQuiz is a review game that presents questions in a Jeopardy format.There are certainly other similar products...

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Terrific blog post on Jim Crow photographs from the Library of Congress

Terrific blog post on Jim Crow photographs from the Library of Congress

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Please check this terrific blog post by Jeff Bridgers from the Library of Congress describing the Jim Crow era and highlighting the Library's unparalleled collection in this area.Titled, "Signs of Their Times: 'Jim Crow'...

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