More Nixon resources: Nixon's Trip to China

More Nixon resources: Nixon's Trip to China

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President Obama recently returned from an historic trip to Cuba.  (This video [2:45] from the Voice of America shows and discusses his arrival.)  You could use that current event to introduce your discussion of...

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Make a Presidential Campaign ad

Make a Presidential Campaign ad

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Here's an extension to an already terrific lesson plan from PBS NewsHour Extra.  That lesson plan ("Lights, Camera, Politics: Create Your Own Presidential Campaign Ad") invites students to create a TV ad for a candidate...

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More Nixon resources: Resignation

More Nixon resources: Resignation

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The Richard Nixon Foundation has curated a terrific set of eight videos dealing with President Nixon's 1974 resignation.  In this video (4:02), President Nixon discusses his decision to resign.And in this video (4:19)...

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Video resources to study President Nixon's foreign policy

Video resources to study President Nixon's foreign policy

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Here are some terrific short video resources to share with your students when you are studying foreign policy and diplomacy under Richard Nixon (from his vice presidency to his presidency).Here's video (4:08) of the 1959...

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A Look Back to Primaries in 1968

A Look Back to Primaries in 1968

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With all the primary chaos going on this year,  it has been a government/U.S. history teacher’s dream for provoking thoughtful class discussion.  It’s the perfect opportunity to include some discussion of other...

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Resources on US-Cuban relations

Resources on US-Cuban relations

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President Obama is visiting Cuba today.  His trip is to draw attention to his policy of seeking normalized diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States.His trip is timely for our students, because US-Cuban...

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"20 to watch" EdTech leaders

"20 to watch" EdTech leaders

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The National School Boards Association just published its list of the 20 educational technology leaders for the 2015-2016 school year.  (I'm not on the list.  #Disappointed.)The teachers and administrators selected...

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Selma-to-Montgomery March: Your Teacher's Toolkit

Selma-to-Montgomery March: Your Teacher's Toolkit

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Here are some great resources to use with your students to begin to drill down to study the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery March for voting rights.A good short general introduction is from the National Park Service (because the...

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Historypod daily videos

Historypod

Historypod daily videos

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The Historypod daily video is a great resource for teachers.  Each day, Historypod releases one short video focusing on a single topic occurring on that date.  The scope is broad and covers all world history.  Just...

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Amazing app to make VR images

Bubbli VR

Amazing app to make VR images

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I learned about an amazing app tonight while participating on the #nearpodedu edchat.  It makes "dynamic spherical photos," which means that you can scroll across an image to see it in all angles left and right, and...

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Terrific video series on the African-American experience

BBC Witness

Terrific video series on the African-American experience

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BBC has a terrific series of 51 short videos (each under 9 minutes) on the African American experience from World War II, through the Civil Rights Movement, to more modern times.  The series, titled "Witness," offers...

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John Lewis is coming to my school tomorrow

John Lewis

John Lewis is coming to my school tomorrow

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Congressman John Lewis is coming to my school tomorrow.  The timing couldn't have been better, because tomorrow we start our lessons on the early Civil Rights Movement.  So I'm going to focus my lesson tomorrow...

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Student work for my early Cold War StoryMap assignment

StoryMapJS

Student work for my early Cold War StoryMap assignment

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This week I assigned my students to create a StoryMap to demonstrate their mastery of key events of the early Cold War era.  I blogged about that assignment a few days ago here, and the first student work is coming...

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My Early Cold-War StoryMap assignment

StoryMapJS

My Early Cold-War StoryMap assignment

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It's always hard to find the right balance between what I expect students to do on their own outside of class with what I hope to accomplish with them in class.  Recently I've been focusing on developing skills (reading,...

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We take our quizzes in class on our smartphones

We take our quizzes in class on our smartphones

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My students take quizzes in class on their smartphones.  How's that working out so far?One goal this year has been to take advantage of the fact that the most powerful computers in our classroom reside in my students'...

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OTD in 1933: FDR's First Inaugural

FDR

OTD in 1933: FDR's First Inaugural

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You're probably studying FDR with your students right about now, so today is a timely anniversary.  Today is the anniversary of FDR's first inaugural.There are a wealth of terrific resources to mark that occasion, and...

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Amazing collection of Lincoln resources (courtesy of Ford's Theatre)

Amazing collection of Lincoln resources (courtesy of Ford's Theatre)

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In a terrific blog post to encourage teachers to bring students to visit, Ford's Theatre has assembled an amazing collection of resources useful for any unit on President Lincoln and his era.  The resources are...

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Fun history-quiz app from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Fun history-quiz app from the National Endowment for the Humanities

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EDSITEment, a service of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has developed a history quiz app that deserves a serious look.It's called Mission US, Think Fast About the Past.  It's an role-playing, interactive...

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My first Storify assignment: Student work

Storify

My first Storify assignment: Student work

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I assigned my students to create a Storify discussing the impact World War II had on four social groups: Japanese-Americans, African-Americans, Native-Americans, and women.  Storify is a type of presentation tool....

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An online peer grading option

Peergrade.io

An online peer grading option

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Old: Students write essays then hand them in.  You shuffle them, then pass them back for a peer grading activity.  Is there a better way?Peergrade.io might be the better way.  With Peergrade, students submit...

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