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TeachHUB & History Tech – it’s a win/win

glennw — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:50:37 GMT

I often get emails and messages from people asking to share links to “increase traffic” and improve our “mutual Search Engine Optimization strategies.” It seems like most originate in Nigeria or Russia and also include requests for my bank account information....(read more)

New York Times Newsroom Navigator

glennw — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:28:02 GMT

So . . . imagine you’re a reporter for the New York Times. You’re researching a story and you need some basic information about bioterrorism or the cost of living or demographic data from the state of Kansas or whatever topic happens to be the assignment...(read more)

Tip of the Week – 15 sites & tools for social studies teachers

glennw — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:35:03 GMT

There are lots of great things out there for social studies teachers. This morning I was asked to create a list of 15 sites and tools that every social studies teachers should know about and use. I wasn’t sure I could limit it to just 15. But this is...(read more)

Mission US – educational AND fun!

glennw — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:21:44 GMT

For too long, most educational video games seemed to be of the Reader Rabbit variety – colorfully packaged animated worksheets. Writing and coding quality games with high production values and interesting stories was just too expensive. And forget about...(read more)

Useless & odd fact – Germany pays last WWI reparations bill

glennw — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:18:02 GMT

This came out of nowhere. I’m not even sure how this showed up on my radar. But I just thought this was kinda interesting. Almost 100 hundred years after World War One ended, Germany has finally paid off their last bit of required Treaty of Versailles...(read more)

Supreme Court Fantasy League

glennw — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 19:20:31 GMT

My son’s senior government class is busy discussing the different Constitutional amendments. And we’ve had our own great conversations about recent Constitutional issues over the last few weeks – specifically 1st Amendment stuff like the Quran burning...(read more)

New EconEdLink site!

glennw — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:21:49 GMT

EconEdLink has always been a great place for social studies teachers to find integrated economic lessons and resources. EconEdLink provides a premier source of classroom-tested, Internet-based economic and personal finance lesson materials for K-12 teachers...(read more)

Tip of the Week – Primary Source Stations

glennw — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:28:53 GMT

Last Monday, History Tech hosted the first ever Tip of the Week contest . I asked you to share an awesome web site, an effective strategy, a graphic organizer, a super lesson or a handy classroom management idea. And the winner is: Josh Head. I’ll be...(read more)

Gobs and Gobs of History Games and Animations

glennw — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:43:02 GMT

I like web site titles that aren’t hard to figure out. You know, sites like Social Studies Central , Wii Injuries, I Love Ice Cream and The Best of History Web Sites . BHWS is a phenomenal site by Tom Daccord with links to . . . well . . . the best history...(read more)

First ever Tip of the Week contest!

glennw — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:00:40 GMT

It’s early in the week. You’re fresh and excited to be alive. School’s going great and you’ve got some great ideas about how to engage your kids. You’d like to share those ideas with others. But how to do that? The answer? History Tech’s first ever Tip...(read more)

Tip of the Week – History Interactives

glennw — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:36:13 GMT

Psst! (Tell your kids they’re video games.) You and I know this. Your students already know this. But it probably sounds better to administrators and parents if we call them History Interactives. The people over at Annenberg Media have put together a...(read more)

Books and a “scholary culture”

glennw — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 11:56:57 GMT

Okay. I used to do it. You probably do too. And I’m not saying it was accurate 100% of the time but after the first few days of school, I could look across the classroom and have a pretty good idea of which kids would struggle and which would do well...(read more)

Make your classroom a “Liquid Network”

glennw — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:02:23 GMT

Where do good ideas come from? In a recent TED talk , it’s the question that Steven Johnson is asking. (Johnson is the author of Everything Bad is Good for You, The Ghost Map, Mind Wide Open and Emergence.) And it’s one we should be asking as well. Schools...(read more)

Maps = history. History = maps.

glennw — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:20:23 GMT

Most history teachers and historians (even though they often won’t admit it), enjoy playing the “what if” game. What would have happened if the 20th Maine had retreated at Little Round Top? What if Native Americans had been resistant to European bacteria?...(read more)

Nathan McAlister is National Teacher of the Year!

glennw — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:41:58 GMT

Sweet! Several months ago I bragged on my friend, Nathan McAlister from Royal Valley Middle School, who had just been selected as the state Gilder Lehrman History Teacher of the Year. And just last week we were informed that Nathan has been selected as...(read more)