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International/Global Club for elmentary school students

by Jamie

Apr 14, 2011

Just wondering if anyone has an International/Global Club at school and what types of projects and activities do you do with your students?

Thanks, Jamie

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History......challenging, difficult...?? (in a good way)

by tj

Apr 14, 2011

I've been teaching for about 10 years and during that time I've been at two different schools. At both schools, there are a few teachers in our history departments who students will often describe as hard, challenging teachers. Probably a coincidence but in both cases, these teachers weren't necessarily the most approachable, the most willing to ta...See More

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Any NC World History Teachers Out There?

by Charlemagne

Apr 15, 2011

I just got my copy of the new Common Core document for World History - 43 pages! LOL. I've found errors, misspellings, etc... and what I think are knit-picky content pieces. It really looks like a college Western Civ document instead of a ninth grade survey course. And, our salary is going to depend on them remembering all that content!? Would love...See More

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An idea---A Repository of Meaningful Social Studies Objectiv

by tj

Apr 16, 2011

I honestly am often not satisfied with the learning objectives that are listed in the textbooks I've used. Who, better, than a bunch of social studies to collaborate on articulating meaningful learning goals/outcomes that in many cases are field tested.

We've all searched for lesson plans on the internet. But what I am imagining is a reso...See More

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Some WWI objectives (tj) -Identify on a map the main European powers who participated in the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. -Name the five main causes of WWI. -Explain what a trench is, how they were used during WWI, and why they were necessary. -Give specific examples of the five main causes of WWI. (for example, a specific act of militarism, nationalism...etc) ...See More

Apr 16, 2011

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tj Ahhhh..my neat list of WWI objectives formatted poorly!

Another idea I had is to suggest that people post requests for learning objectives. Are you looking for some new ideas on objectives for a unit on imperialism or some additional areas to explore in your French Rev Unit. Make a request. i am sure people have lots of ideas :)

...See MoreAhhhh..my neat list of WWI objectives formatted poorly!

Another idea I had is to suggest that people post requests for learning objectives. Are you looking for some new ideas on objectives for a unit on imperialism or some additional areas to explore in your French Rev Unit. Make a request. i am sure people have lots of ideas :)

On 4/16/11, Some WWI objectives (tj) wrote: > -Identify on a map the main European powers who participated > in the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente. -Name the > five main causes of WWI. -Explain what a trench is, > how they were used during WWI, and why they were necessary. > -Give specific examples of the five main causes of WWI. (for > example, a specific act of militarism, nationalism...etc) > Explain how the fighting/technology in WWI differed from 19th > century warfare. -Analyze a WWI era political cartoon, > explaining the cartoonists main point and the techniques > he/she used. -Generate three historical/political > lessons that can be derived from the WWI era. -Compose a > letter to a loved one, as if you were a soldier frustrated by > the wars lack of progress. -Formulate a defense for Germany > that can be used as it argues against the Allies claims that > it is to blame for starting the war. > > what are some others for WWI? > > > > On 4/16/11, tj wrote: >> I honestly am often not satisfied with the learning >> objectives that are listed in the textbooks I've used. Who, >> better, than a bunch of social studies to collaborate on >> articulating meaningful learning goals/outcomes that in >> many cases are field tested. >> >> We've all searched for lesson plans on the internet. But >> what I am imagining is a resource in which a teacher can >> scan a list of learning objectives and if they spot one >> they like, maybe they can click on it and discover some >> resources or activities that are associated with it. They >> can also look at ways that teachers have measured student >> attainment of the objective. And maybe they can even see >> examples of student work associated with the objective. >> >> For the time being, I think we should just keep this going >> in this thread. When we're up and running maybe we link to >> a wiki to better organize the content. Interested? I'll get >> things started by posting some World War I objectives that >> I am brainstorming.

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An idea---A Repository of Meaningful Social Studies Objectiv

by tj

Apr 16, 2011

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daily lessons

by motivating students

Apr 17, 2011

What activities do you do daily to motivate the students? How do you present a unit without just reading/lecturing/answering questions?

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tj my co teacher and I, who are teaching 9th grade West Civ, have tried to set up an ongoing simulation where in groups of three we have 9 student created countries, with flags, anthems, a history, allies, who make decisions in the same way the great powers of Europe did. For example, after learning about imperialism the students applies their new kno...See More

Apr 18, 2011

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tj excuse the grammar errors...typing while trying to watch my two little ones :)

On 4/18/11, tj wrote: > my co teacher and I, who are teaching 9th grade West Civ, have > tried to set up an ongoing simulation where in groups of > three we have 9 student created countries, with flags, > anthems, a history, allies, who make decisio...See More

Apr 18, 2011

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US Peace Index -- classroom discussion?

by Aurelle

Apr 20, 2011

This is a really interesting and well-done video about peace rankings in the US. It could be extremely helpful for generating discussion in the classroom about peace. The organization also has charts and maps available at [link removed]!

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struggling students

by richard

Apr 20, 2011

If the whole class is understanding the material and ready to move on but there are those that are having difficulty grasping the concepts besides extra help what can be done to help the students?

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Sara On 4/20/11, richard wrote: > If the whole class is understanding the material and ready > to move on but there are those that are having difficulty > grasping the concepts besides extra help what can be done > to help the students?

Why are they not understanding the material? General extra help may not address their weaknesses....See More

Apr 21, 2011

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becoming a geography teacher

by Andrea

May 2, 2011

I currently have my elementary teaching initial license for grades 1-6 in Massachusetts. My second major in college was Geography. I have been seriously considering making a move to become a middle school geography teacher, but have no idea how to do that. What MTEL do I need to take?? Do I need any other schooling?? Thanks

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OldTeacher Not sure what part of the country you are...but in my area there are no "Geography" teachers. We are all social studies teachers and usually teach a variety of subjects. Our middle school curriculum incorporates geography but we do not have a separate class for it. Best wishes.

On 5/02/11, Andrea wrote: > I currently have my elementary...See More

May 9, 2011

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What world capitals should I focus on?

by Bob Dronski

May 3, 2011

Hi all,

I'm in need of some advice. I'm a software developer working on a world capitals matching game. Going through the lists, I'm finding references to separate administrative, judicial, and legislative capitals (e.g. South Africa). Do find it worth it to include all of them or should I just take the most common capital?

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Bob Dronski That's exactly what I need to know. I just wasn't sure what was considered important.

Thanks!

> For what it's worth, when my students do a continent map, they > must put all capitals if a country has more than one. >

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The Washington Capitals, of course! nfm On 5/03/11, Bob Dronski wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm in need of some advice. I'm a software developer > working on a world capitals matching game. Going through > the lists, I'm finding references to separate > administrative, judicial, and legislative capitals (e.g. > South Africa). Do find it worth it to include all of them > ...See More

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