So I subscribed to this "World History Teachers Blog" and found some great stuff, including a Ted Ed video called "Who Invented Writing?". In the video the Mayans are discussed with their invention of hieroglyphic writing as well as other civilizations like the ancient Sumerians and the Chinese. This was a short but informative video that would serve as a great warm-up at the beginning of my class period. I also enjoyed an interactive map of the world showing population and other annotations, and an graphic called "The World as 100 People". My absolute favorite post from this blog is the "Age of Exploration Rap". I have included the rap below:
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
World History
For my class I subscribed to a blog called "World History Teachers Blog" and I love it! I teach sixth grade social studies which focuses on Western Hemisphere geography, history, and culture. Sometimes it is difficult to find good web based sources on World History, but very easy to find American History material. I always get really excited when I find quality material on ancient civilizations of the Western Hemisphere like the Aztecs, Maya, Inca because those are my favorite things to teach to my students. I also struggle finding material on Canada and South America.
So I subscribed to this "World History Teachers Blog" and found some great stuff, including a Ted Ed video called "Who Invented Writing?". In the video the Mayans are discussed with their invention of hieroglyphic writing as well as other civilizations like the ancient Sumerians and the Chinese. This was a short but informative video that would serve as a great warm-up at the beginning of my class period. I also enjoyed an interactive map of the world showing population and other annotations, and an graphic called "The World as 100 People". My absolute favorite post from this blog is the "Age of Exploration Rap". I have included the rap below:
So I subscribed to this "World History Teachers Blog" and found some great stuff, including a Ted Ed video called "Who Invented Writing?". In the video the Mayans are discussed with their invention of hieroglyphic writing as well as other civilizations like the ancient Sumerians and the Chinese. This was a short but informative video that would serve as a great warm-up at the beginning of my class period. I also enjoyed an interactive map of the world showing population and other annotations, and an graphic called "The World as 100 People". My absolute favorite post from this blog is the "Age of Exploration Rap". I have included the rap below:
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I love stuff like this. Just this week I was embarrassing myself in my classroom singing the quadratic formula to the tune of the Notre Dame fight song. My students loved it. They really got into it, and I think they actually learned the formula because of it. One of my students even went as far as making up his own version to Macklemore's Thrift Shop. It was so creative, and the other students loved it. Speaking of embarrassing check out me and my staff in this video to promote our softball game tomorrow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPxlvOdwcmw
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this article. However for me, I am glad to have the blog that you shared. As a 7th grade social studies teacher, I too am in desperate need of additional resources for my class. I will definitely sign up for that blog.
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