Techniques

Classroom Engagement Techniques in particular To get more active learning (define from DSLE manual) approaches To get more visual approaches To get more variety To get more reflection I worked really hard to lay a foundation. Hope it works out in class sessions.

Used search term: ("teaching college US History using ...)


 * ANNENBERG LEARNER**

Annenberg Learner: America's History in the Making

a. Units http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/units/

b. Support materials (terrific facilitator guides) http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/support/

Concerning Emancipation: Introduction http://www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/emancipation/introduction.html

c. Historical Thinking Skills Interactives http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/interactives/

Placing artifacts in time (chronological thinking): Pocahontas http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/interactives/pocahontas/index.html

Analyzing artifacts http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/interactives/artifacts/index.html

Evaluating Evidence: Civil War http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/interactives/thesis/index.html

Balancing Sources http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/interactives/sources/index.php Stamp Act Alien and Sedition Act


 * ART**

Who does art history?

Name of art prof who was our dean? Susan Ney

NHC: Discussing Art []

Using Works of Art in Teaching American History https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/war-for-independence/resources/using-works-art-teaching-american-history

Early American Paintings [great] http://www.worcesterart.org/collection/Early_American/

Best of Art History websites []

Portrait of George Washington http://www.history.org/history/paintings/george_washington/

Easy, Erect, and Noble : George Washington painting article http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/summer02/peale.cfm

Picturing America []

Picturing America educator resources (130 pp) https://picturingamerica.neh.gov/downloads/pdfs/Resource_Guide/English/English_PA_TeachersGuide.pdf

Paul Revere's ride interactive https://www.paulreverehouse.org/ride/virtual.html

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere: Fact, Fiction, and Artistic License []

Midnight Ride of Paul Revere: Fact, Fiction, and Artistic License []

Boston Massacre painting http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/revolution/revolution_art.cfm

Boston Massacre painting http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=8&psid=2373&filepath=http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/primarysources_upload/images/the_bloody_massacre_l.jpg

Using Visual Fine Arts to Enrich Understanding []

Analysis worksheets (National Archives) []

Analysis worksheets (Library of Congress) []

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/

Works of Art | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colonial Period http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works/#?theme=56

Colonial Period http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/essays/#?theme=56

Civil War Photography http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/phcw/hd_phcw.htm


 * ARTIFACTS**

Artifacts Use items from my travel drawer National Park Service brochures

Introducing artifacts http://teachinghistory.org/tah-grants/lessons-learned/23961

Smithsonian Education - IdeaLabs: Artifact & Analysis http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/idealabs/artifacts_analysis.html

Artifacts http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/idealabs/ap/essays/looking.htm

Placing artifacts in time (chronological thinking): Pocahontas http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/interactives/pocahontas/index.html

Analyzing artifacts http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/interactives/artifacts/index.html


 * BIOGRAPHY**

Teaching American history through biography http://teachinghistory.org/tah-grants/lessons-learned/19088

American Passages--A Literary Survey https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/index.html

American Passages: A Literary Survey

Bio essay Teaching tips Author questions Selected archive items

Corridos https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit05/authors-5.html

Unit #2: Exploring Borderlands https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit02/authors.html

Bartolomé de las Casas https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit02/authors-2.html

Bernal Diaz del Castillo https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit02/authors-3.html

Christopher Columbus https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit02/authors-5.html

John Smith https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit02/authors-8.html

Unit #3: Utopian Promise

William Bradford https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit03/authors-1.html

John Winthrop https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit03/authors-9.html

William Penn https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit03/authors-6.html

Mary Rowlandson https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit03/authors-7.html

Unit #4: Spirit of Nationalism

Jonathan Edwards https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit04/authors-3.html

Benjamin Franklin https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit04/authors-5.html

Thomas Jefferson https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit04/authors-7.html

Phyllis Wheatley https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit04/authors-10.html

Unit #7: Slavery and Freedom

Frederick Douglass https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit07/authors-4.html

Harriet Jacobs https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit07/authors-7.html

Harriet Beecher Stowe https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit07/authors-10.html

Abraham Lincoln https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit07/authors-8.html

Sorrow Songs https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit07/authors-9.html


 * BROADSIDES**

An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rbpehtml/

An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera - Collection Connections | Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/connections/time-capsule/file.html

Treasuror, Councell, and Company for Virginia, A Broadside, 1620 - American Memory Timeline- Classroom Presentation | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/colonial/virginia/councell.html

Broadsides | Virginia Historical Society http://www.vahistorical.org/collections-and-resources/virginia-history-explorer/broadsides


 * CLASSROOM ENGAGEMENT TECHNIQUES**


 * Classroom Civility**

Ask Stephanie: guidelines on classroom civility Page 112 SET

Talking Across Divides: 10 Ways to Encourage Civil Classroom Conversation On Difficult Issues - The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/learning/lesson-plans/talking-across-divides-10-ways-to-encourage-civil-classroom-conversation-on-difficult-issues.html

Cultural competence guides and diversity tools for race, religion, ethnicity. http://news.jrn.msu.edu/culturalcompetence/

African Americans | Bias Busters: guides to cultural competence Whole series of these http://news.jrn.msu.edu/culturalcompetence/african-americans/


 * Critical Incident Questionnaire (CIQ)**

Critical incident questionnaire http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5738a0ccd51cd47f81977fe8/t/5750e567f699bbceac6e97f5/ 1464919400130/CIQ.pdf

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5738a0ccd51cd47f81977fe8/t/5750e580f699bbceac6e9867/ 1464919425573/Using_CIQ.doc


 * Entry and Exit Tickets/Slips**

My wiki page: Reflection 3 2 1 http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Reflection+3-2-1

Entrance Ticket: 3-2-1 3 facts 2 connections 1 question

Entry and exit tickets (pages 91-95 in Student Engagement Techniques book)

Entry tickets https://www.brown.edu/about/administration/sheridan-center/teaching-learning/effective- classroom-practices/entrance-exit-tickets

Entry tickets focus student attention on the day’s topic or ask students to recall background knowledge relevant to the day’s lesson. Example: “Based on the readings for class today, what is your understanding of _?”

How to do entry ticket: using quotes to affirm/reject What are two reasons the author gives for why Americans should oppose ...

Give quotes to document your response/support your position Do some on board Bring markers (6)


 * Excitement**

Engaging students in learning history http://www.educ.ualberta.ca/css/Css_39_2/ARFielding_engaging_students.htm

Make Classes Fun By Teaching History CSI Style http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/teaching-history-csi-style/

HSI: Historical Scene Investigation http://hsionline.org/

High School History Doesn't Have to Be Boring - The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/05/how-i-teach-history/361459/


 * Fishbowl**

Fishbowl http://www.learner.org/workshops/tml/workshop3/teaching2.html

Fishbowl | Facing History https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies/fishbowl


 * Four Corners**

Four Corners Teaching Strategy http://www.ehow.com/way_5809507_four-corners-teaching-strategy.html


 * How to live wisely**

Great article by a Harvard professor https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/education/edlife/how-to-live-wisely.html?contentCollection=smarter-living


 * Learning Logs**

Learning Log (Set 41) (page 324-326 SET)

Learning Logs http://www.csun.edu/~krowlands/Content/Academic_Resources/Composition/Tool%20for%20L earning/Hurst-journey%20with%20learning%20logs.pdf


 * Monty Python**

Monty Python Seven clips from Monty Python that you can use to teach the history of Latin America https://patrickiber.org/2014/06/17/seven-clips-from-monty-python-that-you-can-use-to-teach-the-history-of-latin-america/

The Historical Value of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" http://hubpages.com/entertainment/The-Historical-Value-of-Monty-Python

Witch Village - Monty Python and the Holy Grail http://youtu.be/k3jt5ibfRzw

Monty Python's Life of Brian https://youtu.be/r0Xf8IGuuIk

A Selection Of Scenes From Monty Python's Life Of Brian https://youtu.be/yuu9YH7_-T8


 * One minute paper**

The One-Minute Paper | Center for Teaching Excellence – UVA http://cte.virginia.edu/teaching-tips/teaching-idea-the-one-minute-paper/


 * Quick Write**

Quick Write http://ablconnect.harvard.edu/quick-write

The Quickwrite http://www.upei.ca/uwc/wac/strategies/quickwrite.html

Six Ways to Use Quick Writes to Promote Learning http://oncourseworkshop.com/life-long-learning/six-ways-use-quick-writes-promote-learning/

http://www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/
 * Random Name Generator**

Random Name Picker http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/01/click-to-spin-fun-and-free-random-name.html#.V9SnJUpHarU

Random Name Picker Video Tutorial http://youtu.be/uEUj3NfVo00

Random Name Picker Video Tutorial http://youtu.be/KsSqnIdljnM

Name Picker Ninja http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/10/name-picker-ninja-random-name-picker.html#.WAvWY8nE5pV


 * Socrative**

Using Socrative In Your Classroom by Rob Zdrojewski http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl1BBx15RR0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

App Review: Socrative (Faculty Focus) http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/app-of-the-week/app-review-socrative/

Melissa Seidman's blog posts on Socrative http://notanotherhistoryteacher.edublogs.org/tag/socrative/

Socrative (History Tech) http://historytech.wordpress.com/2013/03/06/infuse-learning-vs-socrative-vs-clickers/

6 Ways to Capture Student Responses without costly Clickers http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2013/03/6-free-ways-to-capture-student.html

How to Quickly Poll the Class (Chase Alexander) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcM1yNhT1kc&list=FLliQ-7-03S-mPxVBCylwk9Q&index=7

Creating a Socrative Quiz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuisInFqh4o&list=FLliQ-7-03S-mPxVBCylwk9Q&index=8


 * Stand Where You Stand**

Taking a Stand on Controversial Issues | Facing History https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies/barometer-taking-stand- controversial-issues

Take A Stand: Strategy Four | Teach like A Champion https://daviskm2psy3010.wordpress.com/about/


 * Sticky Notes on web pages**

Our Stickys http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/11/ourstickys-place-sticky-notes-on.html#.WCEZqcnE5pV


 * Think-Write-Pair-Share-Square**

The Simplicity of ‘Think-Pair-Share’ http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/the-simplicity-of-think-pair-share/36094

Clock Buddies http://www.readingquest.org/strat/clock_buddies.html


 * Timer**

http://e.ggtimer.com/

8 Free Timers to Help You Keep Activities on Schedule http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/08/8-free-timers-to-help-you-keep.html#.WZcAIUpHarU


 * Today's Meet**

Today's Meet https://todaysmeet.com/

Today's Meet: FAQ https://todaysmeet.com/help/faq

Today's Meet video tutorials http://youtu.be/s1Ip-V0F-70

http://youtu.be/3M1PZ_ywNxA

http://youtu.be/lyBLBSsJRe0


 * Warm Up Questions**

daily warm up questions for college us history

100 Warm Up Questions from American History video http://youtu.be/mG_rKJESuBA

Daily Warm Up Questions for US History by Students of History | Teachers Pay Teachers https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Daily-Warm-Up-Questions-for-US-History-351432


 * CRITICAL THINKING (Point of View)**

Know what you are seeing. Don't be fooled. Be analytical. Critical doesn't mean to find fault.

Three tools for teaching critical thinking https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/11/06/three-tools-for-teaching-critical-thinking-and-problem-solving-skills/

Cognitive dissonance http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/cognitive_dissonance.htm

Fallacies - The Writing Center at UNC-Chapel Hill http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/fallacies/

What is critical thinking? https://thewayofimprovement.com/2017/02/03/what-is-critical-thinking/

What is critical thinking, anyway? https://chroniclevitae.com/news/1691-what-is-critical-thinking-anyway

Fact-checking websites:

a. Politifact.com http://www.politifact.com/

b. FactCheck.org http://www.factcheck.org/

c. The Fact Checker (Washington Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/

Leanings of Magazines and Newspapers (Lorain County Community College) http://libguides.lorainccc.edu/c.php?g=29395&p=183699

The 100 most popular conservative news sites http://rightwingnews.com/john-hawkins/the-100-most-popular-conservative-websites-of-2015/

The 50 most popular liberal news sites http://rightwingnews.com/top-news/the-50-most-popular-liberal-websites/


 * DEBATES**

Google search term: teaching US History with debates

What is an inquiry lesson? http://teachinghistory.org/teaching-materials/teaching-guides/24123

Document based whole-class discussion http://teachinghistory.org/teaching-materials/teaching-guides/25620

Using Deliberative Techniques (232 pp.) http://idebate.org/sites/live/files/handouts/Using%20Deliberative%20Techniques%20to%20Teach%20U S%20Histor.pdf

Bringing debates into the classroom http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2011/oct/20/debate-activities-classroom-resources

C-Span Lincoln-Douglas Debates https://www.c-span.org/video/?59824-1/lincolndouglas-galesburg-debate


 * DIARIES/JOURNALS**

Martha Ballard http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Martha+Ballard

What kind of historical source are letters and diaries? http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/letters/whatkind.html

Making sense of letters http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/letters/letters.pdf

Analyzing Nineteenth Century Letters http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/sia/letters.htm

Letters Between Catharine Macaulay and Mercy Warren http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/exhibits/dearmadam/index.html

Journals of Lewis and Clark online [] [] []

Oregon Trail diaries

Journal of the missionary party http://www.oregonpioneers.com/munger.htm

Emigrants' diaries and journals http://www.oregonpioneers.com/diaries.htm

Oregon Trail Diaries : A literate middle class hits the dusty trail : OCTA http://www.octa-trails.org/articles/oregon-trail-diaries

Web Quest on the Oregon Trail http://www.aps.edu/aps/DoubleEagle/5grade/Adams/WestEx/WebQuest3.htm


 * DIGITAL HISTORY**

Images on the web http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/references/images.cfm

Historically Significant Newspaper Articles (from NYT) http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/references/news/newspapers.cfm

Historically Significant Newspaper Obituaries (from NYT) http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/references/news/obituaries.cfm

Historically Significant Supreme Court Cases http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/references/court_cases/supreme_court.cfm

Landmark Documents (organized by era) http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/references/landmark.cfm

Historic maps http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/maps/maps.cfm

Digital History lesson plans http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/teachers/lesson_plans/lesson_plan_ladenburg.cfm


 * DIIGO**

Diigo: highlight feature []


 * DRAMA**

Teaching with drama | National Museum of American History http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2012/02/teaching-with-drama.html

Alicia's Costumes http://www.aliciascostumes.com/ http://www.aliciascostumes.com/images/newspaper.jpg

Process Drama: Taking a Walk in Someone Else's Shoes http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/how-to/from-theory-to-practice/process-drama.aspx

Teach any lesson through drama http://www.theatrefolk.com/blog/teach-lesson-drama/

Lest we forget: making history lessons memorable for students | Teacher Network | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2013/sep/16/history-lessons-memorable-students-teaching

Drama Strategies to Use With Any Day's Times (Part 1) http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/drama-strategies-to-use-with-any-days-times-part-1/

Scenes in Tableau: Drama Strategies to Use With Any Day's Times (Part 2) - The New York Times http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/scenes-in-tableau-drama-strategies-to-use-with-any-days-times-part-2/

Point of View: Drama Strategies to Use With Any Day's Times (Part 3) http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/point-of-view-drama-strategies-to-use-with-any-days-times-part-3/

Object Monologues: Drama Strategies to Use With Any Day's Times (Part 4) http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/object-monologues-drama-strategies-to-use-with-any-days-times-part-4/

Reader's Theater: Drama Strategies to Use With Any Day's Times (Part 5) http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/10/readers-theater-drama-strategies-to-use-with-any-days-times-part-5/

George Washington at the Theater http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/colonial-life-today/entertaining-george-washington/


 * Process Drama**

Process Drama enables creativity and discovery http://youtu.be/h_quqz3-MtY

A Workshop with Cecily O'Neill http://youtu.be/zD_3zlYUL7w

Process Drama: Teacher-in-Role http://plays.about.com/od/actvities/fl/Process-Drama-Teacher-in-Role.htm

Process Drama: Mantle of the Expert http://plays.about.com/od/actvities/fl/Process-Drama-Mantle-of-the-Expert.htm

Mantle of the Expert http://www.mantleoftheexpert.com

Process Drama in Education http://www.interactiveimprov.com/procdrmwb.html

Process Drama: Hotseating http://plays.about.com/od/Educational-Drama/fl/Process-Drama-Hotseating.htm

Hotseating http://www.stapleford-centre.org/files/files/36-Hot_seating-40CreativeIdeasDrama.pdf

Hotseating in drama http://www.teachprimary.com/learning_resources/view/primary-resource-hotseating-in-drama

Raising the cognitive demand of hotseating http://www.alanpeat.com/resources/hotseating.html

What is hotseating? http://dramaresource.com/hot-seating/


 * Drama**

Evoke. How to make use of their expertise

Make photos larger than 8x12. Laminate onto a thin poster board Put in a slide-in frame open at the top I can hold in one hand while I talk about that person Stick holder for the frame

Alicia's Costumes Does our drama dept have costumes to lend me.


 * Hamilton Play**

Spotify https://www.spotify.com/us/

The Official Page For The Music of Hamilton: The Musical http://atlanticrecords.com/HamiltonMusic/

How Teachers Are Using ‘Hamilton’ the Musical in the Classroom | MindShift | KQED News http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2016/03/14/how-teachers-are-using-hamilton-the-musical-in-the-classroom/

Using the Hamilton play https://theamericanscholar.org/rise-up/#.V-fjQEpHarV

Religion and Hamilton http://usreligion.blogspot.com/2016/03/religion-and-hamilton.html

Hamilton https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)

All the Hip-Hop References in Hamilton: A Track-by-Track Guide http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/09/24/hamilton_s_hip_hop_references_all_the_rap_a nd_r_b_allusions_in_lin_manuel.html

The Best Teaching/Learning Resources On The Musical, “Hamilton” | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day… http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2016/02/15/the-best-teachinglearning-resources-on-the-musical-hamilton/

The Ten-Dollar Founding Father Without a Father: Teaching and Learning With 'Hamilton' - The New York Times http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/24/the-ten-dollar-founding-father-without-a-father-teaching-and-learning-with-hamilton/

Hamilton vs. Jefferson: Using Hamilton the Musical in the Classroom | Discovery Education http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2015/12/11/hamilton-vs-jefferson-using-hamilton-the-musical-in-the-classroom/

The Official Page For The Music of Hamilton: The Musical http://atlanticrecords.com/HamiltonMusic/

Guns and ships http://youtu.be/Ovje92D742s

Hamilton the musical: Non-traditional literacy and historical thinking | History Tech https://historytech.wordpress.com/2015/11/19/hamilton-the-musical/

Hamilton https://theamericanscholar.org/rise-up/#.V-_ipUpHarW


 * FAMOUS TRIALS**

Famous Trials http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm

Salem Witchcraft (1692) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htm

Boston Massacre (1770) http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/bostonmassacre/bostonmassacre.html


 * FILM**

See separate wiki page: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Film


 * GOOGLE DRIVE**

Google search terms: Using Google Drive to teach college US History Teaching Google Drive to students

How to use Google drive to have students post word clouds Word clouds Glogster Sharing term papers What else Ask Dan

What’s so great about Google Drive? And why should my students use it? | Cult of Pedagogy http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/google-drive-for-students/

The Best Ways to Use Google In the Classroom http://www.edudemic.com/best-ways-to-use-google/

Student’s Guide to Sharing a Google Drive Folder with their Teacher https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hIDsQlcqJ6bEU4_QDwxd9NrcZEGlADDU7nKx8NYxPec/mobilebasic


 * GOOGLE EARTH**

Google Earth https://www.google.com/earth/

Google Earth for iPad http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/08/google-earth-for-ipad-now-equal-to.html#.WYRodUpHarU

10 Ways to Use Google Earth in Your Classroom http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2017/05/10-ways-to-use-google-earth-in-your.html#.WRBnQUpHarU

Google Earth blog http://www.gearthblog.com/

An easy way to find Google Earth tours http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/11/an-easy-way-to-find-google-earth-tours.html#.WB-St8nE5pV http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/11/an-easy-way-to-find-google-earth-tours.html#.WCEZ_cnE5pV

Go to Google advanced search Civil War filetype:kmz

Google Earth http://www.american.edu/ctrl/upload/intro-to-google-earth.pdf http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/google_earth/UserGuide.html http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/UserGuide.html http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/google_earth/index.html

http://www.bio-nica.info/biblioteca/GoogleEarthUserGuide.pdf

http://www.portnet.k12.ny.us/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=8075&dataid= 9073&FileName=Using%20the%20Tools%20in%20Google%20Earthv2.pdf

Table of Contents - Google Earth User Guide (Louisiana) http://laearth.ohsep.louisiana.gov/intl/en/client/ug_toc.html

Google Earth Basics - Google Earth Blog http://www.gearthblog.com/basics

Record & play tours of the world on Google Earth - Earth Help https://support.google.com/earth/answer/148174?hl=en&ref_topic=4380577

Mark places on the map in Google Earth https://support.google.com/earth/answer/148142?hl=en&ref_topic=4380577

Set up icons for places and folders https://support.google.com/earth/answer/148077?hl=en&ref_topic=4487363

Search for places in Google Earth https://support.google.com/earth/answer/148081?hl=en&topic=2376017&ctx=topic

Airplane boarding tickets for Google Earth http://teacherlingo.com/resources/items/airplane-boarding-tickets-for-google-earth.aspx

Teaching with Google Earth []

Google Earth http://teachinghistory.org/digital-classroom/tech-for-teachers/24706

Google Lit trips (Google Earth) http://www.googlelittrips.org

Tip of the Week: Google Earth Tour Builder | History Tech https://historytech.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/tip-of-the-week-google-earth-tour-builder/

Tours Archives - Google Earth Blog http://www.gearthblog.com/category/tours


 * ICEBREAKERS**

Icebreakers http://www.lcc.edu/cte/resources/teachingettes/icebreakers.aspx

First day of classes https://chroniclevitae.com/news/669-what-do-you-do-on-the-first-day-of-class

Ice breaker: photo from your phone http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/08/summer-stories-back-to-school-activities.html#.V63ysUpHarU

Ice breaker: interview your parents on their reaction/where they were on the day of 9/11


 * IMAGES**

New York Public Library Digital collections http://digitalcollections.nypl.org

Africans in America/Part 3 and 4/Resource Bank Contents Use this index to get images (in italics) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/index.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/index.html


 * INFOGRAPHICS**

Teaching with infographics http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/teaching-with-infographics-social-studies-history-economics/

Using Infographics for Policy Deliberation on Afghanistan – The Choices Blog https://blogs.brown.edu/choices/2013/01/28/using-infographics-for-policy-deliberation-on-afghanistan/


 * INTERACTIVES**

Best of History websites: games and animations []

Interactives for U.S. History: Revolution to Reconstruction | EDSITEment http://edsitement.neh.gov/blog/2016/06/14/student-interactives-us-history-revolution-reconstruction

Interactives: Spanish-American War through Cold War | EDSITEment http://edsitement.neh.gov/blog/2016/06/20/more-edsitement-us-history-student-interactives-spanish-american-war-through-cold-war

Teaching American History website:

American Revolution []

Neutrality: America on the sidelines http://teachingamericanhistory.org/static/neh/interactives/neutrality/


 * iTUNES**

iTunes https://support.apple.com/itunes


 * LITERATURE**

Google Lit trips (Google Earth) http://www.googlelittrips.org

American Passages: Herman Melville https://www.learner.org/series/amerpass/unit06/authors-8.html

Analyzing a Melville Story: Bartleby the Scrivner http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/sia/melvillestory.htm


 * MAPS**

Map links http://www.owassops.org/webpages/gyankey/regadvhandouts.cfm?subpage=295027


 * MAGAZINES**

TIME magazine (1923-present) http://www.time.com/time/archive/

TIME covers http://www.time.com/time/coversearch

LIFE magazine http://books.google.com/books?id=R1cEAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s#all_issues_anchor


 * MUSIC**

See separate wiki page http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Music


 * NEW YORK TIMES LEARNING NETWORK**

15 Ways to Use The New York Times Learning Network http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/31/15-ways-to-use-the-learning-network-this-school-year/

10 ways to use New York Times for research http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/10-ways-to-use-nytimes-com-for-research/

500 Prompts for Narrative and Personal Writing http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/11/13/500-prompts-for-narrative-and-personal-writing/?contentCollection=smarter-living&_r=0

Topics of the Times - The New York Times http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/06/topics-of-the-times/

Connecting NYT articles to your world https://static01.nyt.com/images/blogs/learning/pdf/activities/ConnectWorld_NYTLN.pdf


 * NEWSPAPERS**

Searching Historic Newspapers Just Got Better | Library of Congress Blog https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2011/02/searching-historic-newspapers-just-got-better/

N**EWSREELS**

See separate wiki page: http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Newsreels


 * ORAL HISTORY**

Students interview their family members.

assignment to interview a member of their family (who is of their parents' age or older) about the 1960s had led to a kind of conversation they had never had before.

Making sense of oral history http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/oral/oral.pdf


 * PHOTOGRAPHS**

What Presidential portraits reveal http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/what-presidential-portraits-reveal

Photography and the Civil War http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/phcw/hd_phcw.htm

The Bizarre Practice Of Staging Civil War Photographs http://knowledgenuts.com/2014/11/24/the-bizarre-practice-of-staging-civil-war-photographs/

Alexander Gardner: The mysteries of the Civil War’s photographic giant https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/alexander-gardner-the-mysteries-of-the-civil-wars- photographic-giant/2011/12/12/gIQAptHhDP_story.html

Making sense of documentary photography []

Analyzing Nineteenth Century Daguerreotypes http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/sia/photo.htm

Making sense of documentary photography http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/photos/

The Mystery at the Heart of Great Photographs http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/magazine/the-mystery-at-the-heart-of-great-photographs.html

Making sense of photos []

Teaching with visual documents: [] The two photographs [] Guiding questions []

Daguerreotypes - Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (Library of Congress) http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/dag/

Daguerreotypes at Harvard http://preserve.harvard.edu/daguerreotypes/

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google http://images.google.com/hosted/life

TIME magazine (1923-present) http://www.time.com/time/archive/

TIME covers http://www.time.com/time/coversearch

LIFE magazine http://books.google.com/books?id=R1cEAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s#all_issues_anchor

The Atlantic In Focus Alan Taylor

Boston Globe Big Picture

Denver Post photo blog

Sacramento photo blog


 * PINTEREST**

Pinterest http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Pinterest

Pinterest Tutorials http://youtu.be/Zth8Z5ZMUew

http://youtu.be/CEGq23KHi0o

Tutorial http://youtu.be/1zUuy9WtpME

Opt out of Picked for you Pins | Help Center https://help.pinterest.com/en/articles/opt-out-picked-you-pins

Add, edit, or delete a Pin https://help.pinterest.com/en/articles/add-edit-or-delete-pin#ipad


 * POLITICAL CARTOONS**

See the separate page on this wiki http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Political+Cartoons


 * POSTERS**

Glogster [any DEL wiki page? My password?] http://glogsteredu.edu.glogster.com/

Poster session writing guide (PDF 21 pp) http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/pdfs/guide78.pdf

Poster Sized Prints for the Classroom - Teaching With Simplicity [Use of Adobe Acrobat software] http://www.teachingwithsimplicity.com/2014/05/poster-sized-prints-for-the-classroom.html

United States History Posters at AllPosters.com http://www.allposters.com/-st/United-States-History-Posters_c19517_.htm

Posters | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History https://www.gilderlehrman.org/programs-exhibitions/posters https://www.gilderlehrman.org/store/posters

Turn of the Century Posters - NYPL Digital Collections http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/turn-of-the-century-posters#/?tab=about

Analyzing WWII Propaganda Posters http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-teachers/lesson-plans/ww2-propaganda-posters.html


 * ROLE PLAYS**

Memorable history lessons: dress up, role play and personal stories []

How to teach using role playing []

Tips for ensuring a successful Choices role-play experience with your students https://www.choices.edu/resources/documents/Tips_roleplay.pdf

Living History: using role plays and reenactments http://www.brighthubeducation.com/middle-school-history-lessons/65119-american-history-role-play-and-reenactments/


 * RUBRICS**

See separate wiki page http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Rubrics


 * SHEG: Stanford History Education Group**

How can I modify the SHEG material for class use (shorter) Can I download the SHEG lessons to a WORD Doc

SHEG: sign up User account | Stanford History Education Group https://sheg.stanford.edu/user/register&referring_node=home_page

SHEG: sourcing, contextualization, corraboration, close reading

Historical Thinking Matters: home page http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/

Historical Thinking Matters: Why Historical Thinking Matters http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/why/

Reading Like A Historian | Stanford History Education Group https://sheg.stanford.edu/rlh

Intro to Historical Thinking | Stanford History Education Group https://sheg.stanford.edu/intro-historical-thinking

History Detected (Stanford magazine) https://alumni.stanford.edu/get/page/magazine/article/?article_id=61541

Guest Post: Jill Weber and historical thinking bootcamp | History Tech https://historytech.wordpress.com/2016/08/18/guest-post-jill-weber-and-historical-thinking-bootcamp/#more-25871

Newsela adds “tampered” primary sources | History Tech https://historytech.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/newsela-adds-tampered-primary-sources/#more-25975


 * SIMULATIONS**

Google search term Teaching US History using simulations

CFR Launches Model Diplomacy - Council on Foreign Relations http://www.cfr.org/defense-and-security/model-diplomacy-new-free-simulation-cfr-educate- students-global-affairs/p37460

Simulations can change how you teach history Print this out http://www.edutopia.org/blog/simulations-can-change-history-classes-matt-levinson

Where to find simulations? http://teachinghistory.org/teaching-materials/ask-a-master-teacher/23691

Wake up your class with simulations http://ingeniousteaching.blogspot.com/2012/07/wake-your-class-up-with-simulations.html

Games and animations http://besthistorysites.net/general-history-resources/games-animations/

Reacting to the past https://reacting.barnard.edu/ https://reacting.barnard.edu/instructors http://youtu.be/zBkY9s298

__**S**__**OURCES**

On Learning Professor wiki http://thelearningprofessor.wikispaces.com/Sources

US Presidents Fashion history Film history People's History

Peter Jennings: America's Century CNN Cold War videos

Websites: document sources Library of Congress (LOC) National Archives National Humanities Center (NHC) Divining America Avalon Project

Items not on the specific Sources page:

Crash course: John Green

HipHughes History on YouTube 1960 election explained http://youtu.be/zG1g6ZNbCuU

Schoolhouse Rock Shot Heard Round the World http://youtu.be/Y6ikO6LMxF4

US History Lesson: School House Rocks Videos | My Town Tutors http://mytowntutors.com/2012/09/us-history-lesson-school-house-rocks-videos/

God in America 02 A New Eden https://youtu.be/huCr5ksZYwU

Moments in US diplomatic history Association for Diplomatic Study and Training See my Word doc

National Security Archive (George Washington University) http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/

Map links http://www.owassops.org/webpages/gyankey/regadvhandouts.cfm?subpage=295027

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google http://images.google.com/hosted/life

LIFE magazine issues https://books.google.com/books?id=NkEEAAAAMBAJ&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1


 * SPEECHES**

American Rhetoric speech database http://www.americanrhetoric.com

Miller Center (For US Presidents)

YouTube


 * TECHNOLOGY**

My Go-to Google Tools for Social Studies Classrooms http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/09/my-go-to-google-tools-for-social.html#.V8yNrEpHarU

APU training http://training.apu.edu/

Office of Innovative Teaching and Technology http://www.apu.edu/itt/teachingwithtechnology/

Google Translate improved and integrated into Gmail

Google Apps Learning Center []

Cool tools for schools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

Teaching resources http://www.apu.edu/itt/teachingresources/

How to Create Google Alerts http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/10/how-to-create-google-alerts.html#.V_kJsUpHarU

Sakai user guide for faculty (Terri Rowley) https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/13rq-ccw-Mxsf-cVyHHlqrBbGmI89Lvl8r2L3hkCIVgM/mobilebasic?pli=1#id.71dnl0uyvnp9

Setting up gradebook in Sakai https://support.apu.edu/hc/en-us/articles/221900708-Gradebook-Setting-up-Your-Gradebook-in-Sakai

My Go-to Google Tools for Social Studies Classrooms http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/09/my-go-to-google-tools-for-social.html#.WF_eVEo76rU

More than 40 alternatives to YouTube http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/12/more-than-40-alternatives-to-youtube.html#.WGPYPEo76rU

15 tools for teaching history with technology http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/12/15-tools-for-teaching-history-with.html#.WGmQHH3E5pV


 * VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS**

Boarding card http://valleytigerseye.blogspot.com/2015/03/t3-tickets-tips-and-technique.html

Discovering Jamestown: An Electronic Classroom Adventure for Teachers and Students http://www.historyisfun.org/sites/discovering-jamestown/

Colonial Williamsburg: Tour the Town http://www.history.org/almanack/tourthetown/index.cfm

Colonial Williamsburg electronic field trips http://www.history.org/history/teaching/eft/

Colonial Williamsburg multimedia library: HERO http://www.history.org/history/teaching/hero/

Colonial Williamsburg: interactives [check this out carefully] []

Virtual Field Trip | Plimoth Plantation http://www.plimoth.org/learn/just-kids/virtual-field-trip

Mount Vernon http://www.mountvernon.org/site/virtual-tour/tablet/

Monticello http://explorer.monticello.org/index.html https://www.monticello.org/site/families-and-teachers

Memorial Hall http://memorialhall.mass.edu/home.html

Virtual Jamestown http://www.virtualjamestown.org/page2.html

Plimoth Plantation http://www.plimoth.org/learn/MRL/watch

National Portrait Gallery http://npg.si.edu/teachers/classroom-resources

Boston Freedom Trail http://www.thefreedomtrail.org/educational-resources/virtual-tour.shtml

National Museum of American History http://teachinghistory.org/history-content/national-resources/23516

National Museum of American History online exhibits http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/online

National Womens' History Museum (NWHM) online exhibits https://www.nwhm.org https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/

NWHM Exhibit: The History of Women and Education https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/education/introduction.html

(NWHM) Women of Jamestown https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/jamestownwomen/index.htm

Teaching with Historic Places (U.S. National Park Service) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/teachingwithhistoricplaces/index.htm

Old Sturbridge Village https://www.osv.org/

Bring the World Into Your Classroom with Virtual Field Trips - The Teacher's Passport http://theteacherspassport.blogspot.com/2016/07/bring-world-into-your-classroom-with.html

Tips for planning a virtual field trip http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2013/11/skip-the-school-bus-our-tips-for-planning-a-virtual-field-trip.html

Virtual Field Trip passport and boarding pass - Download and customize for your own virtual field trips! | Travel Theme Classroom | Pinterest https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/67554063131703707/

A Virtual Ticket to Ride -- THE Journal https://thejournal.com/Articles/2010/05/01/A-Virtual-Ticket-to-Ride.aspx?m=2&Page=1


 * WEB QUESTS**

Teaching with webquests http://www.rayslearning.com/webquest.htm

Bernie Dodge home page http://webquest.org


 * WORDLE**

Wordle [have trouble with the website] http://www.wordle.net/create

Wordle http://teachinghistory.org/digital-classroom/tech-for-teachers/20785

108 Ways to Use Word Clouds in the Classroom https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/108-ways-to-use-word-clouds-in-the-classroom-word-clouds-in-education-series-part-2/

Ten Amazing Wordle Lessons for the Classroom http://www.brighthubeducation.com/teaching-methods-tips/58905-create-lesson-plans-using-wordle-web-technology/

5 Ways To Use Word Clouds In The Classroom | Edudemic http://www.edudemic.com/5-ways-use-word-cloud-generators-classroom/

How to create custom word clouds http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2016/07/how-to-create-custom-word-clouds.html#.V6CjvEpHarU


 * WRITING/REFLECTING**

The Role of Journal Writing in Historical Thinking https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/september- 2000/the-role-of-journal-writing-in-historical-thinking

Teaching Strategy: Journals in a Facing History Classroom | Facing History https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/teaching-strategies/journals-facing-history-classroom

Creative Writing: Reflective Journaling | Writing Forward http://www.writingforward.com/creative-writing/creative-writing-reflective-journaling

CGU Writing Center: Resources for Stidents http://www.cgu.edu/pages/775.asp

CGU Writing Center: Historiographies http://www.cgu.edu/pages/840.asp

Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students https://www.bowdoin.edu/writing-guides/predatory%20reading.htm

Teaching Historical Writing - Annelise Heinz http://www.amheinz.org/teaching-historical-writing.html


 * YouTube**

YouTube Highlight reels

Crash Course: John Green

HipHughes History on YouTube 1960 election explained http://youtu.be/zG1g6ZNbCuU

History Channel Shootout https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout!

Shootout! 01x09 Iraq's Ambush Alley http://youtu.be/R4MpgUeTMFY

The Lost Evidence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Evidence

The Lost Evidence: Operation Market Garden http://youtu.be/rxbCt1B6wNA

Battlefield Detectives https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield_Detectives

Patton 360 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patton_360°

PATTON 360 E:2 of 10 Rommel's Last Stand https://youtu.be/7bf5dv3jKJU


 * DESIGNING SIGNIFICANT LEARNING EXPERIENCES**

DSLE Green manual online https://www.deefinkandassociates.com/GuidetoCourseDesignAug05.pdf

Dee Fink website https://www.deefinkandassociates.com/

Sakai gradebook

How to do IDEA (Stephanie Fenwick)

Any place where we accumulate blurbs from other's syllabi?

Participation 25 points Rubric for participation Minus excess absences

How many points for an extra credit See how hard the first exam proves to be

Design Tips and Forms | Designing Significant Learning Experiences http://www.designlearning.org/resource-downloads/helpful-handouts/

Examples | Designing Significant Learning Experiences http://www.designlearning.org/examples-of-design/examples/

DSLE IDEA paper (7 page summary) http://ideaedu.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Idea_Paper_42.pdf

Example of Art History professor http://www.designlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Z-PBL-and-Art-History.pdf

Article on using questions on first day of classes http://www.designlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Impact-of-First-Day-Questions.pdf

String of Activities http://www.designlearning.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/String-of-Activities-An-Example.pdf