I found that many of my students were very interested in the French Revolution because of all of the war that occurred during that time. One of the specific lessons they gained interest in was the introduction of the guillotine. Thousands of people at that time were being executed by the guillotine and my [...]
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French Revolution – Witnessing the Guillotine
Posted in Lesson Plan Ideas, tagged , french revolution, guillotine, social studies on November 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Imperialism Unit – A letter from jail
Posted in Lesson Plan Ideas, tagged imperialism, indians, sepoy rebellion, social studies on November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One of the main events included in the Imperialism unit was the Sepoy Rebellion. When thousands of Indians were imprisoned by European oppressors, they planned for a rebellion. To help students learn and review what events led up to this rebellion and why it occurred, I had students put themselves in the shoes of [...]
Industrial Revolution – students become reporters
Posted in Lesson Plan Ideas, tagged industrial revolution, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word, newspaper, social studies on November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Frederick County curriculum doesn’t provide very much time for the great amount of information included in the Industrial Revolution unit. Ranging from child labor to multiple inventions, there is a lot of material for students to learn. To make this unit fun and allow the students to cover all of the material, I [...]
Exploration Unit – Turn your classroom into a globe
Posted in Lesson Plan Ideas, tagged exploration, lesson plan, social studies, triangle trade on November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One of the big parts included in the Exploration Unit is the Triangle Trade system. This is vital because it is important for students to see how and where goods were being traded around the world and what kinds of impacts trading had on countries. Through out Africa, Europe, and North America, many different [...]
Get your students creative with Digital Story Telling
Posted in Classroom Tools, tagged podcast, PowerPoint, social studies, Story Telling on November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I recently discovered a new way for students to present information in a fun and interesting way. Using Microsoft PowerPoint, students can create a digital story to display any kind of information. Digital story telling is much like a slide show, only it includes a voice-over for the audience to read the information as [...]
Get your students pumped with Podcasts
Posted in Classroom Tools, tagged classroom, podcast, social studies on November 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Another great technological tool that is great for the classroom is a Podcast. A podcast is a media tool used over the internet where indviduals can record their voices, music, and various sounds for others to listen too. Podcasts can be used in so many different ways that teachers at all levels can find [...]
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