Today-June 28- marks the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo and the start of the events leading to the First World War. While institutions like the Imperial…
Month: June 2014
Feature: Minecraft from a Student Perspective
For this feature, I interviewed recent high school graduate, Patrick McDonough. Patrick attended Hope Advantage, a homeschool co-op, from 5th through 12th grade where he received top honors, and was involved in…
Resources: Connecting American History and Technology
In this post I explore three resources that can help American History teachers engage their students. Building on my previous American History post, Reacting to the Past, Digital History and WebQuest.org can…
American History: Connecting Past Content with Future Methods
The experience of many students in Social Studies classrooms has produced a culture of young people who are not only apprehensive to engage the disciplines (see my Introductory Post), but who also…
Resources: Connecting Geography and Historical Thinking
In this post I discuss three functional resources that can help teachers link content from their geography courses to historical thinking and technology. Building on my first geography post, I list ideas…
Connecting Historical Thinking and Geography
The concepts now associated with Ohio’s Geography standards for high school education greatly emphasize the themes found within Merriam-Webster’s current definition of globalization. Now, instead of simply educating students about the physical…
Summer and Fall Classes for SST Majors
Social Studies majors: Looking for summer or fall courses that fill your major requirements? We just added HIS 353: 20th Century Europe with Dr. Mark Cole to the Fall schedule which fulfills…
Connecting Historical Thinking and Technology in the Classroom – Introduction
Most often when students are polled about their experience in History or Social Studies classrooms, they give a common response: “it’s just boring, useless, memorization of facts.” As stated by James W….
