Kids don’t hate history

I adore History Tech and I highly recommend you bookmark it if you teach history or if you just like fresh ideas for any secondary classroom. I am always finding great posts on HT, but the one that caught my eye this month was Glenn’s reflection on the work of James Loewen. This short post […]

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of comprehension

Give your students the opportunity to get up close and personal with the Declaration of Independence with this activity from Mr. Kulikowski at Mr. K’s Time and Relative Dimension in School. Rather than simply presenting it to learners to study, Mr. K has his students read it and then translate it into modern language. Students […]

TODD’S TECH TUESDAY: American Revolution video games

Be careful! Mission US can take up a lot of your time if you don’t watch the clock. These games focused on the American Revolution and slavery are both engaging and information-packed. These games will not only be fun in the classroom but will work well as a fun homework option (imagine having students who […]

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of comprehension

Give your students the opportunity to get up close and personal with the Declaration of Independence with this activity from Mr. Kulikowski at Mr. K’s Time and Relative Dimension in School. Rather than simply presenting it to learners to study, Mr. K has his students read it and then translate it into modern language. Students […]

American Revolution video games

Be careful! Mission US can take up a lot of your time if you don’t watch the clock. The current games are focused on the American Revolution and are really engaging. New ones are being developed for release later this year with one on resisting slavery coming out in a few weeks or months. These […]