Click to enlarge Rosalind Franklin was born on this day in 1920. Her contributions to the discovery of the structure of DNA were key; she took photos of DNA's structure using X-ray crystallography, and it was these photos that informed the...
Many photos of the past present everything prior to the modern era as stoic and well mannered. The photos collected here turn that concept on its head by showing some of the more candid moments from history that didn’t make it into the history books.
The Innovators, Walter Isaacson's new book, tells the stories of the people who created modern computers. Women, who are now a minority in computer science, played an outsize role in that history.
I’ve been spending some serious amounts of time this summer leading conversations around the country focused on the integration of social studies and literacy. And for the last few years, I…
During the early 19th century in Britain penal treadmills were used in prisons. Treadmills were devices that were used to grind grain or harness the power of animals or humans to do work. Prisoners…
Our narrow focus on locally made products often means turning a blind eye to the very real problems in Australian manufacturing.
ROI was never something I had to worry about back in the day. If I made to 3:30 with nothing getting set on fire and all 135 middle schoolers accounted for, I checked it off as a major success. Ret…
* Coloring Contest * Print this picture of Gutenberg's Printing Press and color it in. The best picture will be used on our class timeline. The winner will also receive a prize!
I joined Twitter about nine years ago in late 2007. As a social studies guy trying to learn more about how tech could be used in instruction and learning tool, I was a bit underwhelmed during my fi…
A couple of days ago, I shared the great news that Flipgrid is now completely free for educators and it got me thinking: “What other tech stuff can I get for free?” I started poking aro…
Today I’m sharing a great hook activity that also effectively previews content and activates prior knowledge. And it’s drop dead simple. The basic idea of Discrepant Event Inquiry is to…
Several years ago, during one of our four day summer Teaching American History seminars, 40 of my middle teachers had the opportunity to work with Bruce Lesh. Bruce was teaching high school history…
A prototype tank nicknamed Little Willie rolls off the assembly line in England. Improvements were made to the original prototype and tanks eventually transformed military battlefields.
I love history. Most people do. At least they do once they graduate from high school. Historical fiction, biographies, history related movies. All end up on best seller and highest grossing movie l…
Over the last year or so, more and more folks are beginning to use social media tools to recreate history. We’ve seen the likes of the John Quincy Adams Twitter feed, Historical Tweets and Li…
In today s fast-paced and media-driven life, technology is rapidly evolving. But there are some important skills that will give you a strong foundation to sustain in these technological advancements. These can be labeled as the most basic yet most crucial skills to attain success in your technical career. Technology is
Tim Berners-Lee has seen his creation debased by everything from fake news to mass surveillance. But he’s got a plan to fix it.
In this episode, Vicki Tillman shares some ideas on how to use technology to study history so that the subject comes alive for students.
I had the chance to drop in on a quick 30 minute Power session that focused on ten tech tools for teaching civics. Three minutes of overview for each tool and a bit of fast discussion on how it mig…
