The Peloponnesian Wars were fought between the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta, and their allies, and it lasted from 431 BCE to 404 BCE. As we have learned about in class, these two city states went all out to defeat one another, and it was only intervention from the …
For this activity I created a five minute synopsis of the conquests of Alexander of Macedon, and combined it with a short musical introduction that I made several years ago for my Youtube channel. My students like my bad dad jokes so several years ago I made a series of …
For this clip I chose to record myself reading a short poem by A.A. Milne entitled Halfway Down. My grandfather used to read me these poems when I was little, and he once recorded this poem for me on an old tape recorder, so I felt like I had to …
In Social Studies 7 I spend quite a bit of time on two different curricular outcomes: 1) developing research skills like note-taking strategies and 2) examining the neolithic revolution and the rise of agriculture. I like to teach students how to create multi-media notes that incorporate both visuals and text. …
Description of the student demographic and learning context: This project is designed to take place in a Grade 8 English class in a British Columbian Independent School. Each class would consist of approximately 18-20 students, all of whom would have access to their own device with a keyboard, and access …
Why our school? Podcasting Assignment Background: Over the past few years our market research indicates that prospective families value “future readiness” as a top priority for their students. Families want their students to thrive in the competitive, digital world that they will graduate into. Our research also shows that families …
Egyptian Social Structures Learning Outcome: Students should be able to identify key aspects of Egyptian culture by explaining cultural structures, including their social hierarchy. The Step Pyramid of Djoser is located at Saqqara, just south of Memphis, in Egypt. It was originally built as a mastaba and was expanded six …
I chose to crop a photo of Trajan’s Column to focus only on the statue of Trajan and the top fifth of the column. The column itself is a tall one, and the photo I had made of the entire column it difficult to see the detail on the column …
I searched for a graphic that might support students in a Grade 7 Social Studies course as they explored how changes in the Roman world led them to make changes in the way they organized their military. The curriculum asks students to be able to characterize different time periods in …
Hello everyone! Here is the link to our media tool presentation on the Desmos Activity Builder. When you open up the link please turn on slideshow mode on the top right of your screen and turn up your volume. As you move your way through the slides the audio and videos …
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