Showing posts with label Black History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black History. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
History on Twitter
I am trying to find a image of Etienne de Bourgmont for one of our 4th grade teachers. As of now I am empty handed. My next thought was how will I find someone to help me? I decided Twitter was a good place to turn for help. I can not Tweet at school so I decided to do some recon on hash tags to use and Twitter users that might be able to help me out. Well I found a wonderful blog post on the History Tech blog. The blog post Tip of the Week - 65 History Twitter Feeds gives you lots of places to get new information, or sometimes just a needed reminder, about teaching history. You can also check out or post questions to the hash tags #history or #historyteacher. Some time tonight I will post my Tweet and I will let you know what I find! Remember you can follow me on Twitter @musictech02
Thursday, March 3, 2011
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad is sometimes hard for students to understand. Here are some good resources for you to use in your classrooms.
National Geographic The Underground Railroad - Using the drop down menu you can get several pages of information to use with your class. There is a time line, a game called The Journey, for Kids, and Faces of Freedom.
Interactive Map - This is a nice interactive map that shows the routes out of the slave states to Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
Underground Railroad Flight to Freedom Program - This is a neat page with several interactive activities. Make sure you check out the activity at the top of the page.
Scholastic The Underground Railroad - This was made for an interactive white board but could be used in other ways as well. The page also has teacher resources, slide shows, activities, and printables (one is a min-book).
Songs of Freedom - This page gives the background on some of the songs sung by the slaves including Follow the Drinking Gourd, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, and Wade in the Water.
National Geographic The Underground Railroad - Using the drop down menu you can get several pages of information to use with your class. There is a time line, a game called The Journey, for Kids, and Faces of Freedom.
Interactive Map - This is a nice interactive map that shows the routes out of the slave states to Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
Underground Railroad Flight to Freedom Program - This is a neat page with several interactive activities. Make sure you check out the activity at the top of the page.
Scholastic The Underground Railroad - This was made for an interactive white board but could be used in other ways as well. The page also has teacher resources, slide shows, activities, and printables (one is a min-book).
Songs of Freedom - This page gives the background on some of the songs sung by the slaves including Follow the Drinking Gourd, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, and Wade in the Water.
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