Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label History. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Techie Tuesday...Resources to explore Women's History Month

techie tuesday treasures

Please click on thumbnails below to go to website.

womens history

Women's History Month.gov is dedicated to providing history, upcoming events, teacher resources and all things important to the celebration of women.

national women

National Women's History Project has a few videos, quizzes about important women, information about the women's rights movements, and much more.  Treasure trove of information!

biography

The biography channel's homage to women and their history showcases videos on women famous for their talents and gifts to the world.  There are many wonderful resources for teachers on this website.

womens musseum

The National Women's History Museum is an interactive website to explore history specific to the United States.  Now I have another museum to add to my ever growing list of museums to visit in Washington D.C.  I love their weekly "This week in women's history..." and their detailed lesson plans.

time for women

Time for Kids's webpage devoted to women is a great spot to bring elementary students who want and need to more about the history of their grandmothers, mothers, sisters, aunts, and every other woman in their life.

Happy "reading" and exploring,

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Monday, March 11, 2013

Techie Tueday...Top Five Crash Course Videos

techie tuesday treasures

John Green...when you hear that name, many of you will think of his fantastic YA novels that have become a sensation.  This year's Schneider Family Book Award and Odyssey Audiobook winner, Fault in our Stars, introduced us to Augustus and Hazel who are dealing with cancer. Their thought-provoking life experiences and relationship brought a new understanding to me of life with cancer especially as a young person.

Click on image below to Goodreads Summary.

fault in our stars

But John Green isn't only an author.  He is also upending the world of education through his and his brother, Hank's, videos on YouTube.  John focuses on History and Literature while Hank is the science guy with videos on Biology, Chemistry and Ecology.  Crash Course! is worth watching and sharing.  Below you will find the 5 most viewed and popular of the videos with the countdown starting at number 5.

Click on image below to go to website for all of the videos.

crash course

Top 5 Most Popular/Viewed Videos

5.  [youtube=http://youtu.be/3PszVWZNWVA]

4.  [youtube=http://youtu.be/TpcbfxtdoI8]

3.  [youtube=http://youtu.be/QnQe0xW_JY4]

2.  [youtube=http://youtu.be/_XPZQ0LAlR4]

1. [youtube=http://youtu.be/Yocja_N5s1I]

Happy "reading" and watching,

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