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Bamberg Middle High School Department of Defense Dependent Schools todd.black@eu.dodea.edu Mr. Black's World History: Projects and Activities http://www.worldhistoryteacher.org/student_forum/projects.htm The Project Ideas provides suggestions for history projects that are based on Bloom's Taxonomy of Higher Order Thinking and Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Mr. Black's World History: Learning Tools http://www.worldhistoryteacher.org/student_forum/learning_tools.htm Provides links to Learning Styles Inventories such as Carl Jung's Learning Styles and Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. In addition, I've had positive results with using Thinking Maps as end of unit assessments. The Flow of History http://www.flowofhistory.com/units The graphic organizers that accompany each lecture are effective for helping students understand cause-and-effect relationships. World History as a Way of Thinking by Eric Martin http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/whc/2.2/martin.html Here are some focus questions Read carefully the following sections: "Questions Asked," "Models Developed," and "Wider Applications of World History as a Way of Thinking" Answer the following questions: 1) What distinguishes world history from other disciplines? (How do world historians think differently?) 2) What is unique about the types of questions that world historians ask? 3) What is world history? Write a collaborative definition. 4) What makes 'world history' different from other history that you have studied in school before? 5) What are the benefits of studying history? (Why is taught in schools?) Navigating World History: A Synopsis by Patrick Manning http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/1.1/manning.html Here are some focus questions Pay special attention to the section titled: "Method in World History" Answer the Following Questions: 1) What are some of the different methods used to study world history? 2) Create a collage or matrix that outlines at least 4 methods used to study world history. Please use pictures or graphic representations to illustrate each approach. 3) Which method or methods do you believe has/have the most significant implications for studying world history? 4) What are some of the main factors that need to be considered when studying world history? 5) What other 'subjects' will be integrated into our study of the world? Saudi Aramco World http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/index/Subjects.aspx Great Articles (especially about Islam and Eurasia)
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