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August events teach cause and effect

Posted on Monday, 4 August 2014 by Mark ThomasAugust 4, 2014

Three August events help teach cause and effect Perhaps one of the reasons I find Conan O’Brian so much more entertaining than Jay Leno is the latter’s man-on-the-street routine, Jay Walking, from Leno’s time as the Tonight Show host. Viewers … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching History | Tagged cause and effect, Civil War, Lincoln, teaching, UGRR, WWII

No, history doesn’t repeat itself

Posted on Tuesday, 13 May 2014 by Mark ThomasJune 25, 2014

No, history doesn’t repeat itself I’m as guilty as the next person of having blithely stated something no history teacher should ever accept, let alone utter. History does not repeat itself. Period. So what’s the purpose, the value of studying … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching History | Tagged American History, research skills, teaching

More teaching American history well

Posted on Thursday, 8 May 2014 by Mark ThomasMay 8, 2014

More teaching American history well Watching an educational film on the human body reminded me once more what makes for good instruction. While the practices displayed in the film apply to more than teaching American history, they underscore the them … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching History | Tagged American History, differentitaion, teaching

Teaching research skills before students go solo

Posted on Tuesday, 1 April 2014 by Mark ThomasApril 1, 2014

Teach research skills before your students go solo My flight instructor climbed out from the Cessna’s right seat and casually told me to “taker her up, fly the pattern, land and taxi back here.” Both of us knew I was … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching History | Tagged research skills, social studies, teaching

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