Mr. Z and his classes started the school year by adopting a virtual pet for their blog, a panda. Visit Mr. Z’s 8th grade Math blog to meet their virtual pet by CLICKING HERE. Don’t forget to feed him and if you post a comment following digital citizenship guidelines you will earn extra credit points. Read More…
Tag: Pop Culture
WhY HiSToRY MaTTeRS
Abolitionist Ambition: An End to Slavery
How did slavery and the slave trade end? Students will examine steps people took to resist the injustice of slavery and the obstacles they endured. Use the lesson below to analyze people’s words and deeds and the cause and effect relationship between events. Share your TEXT to TEXT, TEXT to SELF, and TEXT to WORLD Read More…
AMeRiCaN ReVoLuTioN
Use the INTERACTIVE SLIDESHOW to compete the Foldable In-Class Project: ON A MOBILE DEVICE? CLICK HERE FOR THE GOOGLE DOC! AMERICAN REVOLUTION FOLDABLE View more PowerPoint from bkind2animals
THe SiNKiNG oF THe TiTanic…killed 14 million people?!
Over the last several weeks, our classes have practiced historical thinking skills by evaluating primary and secondary sources. Through analysis, students also recognized point of view (POV) and bias. View the videos below to review Historical Thinking Skills. Use the Habit of Mind, Questioning to respond to the following for EXTRA CREDIT: Explain how the Read More…
WHy HiSToRY MaTTerS
Use the slideshow below to: practice active note-taking evaluate the significance of people’s words and deeds in context of time and place evaluate historical sources & assess credibility interpret and recognize POV and bias WHY HiSTORY MATTeRS View more presentations from bkind2animals EXTRA CREDIT: Share your POP CULTURE connections to history by posting a comment. Read More…
Pop Culture Connections
Jillian from D Period wrote, “I was watching The Simpsons and they had an episode that was talking about the Spanish Armada and re-enacted the battle and had a Queen Elizabeth the I talking about how she didn’t need a husband.” Check out the video below. Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that we are sharing Read More…
Journalists, Risking their Lives in Pursuit of the TRUTH
The people of Sierra Leone have endured the most horrific acts of inhumanity in recent history. Kidnapping, slavery, forced amputation of limbs and brainwashing of children to create child soldiers are just a few realities for the victims that survived. Skylar from A pd posted a pop culture connection to a video, “The ‘Don’t shoot Read More…
PoP CuLTuRe PoiNTS
Many students have posted pop culture connections and requested that I add them to a Blog Post. Mr. Ryan and D period enjoyed viewing and discussing the connections. We hope you enjoy them! 😀 Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that we are sharing our students’ connections to history. Several video clips are parodies of real Read More…
BLiNG 4 YouR BLoG
HeLP win an UPGRADE for the 8YMATH BLOG or for YOUR OWN FREE EDUBLOG! I am sure extra credit will be awarded. 🙂 First, visit the Student Blogging Challenge Post and read THIS POST. Second: Visit THIS POST LINKED HERE and provide a GREAT idea! Do you WANT to add bling to your comments? Visits Read More…